SeaPort Airlines
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Commenced operations | June 5, 2008 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | September 20, 2016 | ||||||
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Website | http://www.seaportair.com |
SeaPort Airlines was a US-based regional airline with its headquarters at Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon.[2]
It operated scheduled service from its bases at Portland International Airport (PDX) (Pacific Northwest region) and Memphis International Airport (MEM) (Mid-South region). It also operated a Southwest region from San Diego International Airport (SAN) and Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR), as well as international service to San Felipe International Airport (SFH), the airport's most recent commercial service, from 2013 to January 2016.
SeaPort Airlines used the callsign "
As of November 2013, SeaPort Airlines received $13,879,930 in annual Federal subsidies for Essential Air Services that they provided to rural airports in the U.S.[3]
On February 5, 2016, the airline announced it had filed for voluntary
Fleet
Seaport Airlines operated the Pilatus PC-12 and the Cessna 208 Caravan.
Regional operations
SeaPort Airlines operated scheduled commuter service in two distinct geographical areas connecting rural communities to the national transportation network: the Pacific Northwest with destinations in
Until January 2016 the airline also had a Southwest region with destinations in California and Mexico.
Pacific Northwest service
SeaPort's Pacific Northwest Service at its
As part of this business shift, on January 15, 2012, SeaPort Airlines began nonstop flights between Portland International Airport and North Bend/Coos Bay utilizing Cessna 208 Caravan single turboprop engine aircraft.
On October 21, 2008, SeaPort Airlines was awarded a two-year government grant to provide commercial service from Portland to Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton beginning December 1, 2008, replacing subsidized service by Horizon Air.[8]
On March 20, 2016, SeaPort Airlines ceased service to North Bend/Coos Bay,[9] and PenAir began service on March 21.[10]
Mid-South service
All of SeaPort's Mid-South service based at Memphis International Airport was federally subsidized under the Essential Air Service.
On March 12, 2010, SeaPort won a two-year
In February 2013, SeaPort Airlines announced that its EAS contract for service to
By July, 2014, EAS service began to Great Bend, Kansas with flights to Kansas City and Wichita, Kansas. The Wichita flights ended by April, 2015.
In November, 2014, Seaport began service from Memphis and Nashville to Tupelo, Mississippi and on January 12, 2015 service began from Nashville to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, both under EAS contracts. Both had ended in late 2015.
Following the 2014 phaseout of the Wright Amendment and the opening of a new terminal at Dallas Love Field, SeaPort had to share a single gate with Virgin America and lost its access to a permanent ticket counter; the resulting inconvenience and flight delays prompted SeaPort to transfer the Texas–Arkansas flights from Love Field to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston in September 2015.[14]
On January 16, 2016, SeaPort ceased service to Salina, Great Bend, and Kansas City, citing a nationwide shortage of regional airline pilots.[15]
Southwest service
On May 1, 2013, the airline began service connecting Imperial/El Centro to San Diego and Burbank. The EAS contract was awarded to SeaPort in January 2013, replacing the incumbent carrier SkyWest Airlines, which linked Imperial to Los Angeles.
In July 2014, SeaPort Airlines announced it would begin nonstop service between Burbank and San Diego on October 1, with four weekday flights each way, and reduced service on weekends.
Later the airline added service to Sacramento and Visalia as well as its first international destination, San Felipe in Mexico.
SeaPort ceased all operations in California and Mexico on January 15, 2016.[15]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Airlines / Aircraft Operators Database Lookup". Airframes.org.
- ^ "Fact Sheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- ^ http://www.dot.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/Subsidized%20EAS%20web%20report%20for%20non-Alaska%20communities-Nov%202013.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "SeaPort Airlines Chapter 11 Petition" (PDF). PacerMonitor. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ http://www.seaportair.com/announcements/947/
- ^ "SeaPort Airlines Files Reorganization Plan". aviationtribune.com. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ^ Mutzabaugh, Ben (September 21, 2016). "SeaPort Airlines shuts down, faces liquidation". USA Today. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ^ "2008-10-25 Order Reselecting Carrier and Setting Final Subsidy Rates". U.S. Department of Transportation. October 24, 2008.
- ^ "Flights to North Bend/Coos Bay to Cease after March 20" (Press release). SeaPort Airlines. February 3, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- ^ "PenAir announces service between Portland and North Bend" (Press release). Coos County Airport District. February 15, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- The Salina Journal. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "SeaPort Airlines may add KC as destination from Harrison". Baxter Bulletin. Retrieved 27 February 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b route map
- ^ Maxon, Terry (July 30, 2015). "Dallas Love Field to lose service from one airline (the smallest one)". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Texas. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Baskas, Harriet (2016-01-19). "SeaPort Airlines abruptly cancels service in several states". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
External links
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