Silver Airways (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Gainesville) continues its expansion by adding new Essential Air Service (EAS) routes. According to Travel Daily News, the company will start a new base at Washington (Dulles) and serve four communities in West Virginia – Beckley (BKW), Clarksburg (CKB), Lewisburg (LWB) and Morgantown (MGW) and two in Pennsylvania – Altoona (AOO) and Johnstown (JST). The new IAD operation will start this summer and is in addition to the original Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood base, Billings, Cleveland and the recently announced Atlanta base.
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In April 2012 Silver Airways took delivery of its fourth SAAB 340B. The carrier, which received United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to operate the SAAB 340B aircraft type in March 2012, has secured agreements with SAAB Aircraft Leasing to purchase a total of 12 of the advanced turboprops. Silver Airways expects to integrate all 12 of its 34-seat SAAB 340B aircraft into its fleet by September 2012.
Named Lady Victory, the fourth SAAB 340B recognizes Victory Park Capital, the Chicago-based investment firm that now owns Silver Airways.
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