Sun Air Express

{{Short description|Airline of the United States}}

{{Infobox airline

|logo=Sun Air Express logo.jpg|

|airline = Sun Air Express

|fleet_size = 12

|destinations = 8

|IATA = 6G

|ICAO = FDY

|callsign = FRIENDLY

|parent = Sun Air Express, LLC

|company_slogan =

|founded =

|commenced = {{Start date and age|2012}}

|ceased = {{End date and age|2016|03|07|br=y}}
(bought by Southern Airways Express)[http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2016/03/08/memphis-southern-airways-acquires-connecting.html Memphis airline buys commuter carrier and Pittsburgh hub] Memphis Business Journal March 8, 2016 (subscription required)

|headquarters = Dania Beach, Florida, USA

|key_people = Philip LeFevre (President, COO)
Mark Cestari (VP Marketing)
Roy Canter (VP Customer Care)

|hubs =

|secondary_hubs =

|focus_cities =

|frequent_flyer =

|lounge =

|alliance =

|website = http://www.flysunairexpress.com

}}

Sun Air Express was a United States airline with its headquarters in Dania Beach, Florida in Greater Miami (the headquarters had a Fort Lauderdale mailing address)."[http://www.pacificwings.com/sunair/sun/contact.asp Contact Us]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130122061535/http://www.pacificwings.com/sunair/sun/contact.asp Archive]) Sun Air International. Retrieved on March 30, 2013. "Mailing Address Sun Air International 3201 Griffin Road Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312""[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st12_fl/place/p1216335_dania_beach/DC10BLK_P1216335_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Dania Beach city, FL 001]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140916061101/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st12_fl/place/p1216335_dania_beach/DC10BLK_P1216335_001.pdf Archive]). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 30, 2013. It operates charter services as well as scheduled passenger services subsidized under the federal Essential Air Service (EAS) program.

The airline ended subsidized scheduled service to Victoria Regional Airport from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas on October 31, 2014 after its two-year EAS contract expired.Miles, Allison. [http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2012/oct/01/am_airport_100212_189857/ Victoria air service resumes with Sun Air], Victoria Advocate, October 1, 2012, Retrieved 2012-11-08 A little over a month later, Sun Air began service from Washington Dulles International Airport to Lancaster Airport (Pennsylvania) and Hagerstown Regional Airport in Maryland.Stauffer, Cindy. [http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/771360_First-Sun-Air-flight-takes-off-from-Lancaster-Airport.html First Sun Air flight takes off from Lancaster Airport], Intelligencer Journal / Lancaster New Era, November 5, 2012, Retrieved 2012-11-08

Sun Air had planned to begin service between Atlanta and Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon, Georgia on December 1, 2012.Lockwood, Erica. [http://www.13wmaz.com/money/economy/article/195482/176/New-Airline-Picked-for-Macon-Atlanta-Service New Airline Picked for Macon-Atlanta Service], WMAZ, September 7, 2012, Retrieved 2012-11-08 However, the airline decided to pull out of the airport deal.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/01/03/sun-air-pulls-out-of-macon-deal|title=Sun Air Pulls Out of Macon Deal}}

Sun Air Express had a focus city at Pittsburgh International Airport and provided frequent daily service to Altoona, Hagerstown (Maryland), Jamestown (New York), Lancaster, Bradford and Franklin/Oil City.

Upon beginning scheduled service, Sun Air Express' passenger bookings were handled by Pacific Wings and their flight listings in travel reservation systems were under Pacific Wings' IATA code, LW. On April 21, 2015, Sun Air Express flights began being handled by and listed under the code of Mokulele Airlines, (6G).McCarthy, Jimmy. [http://www.post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/661144/Sun-Air-Express-Changing-Reservation-Company.html?nav=5057 Sun Air Express Changing Reservation Company], Jamestown Post-Journal, February 14, 2015, Retrieved 2015-03-02

As of November 2013, Sun Air International received $6,583,848 in annual Federal subsidies for Essential Air Services that they provided to Hagerstown, Maryland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Victoria, Texas airports in the U.S.[https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/Subsidized%20EAS%20web%20report%20for%20non-Alaska%20communities-Nov%202013.pdf Subsidized EAS report for non-Alaska communities] dot.gov November 2013

On March 7, 2016, Southern Airways Express bought Sun Air Express for an undisclosed amount. It will continue the routes currently running and will keep the focus cities that were established by Sun Air. The company withdrew from its Jamestown service after losing Essential Air Service funding.{{Cite web|url=http://www.post-journal.com/news/page-one/2018/01/reed-critical-after-southern-airways-vacates-city-airport/|title=Reed Critical After Southern Airways Vacates City Airport}}