Cape Air

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Cape Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
9K KAP CAIR
Founded1989
HubsBarnstable Municipal Airport
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
Boston Logan International Airport
Indianapolis International Airport
Fleet size55
Destinations25
HeadquartersHyannis, Massachusetts
Key peopleDaniel A. Wolf (CEO)
Websitehttp://www.flycapeair.com
http://www.nantucketairlines.com

Hyannis Air Service, Inc., trading as Cape Air, is an airline based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA. It operates scheduled passenger services in Florida, Indiana, New England, New York, the United States Virgin Islands, and Micronesia. Flights in Florida and Micronesia are operated as Continental Connection flights through a code share partnership with Continental Airlines. Flights between Hyannis, Massachusetts and Nantucket, Massachusetts are operated under the Nantucket Airlines brand, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cape Air. The airline's corporate headquarters is located at Barnstable Municipal Airport, Hyannis, and hubs are maintained at Boston Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida, and Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam.[1]

History

The airline was co-founded in 1989 by company pilot Dan Wolf and a few of his close friends. Initially Cape Air flew between Provincetown, MA and Boston, MA, but throughout the early 1990s new routes were added to destinations across Southeastern New England. Services in Florida and the Caribbean were added in the late 1990s and service in Micronesia commenced in 2004. In 1994 Cape Air and Nantucket Airlines merged and now offer hourly flights between Nantucket and Hyannis under the ACK Air label (ACK is the airport code for Nantucket).

In late 2007 the airline began a new round of expansion in the Northeast and Midwest. On November 1, 2007 the airline began service between Boston and Rutland, VT with three daily round-trips. The route is subsidized by the US Government under the Essential Air Service (EAS) program. With the help of a government grant, Cape Air expanded into Indiana on November 13, 2007, offering flights from Indianapolis to Evansville and South Bend.

The airline expanded into upstate New York in early 2008 following the sudden demise of Delta Connection carrier Big Sky Airlines. Cape Air began flying three daily round-trips on Essential Air Service routes from Boston to the Adirondack cities of Plattsburgh, NY and Saranac Lake, NY on February 12, 2008.

Cape Air will start to fly EAS routes out of Albany, NY to Watertown, Ogdensburg, and Massena, New York in the near future, expected before September. The company recently purchased four additional Cessna 402s to assist with the recent growth.

Cape Air is the largest independent regional airline in the United States and carried nearly 700,000 passengers in 2005. Loads have increased steadily since the company's expansion into other markets and with opening of five additional routes in the past year the upward trend should only continue. During peak tourist season Cape Air offers more than 850 daily flights system wide.

Services

Cessna 402C at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport

[citation needed]

Cape Air operates 9-passenger Cessna 402C Businessliners/Utililiners in Florida, Indiana, New England, and the Caribbean as well as 46-passenger ATR ATR-42-300s in the Pacific.

Cape Air flights in Micronesia are operated under the Continental Connection name through a codeshare program with Continental Airlines. Cape Air also provides Continental Connection service in Florida and the Caribbean but, operate under the Cape Air livery in those markets.

On February 14, 2007, low cost carrier JetBlue and Cape Air announced a codeshare partnership. The partnership provides JetBlue and Cape Air customers seamless connections to all the destinations served by both airlines from Boston Logan International Airport.[2]

Most flights between Hyannis and Nantucket are flown under the Nantucket Airlines name.

Destinations

[citation needed]

Florida

(operated as Continental Connection)

Northeast

Midwest

Caribbean

Mariana Islands (United States)

(operated as Continental Connection)

Nantucket Airlines

Nantucket Airlines, Cape Air's sister airline, operates Cape Air service under the Nantucket Airlines name. Flights depart hourly, and operate between Nantucket (Nantucket Memorial Airport) and Hyannis (Barnstable Municipal Airport).

Grounding of entire fleet

On June 12, 2007 Cape Air CEO Daniel Wolf announced the grounding of all of Cape Air's 49 Cessna 402 aircraft nationwide, after three in-flight engine failures. The problem was blamed on premature wear on the crankshaft counterweight. All 402 services were canceled for two days while the counterweights were inspected and replaced as necessary. Normal service resumed about four days after the initial fleet grounding.[citation needed]

Fleet

As of March 2007, Cape Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft:[1]

Type Fleet Seats Aircraft Information
ATR 42-320 2 46 Original fleet of 3 - one sold off
Cessna 402C 53 9 47 painted in Cape Air livery, 6 painted in Nantucket Airlines livery.

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. pp. 60–61.
  2. ^ JetBlue Spreads its Wings in New England in marketing Partnership With Cape Air February 14, 2007
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