The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has again revoked the commuter air carrier license of Public Charters (P1, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International), as the company has been dormant for over a year.
According to a regulatory filing, on April 14, 2023, PCI had asked the department to cancel its commuter authority as it had ceased operations more than a year ago. The DOT said PCI had not filed the necessary information to support its continued fitness and ability to resume operations as required under regulations. Consequently, its license was revoked. However, PCI could file a new application later, should it choose to do so.
This is the second time the DOT has revoked PCI's commuter authority. It first did so on November 21, 2019, for reasons of dormancy, but PCI had re-applied in December 2019 and was re-awarded its commuter license in 2020. The operator was issued its original commuter authority in May 2017.
PCI was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 2009 and is wholly owned by local entrepreneur James Gallagher. It provided ad-hoc passenger flights under FAA Part 135 and 298 with three aircraft: one seven-seater Piper (twin piston) Piper Navajo, one six-seater Piper Mojave, and a nine-seater Beech (twin turboprop) King Air B200. PCI also operated as an indirect air carrier, marketing and selling Part-380 public charters under the trade name North Country Sky (4P, Manistee) linking Manistee with Chicago Midway.
