29.07.2022 - 15:10 UTC
Mokulele Airlines (MHO, Kona) began services with its first Saab 340B, N679PA (msn 340B-345), from Honolulu on July 9, offering weekly flights to Lanai City and 6x weekly services to Kaunakakai, according to Flightradar24 ADS-B data.
A subsidiary of US commuter carrier Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int'l), it hopes to launch its second Saab 340B in the Hawaiian islands on September 15, Chief Executive Officer Stan Little has told ch-aviation. As reported, N334CJ (msn 340B-334) will be the second of two Saab (Sweden) turboprops leased from Jetstream Aviation Capital.
The aircraft represent the first 30-seater type in the fleet of parent Southern Express Airways, which specialises in the nine-seater commuter market with a fleet comprising Cessna (single turboprop) 208 Caravans, Beech (twin turboprop) Super King 200s, and PC-12s. It also has 20 electric Regent Craft Seagliders on order. Southern Airways Express recently acquired charter carrier Air Choice One (3E, St. Louis Lambert Int'l). Its joint venture Marianas Southern...
21.07.2022 - 21:56 UTC
Southern Airways Corporation (SAC) is consolidating all business of its subsidiaries Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int'l) and newly-acquired Air Choice One (3E, St. Louis Lambert Int'l) after obtaining all the issued and outstanding stock and the only Essential Air Service (EAS) route of the former Missouri commuter airline.
According to a regulatory notice, all scheduled services of the two companies will soon operate under the Southern Airways Express air operator's certificate (AOC), while all charter/on-demand business will fall under Air Choice One's AOC (legally registered as Multi-Aero Inc.).
“It is our intention that all scheduled services of our two companies will be operated on the Southern Airways Express, LLC certificate (9X) and all on-demand services will be operated on the Multi-Aero, Inc. (3E) certificate, with this realignment to occur as expeditiously as possible, hopefully in the next 60 days,” SAC is quoted in a notice by the US Department of Transportation dated July 13, 2022.
Concerning Air Choice One's only EAS route at Jonesboro in Arkansas, SAC intends to rebrand all...
21.07.2022 - 04:40 UTC
Marianas Pacific Airlines (MPA) - the new sister carrier of Marianas Southern Airways (MSA) - plans to launch operations in early 2023, serving international routes from the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI), according to founder Keith Stewart.
“We do not have an agreement yet on the wet lease, but will be working on this in the coming months. As for the debut, we are hoping for early 2023,” he informed ch-aviation. Stewart was responding to a query following local news reports that the startup was looking to wet-lease three B757s, of which two would be in active service, and one would be used as a spare. It was yet to decide between the B757-200 and the B757-300, he earlier told Smart Aviation Asia Pacific.
Stewart is the owner of Saipan-based real estate company MP Enterprises, which owns the new international carrier (MPA).
MP Enterprises is also the joint venture partner in Marianas Southern Airways (MSA) together with US regional airline Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int'l). Stewart...
23.06.2022 - 02:15 UTC
Mokulele Airlines (MHO, Kona) is to bring a fleet of 12-passenger Vickers Viceroy all-electric seagliders to the Hawaiian islands, having been announced as the local launch partner for the Regent Craft seagliders currently in development.
This follows the USD250 million order for twenty Regent Craft Seagliders - a new type of wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vehicle that uses hydrofoils and distributed propulsion systems – signed by Mokulule’s parent Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int'l) in December 2021. Southern Airways Express has paid firm deposits for fifteen Vickers Viceroys, each holding up to 12 passengers, and five Monarchs, which can hold up to 100 passengers.
In a statement on June 21, Regent announced Mokulele Airlines as its airline launch partner for a Hawaii seaglider transportation network, with the airline announcing its intent to bring a fleet of Regent’s Viceroy seagliders to the island chain.
Regent also announced that Pacific Current, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries, was its preferred energy and infrastructure partner in Hawaii, focusing on vehicle financing, developing and providing...
