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With larger numbers of tourists coming out to the French West Indies at the time, Air Antilles was established in 2002 to fly between the French overseas territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Bath\u00e9lemy. <\/p>\n
The airline both shuttled tourists between the different islands making up the French West Indies and provided a critical link for local residents.<\/p>\n
But in December 2025, the holiday airline had to\u00a0initially temporarily suspend all of its flights\u00a0after French aviation regulatory agency Direction de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l’Aviation Civile revoked\u00a0the carrier’s operating license following a failed safety audit. With Air Antillles unable to run flights and not having the financial resources to fix the technical issues that caused it to fail the audit, it quickly ran up debt of over 56 million euros.<\/p>\n
Air Antilles shuts down forever after court-ordered liquidation<\/p>\n
In April 2026, the Commercial Court of Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre ruled that it “was impossible to present a recovery plan through continued operations” and ordered the full liquidation of the airline.<\/p>\n
While Air Antilles has not run any flights since last December when hundreds of travelers on different airlines were left abruptly stranded, it has officially filed for closure as an airline on May 11.<\/p>\n
Related: Holiday airline declares bankruptcy, all flights canceled<\/p>\n
The canceled flights that have yet to be picked up by competitors include links between its bases in Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre (PTP)\u00a0and\u00a0Fort-de-France (FDF) to Dominica and St. Lucia. At the moment, these smaller islands are left without direct air access to the main hub.<\/p>\n
The fleet ordered to be liquidated includes two 72-passenger ATR 72s, one smaller ATR 42 with room for 48 passengers and one De Havilland Canada DHC 6 Twin Otter with a capacity for 19. Approximately 116 Air Antilles flight crew and other employees have also been left unemployed by the airline’s collapse.<\/p>\n
Air Antilles was a French airline serving the Caribbean archipelago.<\/p>\n
Air Antilles<\/p>\n
A short timeline of the Air Antilles shutdown<\/p>\n
While several smaller airlines currently serves the French Antilles, Air Antilles marks a critical loss both to the local community and travelers from France and the U.S. coming in to Guadeloupe or Martinique with the plan to go on to more distant islands.<\/p>\n
These airlines shut down in bankruptcy in 2026:Spirit Airlines:\u00a0The largest airline shutdown of the year occurred when Spirit Airlines\u00a0canceled all remaining flights\u00a0on May 2. While the airline had filed for Chapter 11 protection twice, the skyrocketing price of jet fuel dealt the final blow.Magnicharters:\u00a0While not yet fully shut down,\u00a0the\u00a0Mexican low-cost airline\u00a0canceled all flights until May 2026 in a shutdown that left thousands stranded.Starflite Aviation:\u00a0Houston-based\u00a0Starflite Aviation\u00a0had its AOC license revoked in March 2026, amid FAA claims that\u00a0owners falsified pilot training records\u00a0to bypass safety audits.AlpAvia:\u00a0Slovenian\u00a0charter airline AlpAvia\u00a0also shut down in March 2026 over financial problems.H-Bird: Charter airline\u00a0H-Bird was declared bankrupt\u00a0by a Swedish judge\u00a0in January 2026 after losing its operating license\u00a0at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n
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The court in Guadeloupe initially considered three potential acquisition orders from local hedge funds and holdings companies but ultimately deemed them\u00a0insufficient to cover the airline’s losses\u00a0and ensure that it could keep operating into the future.<\/p>\n
Related: Low-cost airline cancels multiple European flights<\/p>\n
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