Tortug' Air is a domestic airline in Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

, and serves as Haiti's national flag carrier

Flag carrier

A flag carrier is a transportation company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given country, enjoys preferential rights or privileges, accorded by the government, for international operations. It may be a state-run, state-owned or private but...

. The airline was founded in March 2003 and is based in Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

. According to the airline, more than 200 people are employed with the company.

Tortug' Air is a part of Haiti's transportation

Transport in Haiti

All of the major transportation systems in Haiti are located near or run through the capital, Port-au-Prince.- Roads :Haiti has two main highways that run from one end of the country to the other...

 infrastructure. Despite the country's small size, the road network is in poor condition. Thus, air transportation takes on an oversized importance for Haiti. Tortug' Air serves that need with its domestic schedule. For example, its short flight from Port-au-Prince to Jacmel

Jacmel

Jacmel, also known by its indigenous Taíno name of Yaquimel, is a town in southern Haiti founded in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est and has an estimated population of 40,000, while the municipality of Jacmel had a population of 137,966 at the 2003 Census.The buildings are...

 could be driven instead; but it would take approximately two hours by road. It is only eleven minutes by air.

Destinations

Tortug' Air serves six destinations within Haiti, including the capital Port-au-Prince, the northern city of Cap-Haïtien

Cap-Haïtien

Cap-Haïtien is a city of about 190,000 people on the north coast of Haiti and capital of the Department of Nord...

, and the southern city of Jacmel.

Local (Haiti)

• Port-au-Prince
  Port-au-Prince
  Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
  
  
• Jacmel
  Jacmel
  Jacmel, also known by its indigenous Taíno name of Yaquimel, is a town in southern Haiti founded in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est and has an estimated population of 40,000, while the municipality of Jacmel had a population of 137,966 at the 2003 Census.The buildings are...
  
  
• Jérémie
  Jérémie
  Jérémie is the capital city of the department of Grand'Anse, in Haiti, with a population of about 31,000 . It is almost isolated from the rest of the country...
  
  
• Cap-Haïtien
  Cap-Haïtien
  Cap-Haïtien is a city of about 190,000 people on the north coast of Haiti and capital of the Department of Nord...
  
  
• Les Cayes
  Les Cayes
  Les Cayes , is a town and seaport in southwestern Haiti, with a population of approximately 45,904 people . Estimates from 2008 place the population at close to 70,000 people...
  
  
• Port-de-Paix
  Port-de-Paix
  Port-de-Paix is a city and the capital of the département of Nord-Ouest in Haïti on the Atlantic coast. It has a population of 250,000 ....
  
  

International

• Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Nassau, Bahamas
  Nassau, Bahamas
  Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
  
  
• Provo
  Providenciales
  Providenciales is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The island has an area of and an approximate population of 15,542, making it the largest island in population and the third largest in area. It is served by the Providenciales International Airport...
  
  , Turks & Caicos
  Turks and Caicos Islands
  The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
  
  
• With charter permits for almost all Caribbean islands