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Trip Report: America’s Remaining Passenger Metroliner
While mostly gone from the skies, this week’s trip report follows America’s only remaining Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner. Operated by Key Lime Air, this unique aircraft can only be found flying passengers on one route in the entire United States; Denver to Alliance, Nebraska. I was very excited to have the opportunity to fly on another […]
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EAS Round Up – Part 2
Essential Air Service (EAS) has been in the news frequently the past couple of months, and large airports aren’t the only airports that have news to report on. This is a continuation of the series, titled ‘EAS Round up’, and will touch on any news regarding the contracts in the EAS airport community since the […]
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Trip Report: Cape Air Inaugural Manistee Flight – Part 2
View the festivities at the airport from Part 1 of this trip report – HERE After departing from Manistee County Airport, we continued our climb through the clouds to our cruising altitude of 6,000-Feet. Unlike my flight onboard North Country Sky’s Beech-1900C, this aircraft went directly over the water. Although due to the low cloud layer […]
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Trip Report: Cape Air Inaugural Manistee light – Part 1
Manistee was in the news over the summer regarding the EAS contract in the city. After experiencing the previous airline— North Country Sky — first hand, I decided to try out Cape Air’s new service to see how it compared. The booking process and flight schedule was simple and easy to understand, unlike the previous […]
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Interview: Boutique Adds First Florida Destination
Boutique Air is continuing to push forward with its expansion plans of recent months, most recently announcing the small carrier would begin operating to Pensacola, Fla. Flights to Pensacola will operate out of the city of Muscle Shoals, Ala., one of the many Essential Air Service (EAS) cities the airline operates out of in the […]
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Interview: JSX Adds Third Texas Destination
As airlines add back service in preparation for their busy holiday season, Dallas-based regional airline JSX has announced it’s third destination in the state of Texas. Beginning in January, the airline will fly two routes to the border town of Lajitas, located in west Texas. The new flights on JSX to Lajitas will begin on […]
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Allegiant Adds Service to Orange County, Calif. and Grand Rapids, Mich.
Allegiant Air loaded several new routes and even a new destination onto its website early Tuesday morning, appearing to quietly announce new flights as the airline looks to strengthen its presence on the West Coast and in the Midwest. The airline is commencing new routes to John Wayne Airport in southern California and is expanding […]
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Advanced Air Adds Mammoth Lakes
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, airlines are beginning to bulk up on their schedule for what they hope to be a busy winter season, and Advanced Airlines is no different. Advanced Airlines is an aircraft operator company that was founded in Los Angeles in 2018. The airline operates scheduled flights in the southwestern United States which […]
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Trip Report: Delta’s Final 777 Passenger Flight
As airlines begin to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Delta is continuing to finalize some of its fleet restructuring programs. On Oct. 31, it had its final passenger flight onboard the Boeing 777 aircraft. I was lucky enough to get a seat on this final farewell flight. The day of the trip, […]
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EAS Round Up — Part 1
Essential Air Service (EAS) has been in the news frequently the past couple of months, and large airports aren’t the only airports that have news to report on. This new series, titled ‘EAS Round up’ will touch on any news regarding the contracts in the EAS airport community. Whether it is a new airline being […]