Re: Shuttle America

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Thank you, Matt.

If I'm correct, the Saab's were at one time, a part of
Business Express's fleet here in Boston.  Nice plane.
I know they went defunct, but weren't they also
located in Windsor Locks?

Thanks again for the follow-up.

Mike  Burris
Cambridge, Mas


--- Matthew Sheren <matthew.sheren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Mike Burris wrote:
>
> > AIRLINE:
> > Hello everyone.  Happy Saturday!
> > Does anyone know the whereabouts of Shuttle
> America?  The airline was
> > last heard of
> > a few summer's ago when it had some financial
> problems.  They had
> > scheduled service
> > from BED to New Jersey and upstate New York.
>
>
> Shuttlecraft served a number of markets from a
> Trenton hub; among them
> Bedford, Greensboro, and a couple of others using
> Dash 8s.  If I
> remember correctly, they started around 1998ish, but
> by late 2000/early
> 2001, declared bankruptcy and signed an affiliation
> with US.  The Dash
> 8s were disappeared (seized or returned) and were
> re-outfitted with
> Saabs.  The routes during this little interregnum
> were TTN-BED, BED-PHL,
> and I believe BED-PIT.  A short while ago, the
> corporate headquarters
> was moved from Windsor Locks, CT (BDL) to Fort
> Wayne, IN (FWA), and they
> now serve Saab-scale destinations ex PIT with US
> colours.
> Matthew :)

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