Originally Posted by
boutiquedair
Seems like it's kind of a thing when they are the first planes they have ever sold, and they are planes from a fleet of only, what, 4 or 5 King Airs. I think the question of what that means to the King Air fleet is valid, and what that means to a company that has perpetually been short on aircraft.
If you look on regulations.gov and search "boutique air" you can find every EAS bid submitted. It makes sense that they would sell the King Air fleet now that they do not have one EAS contract requiring a multi engine aircraft. Often, Skywest will have a much lower bid with a CRJ-200 than Boutique submits with a King Air 350.
What is truly amazing, and something that Boutique should be proud of, is that they were able to secure a codeshare with United using single engine aircraft under Part 135.
http://www.scdailypress.com/site/2018/06/04/boutique-air-competes-to-keep-airport-contract/
The article above is a good example of Boutique Air showing their support of the PC12 vs the King Air.