Air Florida Commuter

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Air Florida Commuter
IATA ICAO Call sign
QHFLAPALM
FoundedSeptember 1979;45 years ago (1979-09)
Commenced operations1980;45 years ago (1980)
Ceased operations1984;41 years ago (1984)
Hubs Miami International Airport
Fleet size0
Parent company Air Florida
Headquarters Miami-Dade County, Florida

Air Florida Commuter was the regional feeder network for Air Florida. Air Florida Commuter was not an airline, but a system of affiliated commuter carriers that fed traffic into Air Florida's hubs. In an arrangement commonly known as code-sharing, each airline painted their aircraft in Air Florida aircraft livery and colors and their flights were listed in computer reservation systems as Air Florida flights.

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History

Air Miami became the first affiliate airline in 1980, and over a dozen other small airlines eventually became part of the system, including: Marco Island Airways, Florida Airlines, Key Air, Southern International Airways, Skyway of Ocala, North American Airlines, National Commuter Airlines, Gull Air, Pompano Airways, Finair Express, Slocum Airlines, Atlantic Gulf Airlines and others. As Air Florida became financially strapped, the commuter system was dismantled in early 1984.

Fleet

The Air Florida Commuter fleet consisted of the following aircraft models and quantities:

Aircraft In service Passengers Notes
Beechcraft 99 415Operated by Skyway of Ocala
Britten-Norman Islander 210Operated by Slocum Airlines
Britten-Norman Trislander 116Operated by Slocum Airlines
CASA 212 726Operated by North American Airlines and Gull Air
Cessna 402 216Operated by Gull Air, Pompano Airways and Slocum Airlines
Convair 580 440Operated by Key Airlines
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 120Operated by Ocean Reef Airways
de Havilland Heron 314Operated by North American Airlines
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante 218Operated by Finair Express
Martin 404 1240Operated by Florida Airlines and Marco Island Airways
Nord 262 1629Operated by National Commuter Airlines and Pompano Airlines
Total76

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