Domino’s Pizza delivered by PLANE to remote Caribbean islands

Winair and Domino’s teamed up to deliver pizzas to Saba and St Eustatius
Pizzas are delivered by a Domino’s worker on scheduled passenger flights
Customers are required to prepay and pick up their order at the airport

Chris Kitching for MailOnline

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05:28 EST, 14 August 2015

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14:45 EST, 14 August 2015

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A Caribbean airline is giving a new meaning to the term special delivery by delivering pizza to locals and tourists on two remote islands.

Winair and Domino’s have teamed up to deliver warm pizzas by plane from St Maarten to the tiny islands of Saba and St Eustatius, both special municipalities of the Netherlands.

With a delivery fee of just $2.75 (£1.75), the pizzas are baked at the chain’s takeaway at St Maarten Airport and then hand-delivered within 30 minutes on scheduled passenger flights.

Domino’s employee Shonella Puran and Winair pilot Captain Frederick Rochemont prepare for a delivery

The journey begins here at Domino’s Pizza in St Maarten Airport. Pictured is a delivery girl on her way out

The delivery girl moves quickly through the airport terminal, anxious to make the plane on time

The hot pizza is taken across the tarmac and on to a waiting Winair plane

Once on board, it’s time to secure the pizza for take off

Each order is packed in an insulated heat bag, which is buckled into an open seat so it doesn’t shift

This image shows the delivery girl disembarking – the pizza safe and sound after a routine flight

Footage shows one of the pizza deliveries to Saba’s airport, where pilots face the shortest commercial runway in the world.

At just 1,300ft, it is located on the side of a mountain with ocean on either side.

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Audrey Agard, a manager at the airport Domino’s, told Mashable that the service has become quite popular and the restaurant receives several delivery requests per day.

When an order is placed staff bake the pizza or pizzas before the next scheduled flight and escort the pies on the 15- to 20-minute flight to Saba or St Eustatius (also known as Statia).

Located on the side of a mountain, Saba’s airport has the shortest commercial runway in the world

Home delivery is not an option, as hungry customers must pick up their order at the Winair counter

The pizza delivery service operates between St Maarten (sometimes spelt St Martin) and Saba and Sint Eustatius – a short hop away

Each order is packed in an insulated heat bag, which is buckled into an open seat so it doesn’t shift during the flight.

Home delivery is not an option, as hungry customers must pick up their order at the Winair counter, in addition to prepaying with a debit or credit card.

Winair said it can’t guarantee specific timed deliveries, however, due to changing flight schedules, possible delays or weight restrictions on De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.