Penobscot Island Air is a small regional airline based at Knox County Regional Airport, Maine, United States (RKD) operating from a private terminal. The airline operates scheduled service to the islands in Maine's Penobscot Bay and offers private charter land and seaplane flights throughout the region.
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| Founded | December 10, 2004 Rockland, Maine, U.S. | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Knox County Regional Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 4 | ||||||
| Key people | Kevin Waters | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Fleet
editPenobscot Island Air operates a fleet of Cessna aircraft equipped with both wheels and floats. The Penobscot Island Air fleet includes the following aircraft types (as of 21 May 2014[update]).[1]
Destinations
editPenobscot Island Air operates scheduled cargo and passenger flights to the following destinations within the state of Maine (as of 20 March 2016[update]).
Charter flights are routinely flown to a number of airports including:
- Bangor
- Bar Harbor
- Belfast
- Biddeford
- Big Green
- Brunswick Executive
- Criehaven
- Portland
- Stonington
- Wiscasset
Accidents
edit- On October 5, 2011, a Cessna 207A crashed while attempting to land at Matinicus. The pilot and sole occupant of the cargo flight were killed.
- On July 17, 2011, a Cessna 206G made a water landing shortly after takeoff from Matinicus. The four occupants of the aircraft were rescued from the ocean.[2]
- On June 26, 2017, a Cessna 206 crashed shortly after takeoff from Vinalhaven. The pilot and sole occupant were taken to the Knox County Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- On September 1, 2017, a Cessna 206 crash near Harpswell, Maine
References
edit- ^ "Our Fleet". Penobscot Island Air. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Betts, Stephen. "NTSB report blames pilot error in 2011 island air crashes". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
External links
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