Twin Jet has announced it will start the Lille – Strasbourg route on February 27, 2019.
The company will start a new route linking Lyon with Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg (BSL) on March 5, 2019.
Twin Jet will also commence a new route from Marseille and Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg also on March 5, 2019.
Top Copyright Photo (all others by the airline):ย Twin Jet Beech (Raytheon) 1900D F-HAPE (msn UE-367) BSL (Paul Bannwarth). Image: 911772.
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Current Route Map:
Great Lakes Airlines today (March 28) has decided to end all operations. The carrier today issued this updated statement:
Great Lakes Airlines (GLUX), a regional airline, operating domestic scheduled and charter services, announced on March 28, 2018 that it has discontinued its scheduled passenger flight operations.
After 40 years of servicing regional airports in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States, Great Lakes Airlines has begun implementing employee layoffs.
The airline, which owns a fleet of aircraft, comprised of 28 Beechcraft 1900Ds and six Embraer 120 Brasilias, hopes to sell its remaining assets to interested parties. Critical staff members needed to support the scheduled airline certificate, repair station certificate, reservation platform and maintain the fleet will be kept onboard until the airline’s assets can be sold.
On August 1,ย 2015 a change in Flight Officer Qualifications (FOQ), requiring first officers to possess Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certifications and an associated increase in the number of flight experience hours necessary for newly hired pilots, significantly reduced the amount of qualified pilots available for smaller airlines. This change caused Great Lakes Airlines, for the past five years, to suspend flights to small cities in the Upper Midwest and Western Regions of the U.S. as a result of its inability to employ pilots.
The last flight departed on Monday evening, March 26, 2018. All customers who have purchased tickets for flights departing after that date will receive full refunds.
About Great Lakes Airlines
Founded in 1977 by Doug Voss and Ivan Simpson in Spirit Lake, Iowa, Great Lakes Airlines is a regional airline operating domestic scheduled and charter services. The airline’s corporate headquarters are located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with a hub at Denver International Airport.
Copyright Photo:ย Great Lakes Airlines (USA) Beech (Raytheon) 1900D N220GL (msn UE-220) (Alamosa, Colorado) LAX (Ton Jochems). Image: 921503.
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Great Lakes Airlines has issued this statement:
At midnight on Monday, 3/26/18, Great Lakes suspended scheduled flight operations as an air carrier.
Although we are ceasing flight operations, it is important to note that the company has not entered bankruptcy and will continue to operate certain segments of the business. We will continue to support the ADI flights operating between Denver, Pierre and Watertown.
Aerodynamics, Inc. continues to operate scheduled service between the cities of Denver, CO, Pierre, SD and Watertown, SD.
The previous route map in January 2014:
The new route map:
Copyright Photo:ย Great Lakes Airlines (USA) Beech (Raytheon) 1900D N202UX (msn UE-202) (Dodge City, Kansas) LAX (Michael B. Ing). Image: 913939.
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Air Georgian’s SOAR program for aviation career awareness, recruitment and retention continues to grow with the addition of Transwest. The partnership provides a career pathway for Transwest pilots to join Air Georgian with an entry into the Air Canada network.
About SOAR
SOAR is designed to provide partnered operators and flight schools with predictable, timed attrition with extended notice periods while providing their employees visibility regarding career progression with an entry point to the Air Canada system.
SOAR (Sharing Opportunities for Advancement and Reward) is comprised of three initiatives:
Air Canada’s Pilot Mobility Agreement (PMA)
All Air Georgian pilots are guaranteed an interview with Air Canada through a PMA. Up to 40% of Air Georgian pilots will advance to Air Canada in 2018, providing the fastest path for pilots to Air Canada.
About Transwest
Proudly building upon a 60-year heritage of aviation excellence and employing a diverse fleet of fixed wing aircraft on wheels, skies and floats; Transwest Air continues to be the largest scheduled, charter and medevac aviation operation in Saskatchewan.
About Air Georgian
Air Georgian is the longest serving regional partner of the Air Canada family, operating 64,000 regional flights per year on behalf of Air Canada. With bases in Calgary and Toronto, they carry close to 2 million passengers a year to 31 domestic and transborder destinations.
Copyright Photo:ย Air Canada Express-Air Georgian Beech (Raytheon) 1900D C-GAAR (msn UE-207) YYZ (Keith Burton). Image: 912875.
Air Canada-Air Georgian aircraft slide show:
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