Air Caraïbes will start a very short widebody service this winter, operating an Airbus A350-900 on a 40-minute flight between Samana and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. This service provides the only European link to Samana and will operate weekly, increasing to twice weekly by 2026. The article also highlights other small block-time widebody operations worldwide and details Air Tanzania’s short 787-8 service in East Africa.