Cape Air
Airline Code: CM
About Cape Air:
The airline was co-founded in 1989 by company pilot Dan Wolf and a few of his close
friends. Initially Cape Air flew between Provincetown and Boston in Massachusetts,
but throughout the early 1990s new routes were added to destinations across southeastern
New England. Services in Florida and the Caribbean were added in the late 1990s,
and service in Micronesia commenced in 2004. In 1994, Cape Air and Nantucket Airlines
merged and now offer hourly flights between Nantucket and Hyannis.
In late 2007, the airline began a new round of expansion in the Northeast and Midwest.
On November 1, 2007, the airline began service between Boston and Rutland, Vermont,
with three daily round trips. The route is subsidized by the US government under
the Essential Air Service (EAS) program.
With the help of a government grant, Cape Air expanded into Indiana on November
13, 2007, offering flights from Indianapolis to Evansville and South Bend. The airline
did not get the passengers numbers needed to be financially successful once subsidies
would come to an end. The last Cape Air flight in Indiana was on August 31, 2008.
The airline expanded into upstate New York in early 2008 following the sudden demise
of Delta Connection carrier Big Sky Airlines. Cape Air began flying three daily
round-trips on Essential Air Service routes from Boston to the Adirondack cities
of Plattsburgh and Saranac Lake on February 12, 2008.
Cape Air Major Hubs:
Barnstable Municipal Airport
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Mileage Program: Gold Circle Club
Codeshare Agreements:
Continental Airlines
All Cape Air flights in Florida and Micronesia are operated as Continental Connection
in a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines. Caribbean flights also have
a codeshare with Continental, but are not operated as Continental Connection.
Aircraft Type:
ATR 42-320
Cessna 402C
Fleet Size: 55
No. of Destinations: 29
Airline was founded in: 1989