ridgid727 From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 915 posts, RR: 1 Posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 3010 times:
For the Lebanon airport to reach 10,000 boardings for the year, Cape Air is offering fares at $12 each way to either BOS or HPN. Reaching 10,000 boardings will qualify the airport for Federal Grant Money
DariusBieber From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 128 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 2936 times:
mesaflyguy From United States of America, joined Dec 2012, 726 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2747 times:
I wonder how many boarding they're up to now? With three days left and Cape Air's planes holding 9 passengers each, hope all their flights are full!
atrude777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5613 posts, RR: 54 Reply 4, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 2658 times:
Quoting KarlB737 (Reply 3):
Quincy, Illinois (UIN) just achieved the same exact goal today:
Courtesy: WGEM-TV
Great Job Quincy!!! I know MWA and CGI were hoping to reach the same as well.
Good Luck to LEB, it's always a great pleasure to be able to reach "Primary" Airport--12 is easy to help support them, I'd do it if I lived nearby!
Alex
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GentFromAlaska From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2076 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 2631 times:
I'm not overally familiar with Cape Air but I I might have marketed a seafood lunch flight over to PWM. Fly over to PWM have lunch and fly back.
Quoting DariusBieber (Reply 1): and Cape Air's planes holding 9 passengers each, hope all their flights are full!
Wow they are small. I think 9 is the magic number which regulates what airports a carrier can fly into. as it relates to AE 139 certification. I think 8 or 9 pax is also the magic number which dictates if the airport has to have TSA screeners.
Man can be taken from Alaska. Alaska can never be taken from the man.
Not at all. Cape Air is an international regional airline (yes I know they makes no sense but they serve various areas regionally across the globe) that is generally not low cost and tends to serve markets with little to no competition.
atrude777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5613 posts, RR: 54 Reply 9, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1925 times:
According to the Facebook Page for Cape Air--LEB has 42 passengers left to reach the 10,000 Mark.
On top of that, MWA as reached their 10,000 mark too! Very very pleased to see the success Cape Air has, while passing that success down to the communities and airports and truly working with everyone.
Cape Air is probably the best thing in the industry to happen to quite a few of those cities/communities.
Alex
Good things come to those who wait, better things come to those who go AFTER it!
DiamondFlyer From United States of America, joined Oct 2008, 1294 posts, RR: 3 Reply 10, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1872 times:
Quoting atrude777 (Reply 9): Cape Air is probably the best thing in the industry to happen to quite a few of those cities/communities.
Absolutely. Cape Air is one of the best things to happen to the EAS program in a while. They are able to actually get people to fly on the flights, and in some cases, they actually add flights that aren't subsidized.
KPWMSpotter From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 325 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1791 times:
Just booked a quick turn LEB-HPN-LEB for tomorrow, should be back home in time for New Year's Eve. Trip report to follow!
PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4985 posts, RR: 14 Reply 12, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1768 times:
Quoting DiamondFlyer (Reply 10): Absolutely. Cape Air is one of the best things to happen to the EAS program in a while. They are able to actually get people to fly on the flights, and in some cases, they actually add flights that aren't subsidized.
Is their service actually decent? I mean is it totally worth flying in one of those prop-jobs for a short hop? I know for example, to get to Martha's Vineyard you need to use an airline like this, but I've never had this experience.
atrude777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5613 posts, RR: 54 Reply 13, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1655 times:
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 12):
Is their service actually decent? I mean is it totally worth flying in one of those prop-jobs for a short hop? I know for example, to get to Martha's Vineyard you need to use an airline like this, but I've never had this experience.
What more do you need? It's literally a quick hop, there isn't going to be food or Snack service.
Cape Air allows you to check one bag for free, allows you to cancel a ticket without paying a fee, and allows you to change your ticket without paying a fee either, just like Southwest, code shares with United, B6,AA and other airlines, has interline agreements with other carriers to check your bag all the way to your final destination, sans WN of course.
The aircraft is a C-402, 9 seats, no bathroom or service. So no the "service" is not "decent" since there isn't a service in the air. On the ground however their customer service is amazing. I truly enjoy flying them whenever possible MWA-STL to help support them and the community.
Alex
Good things come to those who wait, better things come to those who go AFTER it!
GentFromAlaska From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2076 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1613 times:
Quoting atrude777 (Reply 13): Cape Air allows you to check one bag for free, allows you to cancel a ticket without paying a fee, and allows you to change your ticket without paying a fee either,
What a breath of fresh air.
I haven't seen their URL posted in this thread as of yet so here it is https://www.capeair.com/
And here is the wiki bio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Air
Looking at their drop down menu they actually fly to quite a few places. Even with their UA and B6 code shares I wonder if the armchair route planner in me wonders if they might be good partner with F9 at TTN or the Republic RJET Holding Company
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mesaflyguy From United States of America, joined Dec 2012, 726 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1474 times:
nomadd22 From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 1564 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1391 times:
Those 402s are a great experience. Having a view all around you is a whole different world than scrunching down to look out those little portholes on most airliners. I fly them from San Juan to St, Croix whenever I get a chance.
DiamondFlyer From United States of America, joined Oct 2008, 1294 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1252 times:
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 12): Is their service actually decent? I mean is it totally worth flying in one of those prop-jobs for a short hop?
Considering some of the cities they serve would have nothing without their 402's, I'd say its decent service. There must be a reason 9K can get passenger numbers up at quite a few EAS airports that other airlines couldn't do the same at.
atct From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 2038 posts, RR: 40 Reply 22, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1122 times:
Quoting GentFromAlaska (Reply 5): I think 8 or 9 pax is also the magic number which dictates if the airport has to have TSA screeners.
Up here in AK we fly Dash 8's and Saab's (and others) without TSA. The reason I prefer flying Era (B1900/Dash-8) to FAI from ANC is because I dont have to go through the TSA. Same price. I think its actually less than 50 pax but I dont know the exact number.
atct
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F9animal From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4739 posts, RR: 30 Reply 23, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1111 times:
The 402 is indeed a nice plane. Worked for Air Nevada in the mid 90s. We had a fleet of like 15 IIRC. Would not be surprised if some of those 402s made it over to Cape. Is Cape getting a new aircraft type soon? I remember talk of it a few years ago.
texan From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 4204 posts, RR: 53 Reply 24, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1087 times:
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 12): Is their service actually decent? I mean is it totally worth flying in one of those prop-jobs for a short hop? I know for example, to get to Martha's Vineyard you need to use an airline like this, but I've never had this experience.
For me it was. Especially in winter. Driving to rural Vermont from Boston in January and February can be quite treacherous. I much preferred flying into BOS and then catching Cape Air up to LEB where someone could pick me up and drive me the 15 minutes home. And checking in is much easier in LEB than in BOS!
And I love the service. The pilots have always been talkative, polite and jovial when I've flown them.
Texan
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25 timboflier215: Tecnam are building a new type for them - called the P2012 Traveller; I believe Cape Air are inputting into the design so they will actually end up w
26 GentFromAlaska: As time allows I'll dig into 14 CFR Part 139 to see what I can find. In the interim I found this http://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_safety/part139_c
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