Northeast Express Regional Airlines
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Ceased operations | 1995 | ||||||
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Fleet size | See Fleet below | ||||||
Destinations | See Former destinations served below | ||||||
Headquarters | Manchester, New Hampshire, United States | ||||||
Key people |
Roland Martin Allen Caruso (JobTitle1) |
Northeast Express Regional Airlines was a regional airline based in Manchester, New Hampshire.[1] The airline was originally known as Valley Airlines started by Maine businessman Roland Martin it capitalized on the US government essential air service by flying intrastate Maine to small communities that otherwise would not have access to airline services. Then the airline was brought by Allen Caruso of Bar Harbor Airlines fame. They rebranded and became Northeast Express Regional Airlines and became a Northwest Airlines codeshare affiliate dba Northwest Airlink. The airline declared bankruptcy and was liquidated, along with its sister company Precision Airlines, in 1995.
Former destinations served
- Connecticut
- Maine
- Augusta (Augusta State Airport)
- Bangor (Bangor International Airport)
- Bar Harbor (Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport)
- Frenchville (Northern Aroostook Regional Airport)*
- Lewiston (Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport)*
- Portland (Portland International Jetport) **
- Presque Isle (Northern Maine Regional Airport)
- Rockland (Knox County Regional Airport)
- Waterville (Waterville Robert LaFleur Airport)*
- Massachusetts
- Boston (Logan International Airport) - HUB
- New Jersey
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Quebec, Canada
Those airports marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer served by commercial air service. Norfolk Richmond Laguardia JFK Hyannis Nantucket Boston Philadelphia Baltimore St. John's NB Fredericton Charlottetown PEI Quebec Montreal Roanoke Charlottesville Syracuse Buffalo Albany Islip
Fleet
- Beech 99 Airliner
- Fairchild Metroliner III
- De Havilland Canada Dash 8
References
- ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 22–28 March 1995. 80.