Gem State Airlines

Gem State Airlines Convair 580 in 1980

Gem State Airlines was a United States airline founded in 1978 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It carried passengers for 11 months, from December 1978 to November 1979,^[1] and merged in January 1980 with Air Pacific to become Golden Gate Airlines.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Its founder was Thomas D. "Tom" Soumas, Jr. (b. 1953) of Coeur d'Alene^[7][8] and the primary investor was Justin S. Colin (1924–2012), a New York financier.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Cities served

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Fleet

• Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner – (6)
• Convair 580 – (3)

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