Sunrise Airways (S6, Port au Prince) will wet-lease two A320-200s, each configured with 179 seats, from GlobalX to accelerate its expanding operations in the Caribbean under its three separate air operator’s certificates in Haiti, the Dominican Republic (Sunrise Dominicana), and the eastern Caribbean (Sunrise Airways Dominica).

The addition of the two A320s will allow the company to initially “bolster our existing routes, particularly between Florida [Miami International] and Cap Haitien,” said Gary Stone, Sunrise’s chief executive officer.

“In the near future, though, they’ll be instrumental in our efforts to expand our network to new destinations like Fort Lauderdale International, New York Newark, and other key markets throughout the Americas. We’re planning additional fleet expansion over the coming months, and by the close of 2025 we anticipate operating 18 aircraft across our expanding network,” Stone added.

Sunrise Airways recently requested authorisation from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to start serving New York Newark with wet-leased capacity.

In the meantime, the two A320-200s will increase Sunrise’s fleet (across all AOCs) to 14 aircraft.

ch-aviation data shows Sunrise Airways’ fleet comprises one in-house BAe Jetstream 32, one in-house E120, three wet-leased E120s, and one wet-leased E145. The wet-leased capacity comes from Sahara African Aviation. Sunrise Dominicana operates two BAe Jetstream 32s and one E120, and Sunrise Dominica conducts its flights with one E120.