SeaPort Airlines

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SeaPort Airlines
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Commenced operationsMay 20, 2025;
31 days ago (2025-05-20)
Hubs
Destinations2
Parent company Kalinin Holdings, Inc.
Headquarters Boeing Field
(Seattle, Washington)
Website SeaPort Airlines

SeaPort Airlines is an American airline with daily commuter flights between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle. [1] The airline, which is a sister company of regional airline Alaska Seaplanes, is a division of Kalinin Holdings, Inc., a closely held family business headquartered in Juneau, Alaska, that owns a group of commuter airlines and tourism operations. SeaPort returned on May 20, 2025 under a new leadership team to Pacific Northwest skies following the previous company's closure in 2016. [2]

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SeaPort offers scheduled service out of a small terminal on the Atlantic Aviation campus, adjacent to the main terminal, the general aviation fixed base operator (FBO) at Portland International Airport (PDX), and at Boeing Field.

Kent Craford, Chairman and CEO of Kalinin Holdings, co-founded the original SeaPort Airlines in 2008, but departed the company in 2009 after a falling out with the primary investor. [3] In 2011, he and two partners acquired Alaska Seaplanes, a small floatplane company in Juneau, and grew it over 15 years into the primary regional airline of Southeast Alaska, which today with sister companies employs over 300 people and operates two dozen aircraft. After Craford's 2009 departure, the original SeaPort pursued an expansion into government subsidy markets ending in Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2016. [4]

Fleet

SeaPort operates a fleet of Pilatus PC-12 aircraft configured to seat nine passengers. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Private airline relaunches with frequent commuter flights between Portland and Seattle". www.oregonlive.com. 2025-05-15. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  2. 1 2 Haskins, Devon (May 15, 2025). "New SeaPort Airlines shuttle to fly every 45 minutes between Portland and Seattle". KGW . Portland, Oregon. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Private airline relaunches with frequent commuter flights between Portland and Seattle". www.oregonlive.com. 2025-05-15. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  4. ↑ "SeaPort Airlines shuts down, faces liquidatione". www.usatoday.com. 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
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