Sun Air Express
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| Commenced operations | 2012 | |||
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| Focus cities | Pittsburgh International Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 12 | |||
| Destinations | 8 | |||
| Parent company | Sun Air Express, LLC | |||
| Headquarters | Dania Beach, Florida, USA | |||
| Key people |
David Hackett (Chairman, CEO) Philip LeFevre (President, COO) Mark Cestari (VP Marketing) Roy Canter (VP Customer Care) | |||
| Website | http://www.flysunairexpress.com | |||
Sun Air Express is an United States airline with its headquarters in Dania Beach, Florida in Greater Miami (the headquarters has a Fort Lauderdale mailing address).[1][2] It operates charter services as well as scheduled passenger services subsidized under the Essential Air Service (EAS) program.
The airline ended subsidized scheduled service to Victoria Regional Airport from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas on October 31, 2014 after its two year EAS contract expired.[3] A little over a month later Sun Air began service from Washington Dulles International Airport to Lancaster Airport (Pennsylvania) and Hagerstown Regional Airport in Maryland.[4]
Sun Air had planned to begin service between Atlanta and Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon, Georgia on December 1, 2012.[5] However, the airline decided to pull out of the airport deal.[6]
Sun Air Express is establishing a focus city at Pittsburgh International Airport and currently provides frequent daily service to Altoona, Jamestown, Lancaster, Bradford and Franklin/Oil City.
Upon beginning scheduled service, Sun Air Express' passenger bookings were handled by Pacific Wings and their flight listings in travel reservation systems are under Pacific Wings' IATA code, LW. On April 21, 2015, Sun Air Express flights will be handled by and listed under the code of Mokulele Airlines, (6G).[7]
As of November 2013, Sun Air International received $6,583,848 in annual Federal subsidies for Essential Air Services that they provided to Hagerstown,MD, Lancaster,PA and Victoria,TX airports in the U.S.[8]
Destinations
Focus City Statistics
| Airport | Daily Departures | Destinations Served |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh (PIT) | 15 | 5 |
Fleet
| Aircraft | In service | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piper PA-31 Navajo | 9 | 8 | |
| Cessna 208B Grand Caravan[11] | 3 | 9 | All aircraft leased from and operated by Mokulele Airlines. |
References
- ↑ "Contact Us." (Archive) Sun Air International. Retrieved on March 30, 2013. "Mailing Address Sun Air International 3201 Griffin Road Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312"
- ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Dania Beach city, FL 001." (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Miles, Allison. Victoria air service resumes with Sun Air, Victoria Advocate, October 1, 2012, Retrieved 2012-11-08
- ↑ Stauffer, Cindy. First Sun Air flight takes off from Lancaster Airport, Intelligencer Journal / Lancaster New Era, November 5, 2012, Retrieved 2012-11-08
- ↑ Lockwood, Erica. New Airline Picked for Macon-Atlanta Service, WMAZ, September 7, 2012, Retrieved 2012-11-08
- ↑ http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/01/03/sun-air-pulls-out-of-macon-deal
- ↑ McCarthy, Jimmy. Sun Air Express Changing Reservation Company, Jamestown Post-Journal, February 14, 2015, Retrieved 2015-03-02
- ↑ http://www.dot.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/Subsidized%20EAS%20web%20report%20for%20non-Alaska%20communities-Nov%202013.pdf
- ↑ De Lancey, Fran. New airline to start March 1 at Bradford airport, The Bradford Era, January 15, 2015, Retrieved 2015-01-17
- ↑ Gordon, Sam. , The Titusville Herald, February 26, 2015, Retrieved 2015-03-02
- ↑ http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/35631-sun-air-express-to-lease-three-cessna-caravans
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