Elite Airways is an airline based in the United States operating charter and scheduled passenger flights. The airline is a relatively new carrier that adjusts destinations as demand increases or decreases. The airline is headquartered in Portland, Maine.
Elite Airways LLC was founded in 2006 and received FAA Part 121 scheduled certification in 2012. When the airline obtained its scheduled authority it announced it would begin scheduled passenger flights to and from Orlando Melbourne International Airport, the airline's operating base; the first scheduled passenger route was announced on July 28, 2014 when the airline said it would begin twice-weekly services between Melbourne and Washington Dulles International Airport on September 8 that year. Flights went on sale August 25, 2014 utilizing Branson Air Express as the ticketing airline.
In November the airline began operating the Branson Air Express flights from Branson Airport to Chicago Midway Airport and Houston Hobby Airport.
The airline announced that service from Northern Colorado's Fort Collins-Loveland Airport to both Newark Liberty International Airport and Chicago Rockford International Airport would begin on August 27, 2015.
The airline subsequently announced flights starting December 10, 2015 from Vero Beach Municipal Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, representing the first-ever commercial scheduled jet service at Vero Beach airport.
In early 2016, Elite Airways introduced scheduled service from Naples Municipal Airport in southwest Florida to Newark Liberty, Orlando Melbourne, Vero Beach and Portland International Jetport in Maine, representing the first commercial services at Naples Municipal Airport since 2006.
In March 2016, the airline announced the restart of twice-weekly service between Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport and Chicago Rockford International Airport starting May 23, 2016.
On April 15, 2016, the airline announced that it would begin regular flight operations at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip, New York. The airline announced service to three destinations: Orlando-Melbourne, FL; Myrtle Beach, SC; and Portland, ME. Flight service began at Long Island MacArthur Airport the morning of June 17, 2016 On December 7, 2016, the airline announced it would begin non-stop service from Long Island to Newport News, VA beginning in March 2017, and on December 13, 2016, the airline announced plans to further expand service from Long Island MacArthur Airport to Vero Beach, FL.
Beginning April 27, 2017, Elite Airways begins its first international service, flying between Orlando Melbourne International Airport and South Bimini Airport in The Bahamas.
Beginning September 28, 2017, Elite Airways began doing business as Cal Jet Elite, and flew between McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, CA and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, NV. Cal Jet and Elite provided irregular service, frequently cancelling flights and stranding travelers. . Service appears to have ended in April 2018. It is unclear if Elite Airways intends to maintain the Cal Jet route; as of June 20, it is not possible to book flights on their website.
As of August 2016, the airline operates a fleet of one Bombardier CRJ100 and five Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft both fitted with 50 passenger seats and five Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft fitted with 70 seats.
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Fleet
The Elite Airways fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of September 2017):
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Destinations
Elite Airways operates both charter and scheduled operations. Charter operations are primarily NCAA charters, music tours, and other ACMI operations flying throughout North & Central America, and the Caribbean.
The scheduled operations served are as below.
Current destinations
- United States
- Arizona
- Bullhead City/Laughlin (NV) - Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport
- Phoenix - Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
- Florida
- Key West - Key West International Airport
- Melbourne - Orlando Melbourne International Airport
- Sarasota/Bradenton - Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- St. Augustine - Northeast Florida Regional Airport (begins October 4, 2018)
- Vero Beach - Vero Beach Regional Airport
- Maine
- Bar Harbor - Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport Seasonal
- Portland - Portland International Jetport
- Minnesota
- Rochester - Rochester International Airport (begins October 4, 2018)
- New Jersey
- Newark - Newark Liberty International Airport
- New York
- Albany - Albany International Airport
- Long Island/Islip - Long Island MacArthur Airport (resumes September 6, 2018)
- White Plains - Westchester County Airport
- North Carolina
- Asheville - Asheville Regional Airport
- South Carolina
- Myrtle Beach - Myrtle Beach International Airport
- The Bahamas
- Bimini - South Bimini Airport (resumes September 6, 2018)
Terminated destinations
- United States
- California
- Carlsbad - McClellan-Palomar Airport
- Colorado
- Denver - Denver International Airport
- Fort Collins - Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport
- Florida
- Naples - Naples Municipal Airport
- Illinois
- Chicago - Midway International Airport
- Rockford - Chicago Rockford International Airport
- Louisiana
- New Orleans - Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Missouri
- Branson - Branson Airport
- Nevada
- Las Vegas - McCarran International Airport
- Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh International Airport (Never Launched)
- Texas
- Houston - George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Virginia
- Dulles/Washington, D.C. - Washington Dulles International Airport
- Newport News - Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (Never Launched)
- Canada
- Halifax - Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Mexico
- Cancún - Cancún International Airport
References
External links
- Elite Airways official website
- PlaneSpotters.net official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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