Air Pennsylvania
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| commenced = {{Start date and age|1976}}
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| headquarters =Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
| key_people =Eugene F. Plum II
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Air Pennsylvania was a commuter airline active from 1976 to 1982 and based in Reading, Pennsylvania.{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/282522653 | via = newspapers.com | last = Pearson | first = Dan | title = Air Pennsylvania being reorganized | work = The Morning Call | location = Allentown, Pennsylvania | date = 13 Mar 1982}}{{cite news| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/282515488 | via = newspapers.com | title = Air Pennsylvania aims for return to A-B-E| work = The Morning Call | location = Allentown, Pennsylvania | date = 6 Apr 1982 | page = B9}} It was owned by Eugene F. Plum II, whose family also operated a flight school and other airlines as Perkiomen Airways based in Reading, Pennsylvania and Sun International Airways in Puerto Rico.
Fleet
Destinations
- New Jersey
- Atlantic City (Atlantic City International Airport)
- Pennsylvania
- Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton (Lehigh Valley International Airport) {{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/282623025 | via = newspapers.com | title = New flights will start Aug. 17 between A-B-E and Philadelphia | last = Salter | first = Rosa | date = 29 Jul 1981 | page = B3 | work = The Morning Call | location = Allentown, Pennsylvania}}{{cite news | title = Air service line closes for two weeks | date = 12 Mar 1982 | last = Pearson | first = Dan | work = The Morning Call | location = Allentown, Pennsylvania | via = Newspapers.com | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/282519544}}
- Hazleton (Hazleton Municipal Airport)*{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/504056665 | via = newspapers.com | title = Air Pennsylvania picked for city | last = Salitza | first = Bob | date = 25 Nov 1980 | page = 1 | work = Standard-Speaker | location = Hazelton, Pennsylvania }}{{cite news|title = Criticism may follow CAB choice of local air carrier | work = Standard-Speaker | location = Hazelton, Pennsylvania | date = 26 Nov 1980 | page = 2 | last = Salitza | first = Bob | via = newspapers.com | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/504049701}}
- Philadelphia (Philadelphia International Airport)
- Reading (Reading Regional Airport)*
- Cumberland Regional Airport (Cumberland, Maryland)*
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Greater Pittsburgh International Airport)**
Those airports marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer served by commercial air service.
Greater Pittsburgh International Airport was replaced by Pittsburgh International Airport, which is commercially serviced.
See also
External links
- [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200312.html Entry in Flight International Magazine ]
References
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Category:Airlines established in 1976
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