Tiny Air Caraibes.

Tiny Air Caraibes, hitherto little known outside the islands of the French Caribbean, is planning to join the ranks of transatlantic operators. It will be a adventurous step for the three-year-old airline that operates a for the greatest part turboprop fleet of 14 aircraft and carried just 500000 passengers last year.

Despite its distance from Paris, Air Caraibes is just like any other French airline, with the same big exception: It enjoys tax concessions greatly facilitating the lease/purchase of aircraft as part of France's gigantic financial aid program for its overseas departments. Now, owing to the

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