 bahamasair holdings limited, operating as bahamasair, is an airline based in the bahamasair house in nassau, bahamas."directory: world airlines. flight international. 16â22 march 2004. 96. it is the national airline and operates domestic scheduled services to 14 destinations and regional scheduled services to destinations in the caribbean and the united states. its main base is lynden pindling international airport. it has the same logo as the bahamas current logo. == history ==   bahamasair was born out of the oil crisis of the 1970s. in 1970, british airways stopped flying to the bahamas, and the bahamian government accurately predicted that some of the other major airlines flying to the country would follow british airways' lead. bahamasair was therefore established by the government and started operations on 7 june 1973, by acquiring the operations of flamingo airlines and out island airways. bahamasair initially encountered operating difficulties, including poor maintenance facilities, economic conditions and company structure. those factors brought public distrust as a consequential added problem. however, jet airliners started to arrive in the shape of british aircraft corporation bac one-elevens followed by brand new boeing 737s, and in 1972, it opened its first international service, from nassau to tampa, florida. in 1973, the government's vision of many airlines leaving the island became a reality, when pan am and some other major companies decided to stop operating to the bahamas. this enabled bahamasair to capture a substantial part o
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