Caribbean Airlines is the state-owned flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, headquartered at Piarco International Airport in Trinidad. Established in September 2006 as the successor to BWIA West Indies Airways, the airline launched operations on 1 January 2007. It now operates more than 600 weekly flights to 18 destinations across the Caribbean, North America, and South America, and is the largest airline in the Caribbean.