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'Cape Air' is an airline based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA. It operates scheduled passenger services in Cape Cod and the islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. The airline operates flights between Hyannis and Nantucket under the Nantucket Airlines name as well as Continental Connection services in Micronesia (Guam, Rota and Saipan) and Florida. Its main base is Barnstable Municipal Airport, Hyannis, with hubs at Boston Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida and Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam^[1].

Contents

History

Services

Destinations

Midwest

Grounding of entire fleet

Fleet

External links

References

History

The airline was co-founded in 1989 by company pilot Dan Wolf. Initially Cape Air flew between Provincetown, MA and Boston, MA, but throughout the early 1990s new routes were added to destinations across Southeastern New England. Services in Florida and the Caribbean were added in the late 1990s and service in Micronesia commenced in 2004. In 1994 Cape Air and Nantucket Airlines merged and now offer hourly flights between Nantucket and Hyannis under the ACK Air label (ACK is the airport code for Nantucket). Cape Air is the largest independent regional airline in the United States and carried nearly 700,000 passengers in 2005. During the busy season Cape Air offers more than 850 daily flights. There are rumors that the company is looking to open new stations in and around Portland, Oregon, and Rutland, VT. Cape Air and Nantucket Airlines are wholly owned by Hyannis Air Service.

Services

Cape Air operates 9-passenger Cessna 402C Businessliners in Florida, the Caribbean and the Cape and Islands as well as 46-passenger ATR ATR-42-300s in the Pacific.
Cape Air flights in Micronesia are operated under the Continental Connection name through a codeshare program with Continental Airlines. Cape Air also provides Continental Connection service in Florida and the Caribbean but, operate under the Cape Air livery in those markets.
On February 14, 2007, low cost carrier JetBlue and Cape Air announced a codeshare partnership. The partnership provides JetBlue and Cape Air customers seamless connections to all the destinations served by both airlines from Boston Logan International Airport.^[2]
Most flights between Hyannis and Nantucket are flown under the Nantucket Airlines name.
On August 24, 2007, Cape Air annouced that it will start intrastate services within the state of Indiana effective October 31, pending government approval. ^[3] The flights, operated by Cessna 402C aircraft, will operate between Indianapolis, South Bend, and Evansville.

Destinations

===Florida===
''(operated as Continental Connection)''

★ Fort Myers (Southwest Florida International Airport)

★ Key West (Key West International Airport)

★ Sarasota (Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport)

★ Tampa (Tampa International Airport)
===Cape and Islands===

★ Boston (Logan International Airport) ('Hub')

★ Hyannis (Barnstable Municipal Airport) ('Main Hub')

★ Martha's Vineyard (Martha's Vineyard Airport)

★ Nantucket (Nantucket Memorial Airport) 'Select service is operated by Cape Air's sister airline, Nantucket Airlines'

★ New Bedford (New Bedford Regional Airport)

★ Provincetown (Provincetown Municipal Airport)

★ Providence (T. F. Green Airport) 'Seasonal Service'

Midwest

''Indiana intrastate service starts October 31, pending government approval''

★ Indianapolis, Indiana (Indianapolis International Airport)

★ South Bend, Indiana (South Bend Regional Airport)

★ Evansville, Indiana (Evansville Regional Airport)
===Caribbean===

★ British Virgin Islands

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★ Tortola (Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport)

★ Puerto Rico (United States)

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★ Mayagüez (Eugenio María de Hostos Airport)

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★ Ponce (Mercedita Airport)

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★ San Juan (Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport) ('Hub')

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★ Vieques (Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport)

★ United States Virgin Islands

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★ St. Croix (Henry E. Rohlsen Airport)

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★ St. Thomas (Cyril E. King Airport)
===Mariana Islands (United States)===
''(operated as Continental Connection)''

★ Guam (Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport)

★ Rota (Rota International Airport)

★ Saipan (Saipan International Airport)
==Nantucket Airlines==
Nantucket Airlines, Cape Air's sister airline, operates Cape Air service under the Nantucket Airlines name. Flights depart hourly, and operate between Nantucket (Nantucket Memorial Airport) and Hyannis (Barnstable Municipal Airport).

Grounding of entire fleet

On June 12, 2007 Cape Air CEO Daniel Wolf announced the grounding of all of Cape Air's 49 Cessna 402 aircraft nationwide, after three in flight engine failures. The problem was blamed on premature wear on the crankshaft counterweight. All 402 services were canceled for several days while the counterweights were inspected and replaced if necessary. Normal service resumed about one week after the intial fleet grounding.

Fleet

As of March 2007, Cape Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft :

Type	Fleet	Seats	Aircraft Information
ATR 42-320	2	46
Cessna 402C	49	9

External links

★ Cape Air

References

1. Directory: World Airlines
2. JetBlue Spreads its Wings in New England in marketing Partnership With Cape Air February 14, 2007
3. USA Today article on Cape Air's Indiana intrastate flights August 24, 2007