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Boston-Maine Airways (BMA) is an American airline based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. It operates scheduled commuter services under the Pan Am Clipper Connection banner. Its main base is Pease International Airport, Portsmouth.^[1]

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Boston-Maine Airways was established in March 1999 and started operations in May 2000. It was founded as a feeder for Pan American Airways and also flew leased BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft for Caesar's of Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is wholly owned by Pan Am Systems (formerly known as Guilford Transportation Industries), which owns the Pan Am brand.

Under the name Pan Am Clipper Connection, Boston-Maine Airways operates six round-trips daily between Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing, New Jersey, and Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts. Boston-Maine Airways also operates one round-trip daily between Trenton-Mercer Airport and Pease International Airport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Guilford ceased operating Pan Am III on November 1, 2004, but operations were transferred to Boston-Maine Airways, which resumed Boeing 727 service under the Pan Am Clipper Connection brand from February 17, 2005.

In August 2005, a federal investigation into fraudulent financial data submitted by Boston-Maine Airways halted plans to expand its fleet and route system. At the same time, the airline pilot union had claimed that the airline was unfit to operate and urged the Department of Transportation to deny the airline's certification for expansion.^[1] The airline later announced that it was suspending service from September 6 to November 16, citing rising fuel costs and decreased levels of booking.^[2] In mid-October 2005, the airline suspended 727 flights indefinitely from several airports that it served, including its home base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.^[3]

By March 21, 2006, Pan Am Clipper Connection became the first announced non-charter service to connect to the growing Tunica Municipal Airport in Tunica, Mississippi. The addition not only connects the carrier to a burgeoning casino destination, but also aids efforts to bolster Tunica Municipal as a secondary airport to Memphis International Airport in nearby Memphis, Tennessee. Boston-Maine Airways' Pan Am Clipper Connection flew from Tunica Municipal Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport three times per week, though service to Tunica ended by October the same year.

On August 1, 2006, Boston-Maine Airways announced that it would begin Pan Am Clipper Connection service to Elmira-Corning Regional Airport in Elmira, New York. Company executives believed that Elmira is a perfect fit for the company with its close proximity to Rochester, Ithaca, Binghamton, and Williamsport. The airline will fly twice daily routes to Bedford, Massachusetts, Trenton, New Jersey, and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Future plans for the airport included possible flights to Orlando and Tampa, Florida, using Boeing 727 aircraft. However, by fall of 2007, service to Elmira ceased.

Pan Am Clipper Connection began non-stop service to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Bedford, Massachusetts, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire from New Haven, CT on March 8, 2007 using 19 seat Jetstream 31 aircraft. Service was later discontinued in August 2007.

Boston-Maine Airways operates the following services (as of November 2007) ^[2]:

• United States
  • Massachusetts
    • Bedford (Hanscom Field)
  • New Hampshire
    • Portsmouth (Pease International Airport)
  • New Jersey
    • Trenton (Trenton-Mercer Airport)

The Boston-Maine Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of June 2007):^[1]

• 6 BAe Jetstream 31
• 3 Boeing 727-200

1. ^ ^{a b} "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 88. 
2. ^ Pan Am destinations

1. ^ McCord, Michael (August 5, 2005). DOT begins probe of Pease airline. The Portsmouth Herald.
2. ^ Huettel, Steve (August 13, 2005). Pan Am cancels flights for 2 months. St. Petersburg Times.
3. ^ McCord, Michael (October 14, 2005). No more Pan Am flights at Pease. The Portsmouth Herald.

• Boston-Maine Airways
• Pan Am Services