Air Pennsylvania
Appearance
Commenced operations | 1976 |
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Ceased operations | 1982 |
Destinations | See Destinations below |
Headquarters | Reading, Pennsylvania, United States |
Key people | Eugene F. Plum II |
Air Pennsylvania was a commuter airline active from 1976 to 1982 and based in Reading, Pennsylvania.[1][2] It was owned by Eugene F. Plum II, whose family also operated a flight school and other airlines as Perkiomen Airways based in Reading, Pennsylvania and Sun International Airways in Puerto Rico.
Fleet
[edit]- Beech 18
- Britten Norman Islander
- Cessna 152
- Cessna 172
- Cessna 182
- Convair 240
- DC-3 (N2VM)
- Fairchild Hiller FH-227
- Piper Apache
- Piper Arrow
- Piper Navajo
- Piper Trainer
Destinations
[edit]- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton (Lehigh Valley International Airport) [3][4]
- Hazleton (Hazleton Municipal Airport)*[5][6]
- Philadelphia (Philadelphia International Airport)
- Reading (Reading Regional Airport)*
- Cumberland Regional Airport (Cumberland, Maryland)*
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Greater Pittsburgh International Airport)**
Those airports marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer served by commercial air service. Greater Pittsburgh International Airport was replaced by Pittsburgh International Airport, which is commercially serviced.
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pearson, Dan (13 Mar 1982). "Air Pennsylvania being reorganized". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Air Pennsylvania aims for return to A-B-E". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 6 Apr 1982. p. B9 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Salter, Rosa (29 Jul 1981). "New flights will start Aug. 17 between A-B-E and Philadelphia". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. B3 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Pearson, Dan (12 Mar 1982). "Air service line closes for two weeks". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Salitza, Bob (25 Nov 1980). "Air Pennsylvania picked for city". Standard-Speaker. Hazelton, Pennsylvania. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Salitza, Bob (26 Nov 1980). "Criticism may follow CAB choice of local air carrier". Standard-Speaker. Hazelton, Pennsylvania. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
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