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Old 10-23-2014, 04:51 AM
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Pittsburgh will soon see the arrival of SunAir Express. Looks like a Florida based Navajo Chieftain operator. Flights will go to Lancaster, Jamestown NY, Lancaster and Franklin / Oil City and Altoona.

Ultimately the carrier plans 50 PIT departures a week for these destinations. All service will be under Essential Air Service agreements.

This is the first carrier I have seen in a long time starting out with recip equipment. Who knows, it just might work. It has in the past. Comair started that way
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Pittsburgh will soon see the arrival of SunAir Express. Looks like a Florida based Navajo Chieftain operator. Flights will go to Lancaster, Jamestown NY, Lancaster and Franklin / Oil City and Altoona.

Ultimately the carrier plans 50 PIT departures a week for these destinations. All service will be under Essential Air Service agreements.

This is the first carrier I have seen in a long time starting out with recip equipment. Who knows, it just might work. It has in the past. Comair started that way

This is a company started in 2011 by the founder of Gulfstream Airlines. I believe at one point the goal was Sunair Academy similar to the former Gulfstream Academy. At one point they had a website ( sunairacademy.com) but It never took off and became an EAS carrier similar to Cape Air operating Navajos out of Texas and Penn. I believe it was subsequently sold a few months ago. I have heard that one of the new owners is none other than the Former CEO of Gulfstream Airlines Dave Hackett (whom unless I'm misinformed) was at the helm of GIA when they filed Bankruptcy in 2011, and the company emerged under new ownership and branded Silver Airways under VPAA group. The new COO is a name synonymous with GIA as well. He was the former DO for Gulfstream, and also Silver Airways to my knowledge.


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Old 10-23-2014, 05:30 AM
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Old Tom Cooper at it again.
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Old Tom Cooper at it again.

No, he sold the company to Dave Hackett and Phil Lefevre, according to Wiki.


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Lefevre bought it wow.
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Old 10-23-2014, 05:37 AM
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Lefevre bought it wow.
That's the rumor. Wiki has him listed as a principle, along with Roy Cantor.
Wild huh?


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I've seen them in IAH, gate over in A, also in IAD off the west end of B. Call sign "Friendly" if you ever hear that around the pattern. Not sure where they fly to out of those airports. Saw them have an engine fire at the gate in IAH a few months back, ARFF was hosing them down as we were pulling onto the ramp on the south side of B.

From what I can decipher online, looks like Gulfstream 2.0. I think some of the planes are even the same ones Cooper used to use to follow full 1900s out to the Bahamas with bags back in the day.
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upgrade times? junior bases?
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upgrade times? junior bases?
Are you a masochist? You'd be much better off at Cape Air if you want to do 9-seat piston flying.
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Old 10-23-2014, 09:24 AM
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Yes Phil is an owner.
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