Inselair: opportunities for the airline's niche are ripe if the airline commits to an expanded fleet

Growth at the Caribbean airline group InselAir appears to have levelled after the company more than doubled its fleet between mid-2014 and the end of 2015. Its fleet composition has remained steady at 19 aircraft throughout 2016, and its seat deployment for the year has fallen below levels the company recorded in 2015.

As its seating capacity has decreased in 2016 InselAir Group has continued to expand its network during the last year, bolstering its model that connects markets in Latin America largely to the Caribbean. New flights include service to Brazil and Colombia and Quito, allowing InselAir Group to expand its reach into South America to support its network model. The company is fairly insulated from high levels of competition; on several of its routes it is the lone operator.

For a year the InselAir Group has been exploring opportunities to add aircraft with greater range to its fleet, and at one point was considering Airbus narrowbodies.