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Cape Air
File:Capeair.jpg
IATA ICAO Call sign
9K KAP Cair
Founded1989
Fleet size49
Destinations24
Parent companyHyannis Air Service, Inc.
HeadquartersHyannis, Massachusetts
Key peopleDaniel A. Wolf (CEO)
Websitehttp://www.flycapeair.com


Cape Air (IATA: 9KICAO: KAPcall sign: Cair) is an airline based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA. Its main base is Barnstable Municipal Airport, Hyannis. However, the airline operates in four distinct markets:

  • Cape and Islands
  • Caribbean
  • Florida and the Keys
  • Micronesia

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1989. It is wholly owned by Hyannis Air Service and its employees.

Services

Cape Air operates with 9-passenger Cessna 402s and 46-passenger ATR 42s in the Pacific. Continental Airlines codeshares with Cape Air's flights from San Juan, Puerto Rico's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport for easier connections.

For Florida operations, Cape Air does business as Continental Connection, but the planes are painted in a Cape Air livery. In Micronesia routes are also operated under the Continental Connection banner.

Flights between Hyannis and Nantucket are flown under the Nantucket Airlines name.

Destinations

Florida Routes

Caribbean Routes

Fleet

As of January 2006, Cape Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Type Fleet Seats Aircraft Information
ATR 42-320 3 46
Cessna 402C II 49 9