CommutAir

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CommutAir is a regional airline based in Plattsburgh, New York, USA. It operates under the name Continental Connection for Continental Airlines. Its main base is Clinton County Airport, Plattsburgh, NY. It flies mainly out of Logan International Airport in Boston, and Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland to destinations in the Northeast and Midwest United States.

CommutAir Beech 1900D

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Future Expansion Plans
4 Services
5 Fleet
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Code Data

IATA Code: C5
ICAO Code: UCA
Callsign: Commutair

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1989 and started operations on August 1, 1989. It had a marketing affiliation with US Airways since its inception, but changed affiliations to Continental Airlines in December 2000, when the codeshare agreement with US Airways expired. In July 2001 the company announced plans to downsize their fleet and workforce by approximately half and begin a reorganization of the airline. In early 2002 the company began a "micro-hub" operation based in Albany, New York. At its high point in 2003 and 2004 the hub served the following cities: Allentown, Harrisburg, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Burlington, Manchester, Portland, Bangor, Providence, Islip, Hartford/Springfield, White Plains, Ottawa and Montreal all with a fleet of Raytheon Beech 1900Ds. Following unprofitable operations as Continental's regional affiliate in Albany, operations were pulled down in 2005. Presently, CommutAir operates service from Albany to Boston-Logan and Buffalo.

In January 2003 CommutAir announced an agreement with Continental to feed the latter's Cleveland, Ohio hub. Service was commenced on March 16, 2003 with service to Kalamazoo, MI and Elmira, NY. Two cities were added the following month and by August 2003 CommutAir served 12 cities from the Cleveland hub.

[edit] Future Expansion Plans

On September 12, 2006, a CommutAir announced that they will lease sixteen Bombardier Q-200 Dash 8 aircraft from Horizon Air. They will operate these 37-passenger turboprop aircraft under the Continental Connection name from Continental's Cleveland hub.^[1]