The Foreign Office is advising Brits not to travel with this Caribbean airline – The Sun

InselAir is one of the Caribbean's largest airlines, operating flights to countries like Jamaica, the US and Colombia

Brits have been warned against travelling with InselAir one of the Caribbeans largest airlines.

The Foreign Office has included the caution on the travel advice pages for countries that the company operates flights to, including Colombia, the US and the Caribbean.

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The government made the decisions after concerns were raised about the airlines safety record.

The message reads: Safety concerns have been raised about INSEL Air.

The US and Netherlands authorities have prohibited their staff from using the airline while safety checks are being carried out.

UK government officials have been told to do the same as a precaution.

InselAir, which is based on the Caribbean island of Curaao, served around 1.4 million customers last year.

While it mainly flies to Caribbean countries, it also runs flights to Miami, Caracas and Medellin.

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A spokesperson for InselAir told SunOnline: The Dutch Civil Aviation Inspectorate has recently visited Aruba and Curacao and met with the representatives of both InselAir Curacao and InselAir Aruba airlines.

They requested to perform spontaneous audits to which both airlines had no objections.

Both airlines remain until now unaware of any findings from the Dutch Civil Aviation Inspectorate that would have an effect on the airworthiness of their operations.

Upon the briefing received after the audit the inspectors said that they were pleasantly surprised with the conclusion of the findings in all of the following areas: Flight Operations, Operation Control Center, Safety and Security, Training, Scheduling, Quality and Maintenance of InselAir Curacao.

Currently neither of the airlines have major pending technical and operational findings with their respective Aviation Authority.

The ongoing grounding of the MD fleet in Aruba is due to a position taken by the Aviation Authority of Aruba in support of the government of Aruba that took the decision to freeze the bank account of the airline due to arrears in payment of taxes.

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