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Cape Air
IATA
9K		 ICAO
KAP		 Callsign
CAIR
Founded 1989
Hubs Barnstable Municipal Airport
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
Boston Logan International Airport
Fleet size 51
Destinations 25
Parent company Hyannis Air Service, Inc.
Headquarters Hyannis, Massachusetts
Key people Daniel A. Wolf (CEO)
Website: http://www.flycapeair.com
http://www.nantucketairlines.com

Cape Air is an airline based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA. It operates scheduled passenger services in Florida, Indiana, New England, the United States Virgin Islands, and Micronesia. Flights in Florida and Micronesia are operated as Continental Connection flights through a code share partnership with Continental Airlines. Flights between Hyannis, Massachusetts and Nantucket, Massachusetts are operated under the Nantucket Airlines brand, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cape Air. The airline's corporate headquarters is located at Barnstable Municipal Airport, Hyannis, and hubs are maintained 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].

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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. On November 1, 2007 the company introduced service between Boston and Rutland, VT with three daily round-trips. The route is subsidized by the US Government under the Essential Air Service program. On November 13, 2007 Cape Air spread it's wings in Indiana offering flights from Evansville to Indianapolis to South Bend. Cape Air and Nantucket Airlines are wholly owned by Hyannis Air Service[1].

Cessna 402C at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Cessna 402C at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport

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Cape Air operates 9-passenger Cessna 402C Businessliners/Utililiners in Florida, Indiana, New England, and the Caribbean 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.

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(operated as Continental Connection)

(operated as Continental Connection)

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).

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 two days while the counterweights were inspected and replaced if necessary. Normal service resumed about four days after the initial fleet grounding.

As of March 2007, Cape Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft[1] :

Type Fleet Seats Aircraft Information
ATR 42-320 2 46 Original fleet of 3 - one sold off
Cessna 402C 49 9 43 painted in Cape Air livery, 6 painted in Nantucket Airlines livery.

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, pp. 60-61. 
  2. ^ JetBlue Spreads its Wings in New England in marketing Partnership With Cape Air February 14, 2007
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