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17-1034: Boston-Maine Airways was established in March 1999 and started operations in May 2000. It was founded as a feeder for the third incarnation of Pan American Airways and also flew leased BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft for Caesar's of Atlantic City, New Jersey . It was wholly owned by Pan Am Systems (formerly known as Guilford Transportation Industries ), which owns the Pan Am brand. Boston-Maine Airways operated six round-trips daily between Trenton–Mercer Airport in Ewing, New Jersey , and Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts . Boston-Maine Airways also operated one round-trip daily between Trenton–Mercer Airport and Pease International Airport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire . Guilford ceased

34-556: A fleet of seven Boeing 727-200s . This airline was nicknamed by some as Pan Am III . The third incarnation began scheduled operations on October 7, 1999, and flew to nine cities in New England , Florida , the Canadian Maritimes and Puerto Rico . The focus was on secondary airports such as Orlando Sanford International Airport , Pease International Airport and Worcester Regional Airport . The new owners relocated

51-554: Is a public-use airport located 2 miles (3 km) east of the central business district of Concord , a city in Merrimack County , New Hampshire , United States . It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility. The airport is publicly owned by

68-533: The Boeing 727 . However, by the fall of 2007, service to Elmira closed. Pan Am Clipper Connection began non-stop service to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Bedford, Massachusetts, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire from New Haven, Connecticut, on March 8, 2007, using 19 seat British Aerospace Jetstream 31 commuter turboprops. Service was later discontinued in August 2007. On February 1, 2008,

85-731: The City of Concord. There was once scheduled airline service at the airport on Northeast Airlines ; nearby Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, 20 miles (32 km) south of Concord Airport (accessible by a 25-mile drive down the F.E. Everett Turnpike ), has largely succeeded Concord for most commercial and even some general aviation flights. Concord Municipal Airport covers an area of 697 acres (282 ha) and has two runways : Concord Aviation Services provides full and self-service 100LL fuel and full-service Jet A fuel. There are long-term tie-down spots for multiple small aircraft on

102-454: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a Show Cause Order (Order 2008-2-3, DOT Docket Number DOT-OST-2000-7668), concluding that Boston-Maine's air carrier certificate should be revoked for three reasons: 1) lack of financial fitness, 2) lack of proper management oversight and 3) lack of "compliance disposition," or willingness to follow federal laws, rules and regulations. The motion to revoke Boston-Maine's DOT air carrier certificate

119-457: The airline was serving the following destinations in the spring of 2001 with Boeing 727-200 jetliners: Pan Am operated a fleet of seven Boeing 727-200s . The registration "N" numbers and names of these aircraft were as follows: This article relating to a United States airline is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Concord Municipal Airport Concord Municipal Airport ( IATA : CON , ICAO : KCON , FAA LID : CON )

136-635: The airline was unfit to operate and urged the Department of Transportation to deny the airline's certification for expansion. The airline later announced that it was suspending service from September 6 to November 16, citing rising fuel costs and decreased levels of booking. In the middle of October 2005, the airline suspended Boeing 727 flights indefinitely from several airports that it served, including its home base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. However, by March 21, 2006, Pan Am Clipper Connection became

153-482: The carrier's arguments that it was not responsible for the company's former General Counsel and Vice President's filing of such false information (Boston-Maine had asserted that this individual had acted alone, without the company's knowledge or involvement). On February 28, 2008, Boston-Maine Airways ended its Jetstream-operated scheduled passenger service. March 29, 2008 was their last 727 flight. Beginning in July 2008,

170-762: The company headquarters from Fort Lauderdale to Portsmouth in December 1998. Pan American later had cooperative service arrangements with Boston-Maine Airways , a feeder subsidiary incorporated by the airline in March 1999. Pan American also established in 2003 a subsidiary PAWA Dominicana , operating under a joint venture with Boston-Maine Airways. Guilford ceased operating Pan Am on November 1, 2004, and its operations were transferred to Boston-Maine Airways which in turn operated Pan Am Clipper Connection service with Boeing 727-200 jetliners as well as with British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 and CASA C-212 Aviocar commuter turboprops. According to its system timetable,

187-776: The company moved eight of its aircraft to Concord Municipal Airport in New Hampshire, with the intent to keep them there until buyers took the planes. Parked on the ramp were six Jetstream 31s to be sold, but one Jetstream and a Cessna Citation I were placed in the corporate hangar operated by Concord Aviation Services. Boston-Maine Airways and the Pan Am Clipper Connection served the following destinations at various times during its existence: [REDACTED]   United States [REDACTED]   Puerto Rico [REDACTED]   Dominican Republic The Boston-Maine Airways fleet consisted of

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204-559: The first announced non-charter service to connect to the then-growing Tunica Municipal Airport in Tunica , Mississippi . The addition not only connected the carrier to a burgeoning casino destination but also aided 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;

221-510: The following aircraft (as of June 2007): Boston-Maine Airways also formerly operated 2 CASA C-212-200 Aviocar commuter turboprops. Pan American Airways (1998%E2%80%932004) Pan American Airways , also known as Pan Am III , was an American airline that operated scheduled services in the eastern United States, as well as charters for tour operators and services to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico . The carrier

238-501: The operations of Pan Am on November 1, 2004. Boston-Maine Airways then took over its operations, which resumed the Boeing 727 jet service under the Pan Am Clipper Connection brand on 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 pilots' union claimed that

255-689: The service to Tunica had ended by October of the same year. On August 1, 2006, Boston-Maine Airways announced that it would begin the Pan Am Clipper Connection service to Elmira-Corning Regional Airport in Elmira, New York . Company executives believed that Elmira was a perfect fit for the company, with its close proximity to Rochester , Ithaca , Binghamton , and Williamsport . The airline flew twice-daily routes to Bedford, Massachusetts , Trenton, New Jersey , and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport . Proposed future plans included possible flights to Orlando and Tampa, Florida , using

272-534: Was brought by the Air Line Pilots Association. The DOT specifically cited the numerous instances where the airline's officials had failed to follow federal laws and regulations and had filed false financial data with the department in its application for authority to fly large aircraft. The DOT concluded that it would have never granted the large aircraft authority had it known of the false information filed by Boston-Maine. The DOT also rejected

289-460: Was established in 1998 from the ashes of Pan Am II , itself the successor to the original Pan Am airline, which had gone bankrupt in 1991. The Pan Am brand was sold by the second incarnation of Pan American World Airways to New Hampshire -based Guilford Transportation Industries , a railroad company headed by Timothy Mellon . After this transaction, a new airline was established on June 29, 1998. Guilford launched Pan American Airways with

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