Boston-Maine Airways

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Boston-Maine Airways (BMA) (IATA: E9, ICAO: CXS, and Callsign: Clipper Connection) is an airline based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. It is a scheduled and charter passenger carrier operating as the Pan Am Clipper Connection.

Contents

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 Notes
5 External links

History

The first Boston-Maine Airways started in August 1, 1931, offering service from Boston, Massachusetts, to Bangor, Maine via Portland. It was created by the Boston & Maine and Maine Central Railroads and became Northeast Airlines, which was acquired by Delta Air Lines in 1972.

The current airline was established in March 1999 and started operations in May 2000. It was founded as a feeder for Pan American Airways and also flew for Caesar's of Atlantic City. It is wholly owned by Guilford Transportation Industries, which owns the Pan Am brand.

Under the name Pan Am Clipper Connection, Boston-Maine Airways operates six round-trips daily between Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing, New Jersey, and Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts. Boston-Maine Airways also operates one round-trip daily between Trenton-Mercer Airport and Pease International Airport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Guilford ceased operating Pan Am on November 1, 2004, but operations were transferred to Boston-Maine Airways, which resumed Boeing 727 service under the Pan Am Clipper Connection brand from February 17, 2005.

In August 2005, a federal investigation into fraudulent financial data submitted by Boston-Maine Airways halted plans to expand its fleet and route system. At the same time, the airline pilot union had claimed that the airline was unfit to operate and urged the Department of Transportation to deny the airline's certification for expansion.^{[#endnote_2005]} The airline later announced that it was suspending service from September 6 to November 16, citing rising fuel costs and decreased levels of booking.^{[#endnote_2005A]} In mid-October 2005, the airline suspended 727 flights indefinitely from several airports that it served, including its home base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.^{[#endnote_2005b]}

By March 21, 2006, Pan Am Clipper Connection became the first announced non-charter service to connect to the growing Tunica Municipal Airport in Tunica, Mississippi. The addition not only connects the carrier to a burgeoning casino destination, but also aids efforts to bolster Tunica Municipal as a secondary airport to Memphis International Airport in nearby Memphis, Tennessee. Boston-Maine Airways' Pan Am Clipper Connection will fly from Tunica Municipal Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport three times per week beginning on May 2, 2006.

Destinations

Boston-Maine Airways operates the following services (as of March 2006):

Fleet

The Boston-Maine Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2005):

15 BAe Jetstream 31
21 Boeing 727-222 Adv (3 under certificate to operate)

Notes

↑ McCord, Michael (August 5, 2005). [DOT begins probe of Pease airline]. The Portsmouth Herald.
↑ Huettel, Steve (August 13, 2005). [Pan Am cancels flights for 2 months]. St. Petersburg Times.
↑ McCord, Michael (October 14, 2005). [No more Pan Am flights at Pease]. The Portsmouth Herald.

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