The company’s fleet replacement program continues apace towards the goal of exchanging 26 of 31 aircraft. By late October, 11 Beech 1900Ds have been delivered, including the 400th of its type to be manufactured.
CommutAir formally becomes a “Continental Connection” affiliate on November 12; the same day, service to Plattsburg, Poughkeepsie, and Saranac Lake ends.
The ‘USAirways Express’ arrangement officially ends on December 4. Two days later, four-times-a-day “Continental Connection” Beech 1900D return service is inaugurated from New York (LGA) to Rochester, along with five-times-a-day roundtrips to Syracuse and Albany.
COMMUTAIR OF MICHIGAN: United States (1975-1976). Com-mutair of Michigan is set up at Pontiac in 1975 to provide scheduled passenger and cargo services to regional destinations. Employing a single de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter, the commuter duly inaugurates daily roundtrip frequencies linking its base with Detroit, Toledo, and Lima. Services cannot be maintained a year.
COMMUTAIRE INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS: United States (1976-1977). CIA is established at Miami in 1976 to provide scheduled roundtrip passenger and cargo services to intrastate destinations. Employing a pair of Britten-Norman BN-2 Islanders, the commuter duly inaugurates daily frequencies linking its base with West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Ft. Lauderdale, and Key Largo.
Services are maintained into 1977.
COMMUTE AIR: United States (1967-1968). Chester C. Johnson founds Commute Air at Spokane, Washington, in early 1967 to offer scheduled passenger and cargo services to regional destinations. Employing a Cessna 402 and a Grumman G-44 Widgeon, the new entrant inaugurates flights on April 1 linking its base, by year’s end, with Kalispell, Moses Lake, Wenatchee, Seattle, Sandpoint, Libby, Kalispell, Poison, and Missoula.
Having expanded rapidly, “The Northwest’s Fastest Growing Air Carrier,” as it bills itself, cannot achieve economic viability and becomes one of the fastest dying, shutting its doors in 1968 before its first birthday.
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