Gem State Airlines

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Gem State Airlines
Gem State Airlines Convair 580 Silagi-1.jpg
Convair 580 in 1980
IATA ICAO Call sign
GS––
Founded1978;46 years ago (1978)
Ceased operations1980;44 years ago (1980)
Focus cities Boise, Idaho,
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Fleet size9
Destinations12
Headquarters Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S.
Key peopleTom Soumas, Jr.
Justin S. Colin
(1924–2012)

Gem State Airlines was a United States airline founded in 1978 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. [1] [2] [3] [4] It carried passengers for 11 months, from December 1978 to November 1979, [5] [6] and merged in January 1980 with Air Pacific to become Golden Gate Airlines. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

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Founded by Thomas D. "Tom" Soumas, Jr. (b. 1953) of Coeur d'Alene, [12] [13] its primary investor was Justin S. Colin (1924–2012), a New York financier. [14] [15] [16] [17]

Idaho's nickname is the Gem State, with origins back to its territorial years. [18]

Cities served

Source: [8] [19]

Fleet

Gem State Airlines Swearingen SA-226TC Metro II Gem State Airlines Swearingen SA-226TC Metro II Silagi-1.jpg
Gem State Airlines Swearingen SA-226TC Metro II

Gem State operated the following turboprop aircraft:

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Roche, Kevin (July 9, 1978). "Gem State is more than a paper airline now". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1A.
  2. ↑ Harrell, Sylvia (November 1, 1978). "Gem State swoops into Lewiston". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1A.
  3. ↑ Roche, Kevin (November 1, 1978). "Gem State stockholders squeezed out". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 16A.
  4. ↑ "Gem State Airlines". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (advertisement). November 30, 1978. p. 12A.
  5. ↑ "Airline's demise day away". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 8, 1979. p. 3.
  6. ↑ Harrell, Sylvia (November 10, 1979). "Goodbye". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  7. ↑ airlines
  8. 1 2 Golden Gate Airlines Image Gallery
  9. ↑ Harrell, Sylvia (January 30, 1980). "Gem State Airlines? Oh, you mean Golden Gate". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  10. 1 2 "Gem State: Idaho refugee buys California airline". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). January 10, 1980. p. 9C.
  11. ↑ "Gem Airlines' financial savior files for personal bankruptcy". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). August 25, 1982. p. 2B.
  12. ↑ "Airline just needs a plane". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. December 25, 1974. p. 8Z.
  13. ↑ Roche, Kevin (August 27, 1978). "Takeoff". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  14. ↑ "Gem State Airlines 'remarkable'". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). UPI. August 1, 1979. p. 24.
  15. ↑ "Soumas still wants air carrier in Idaho". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). January 9, 1980. p. 10.
  16. ↑ Roche, Kevin (October 25, 1978). "New York financier invested heavily in Gem State Airlines". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 5A.
  17. ↑ "Justin Colin". legacy.com. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Idaho, the Gem State" (PDF). Idaho Geological Survey. November 2002.
  19. ↑ Gem State Airlines
  20. ↑ Shelledy, Jay (March 14, 1979). "Gem State adds plane, Sun Valley flights". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 14A.
  21. ↑ "Gem State buys bigger planes". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). April 17, 1979. p. 10A.
  22. ↑ Pettit, Diane (September 22, 1979). "Gem State says it will return to Moscow-Pullman". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  23. ↑ "Gem State: airline in the red". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 28, 1979. p. 6B.


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