![]() | |||||||
| |||||||
Founded | 1980 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ceased operations | April 1, 2020 | ||||||
AOC # | FVAA052E | ||||||
Hubs | Tweed New Haven Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
Destinations | 10 + Charter | ||||||
Headquarters | New Haven, CT | ||||||
Employees | 35 | ||||||
Website | http://shorelineaviation.com/ |
Shoreline Aviation was a Part 135 charter air carrier based at the Tweed New Haven Airport in New Haven, Connecticut. It operated a fleet of ten Cessna 208 Caravan turboprop seaplanes. Shoreline operated on-demand air charter year-round in the northeast with a seasonal shift of resources to South Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean in the winter.
Shoreline Aviation, Inc. was founded in April 1980 by John Kelly and began operations at the former Griswold Airport in Madison, Connecticut. In 1981 the company began operating their first seaplanes. [1] In 1987 Shoreline Aviation became the first commercial operator of the Cessna Caravan Amphibian. [2] They have operated bases at many of Connecticut's airports and have recently returned their headquarters to Tweed New Haven Airport.
Shoreline Aviation was one of the first to enter and establish the market for a seaplane connection between lower Manhattan and the Hamptons. Shoreline has been called "The daddy of all seaplane companies" by the New York Business Journal. [3] The New York Skyports Seaplane Base is now significantly busier with the entry of new companies such as Fly The Whale and, later, Blade Aqua. [3]
In addition to operating scheduled shuttle flights between New York City's East River and East Hampton, Shoreline Aviation offers land and sea-based charters. In 2016 Shoreline announced it would begin offering flights from its base in New Haven to the East River marketed as "The Weekend New Yorker" service running seasonally June through Labor day. [4]
Shoreline ceased operations on April 1, 2020. Cape Air bought most of the assets, then promptly liquidated personal and aircraft, deciding to no longer pursue seaplanes or the New York to Boston route. Former Shoreline employees and investors then purchased Fly the Whale to continue operations, and now operate out of Shoreline’s hangar and facilities.
Type | number in service | seats |
---|---|---|
Cessna 208 Caravan (Amphibian/ Seaplane) | 10 | 6-9 |
Most of Shoreline's Caravan fleet have been retrofitted with the Blackhawk Modifications Inc. XP140 engine conversion. This modification replaces the Caravan's stock 675 horsepower PT6a-114a engine with an 867-horsepower PT6a-140a engine. Blackhawk featured Shoreline in a video demonstrating their performance advantages. [2]
Shoreline offered on-demand charters to various airports and harbors throughout the Northeast and seasonally in South Florida, The Bahamas, and the Caribbean.
- East Hampton, NY (HTO) - East Hampton Airport
- Montauk, NY (MTP) - Montauk Airport
- New Haven, CT (HVN) - Tweed New Haven Airport (Home Base)
- New York, NY (6N7) - New York Skyport Seaplane Base
- Shelter Island, NY - Sunset Beach
- St. Croix, USVI (STX) - Henry E. Rohlsen Airport
- St.Thomas, USVI (STT) - Cyril E. King Airport
- Virgin Gorda, BVI - Off Airport: North Sound
The Cessna 208 Caravan is a utility aircraft produced by Cessna. The project was commenced on November 20, 1981, and the prototype first flew on December 9, 1982. The production model was certified by the FAA in October 1984 and its Cargomaster freighter variant was developed for FedEx. The 4 ft (1.2 m) longer 208B Super Cargomaster first flew in 1986 and was developed into the passenger 208B Grand Caravan.
Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport is a public airport located three miles southeast of downtown New Haven, in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
Kenmore Air Harbor, Inc., doing business as Kenmore Air, is an American airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Kenmore Air Harbor in Kenmore, Washington, United States, north of Seattle. It operates scheduled and charter seaplane and landplane service to destinations throughout western Washington and southwestern British Columbia, as well as seaplane "flightseeing" flights around Seattle. In addition to its corporate headquarters, seaplane maintenance facility and terminal in Kenmore, the airline has hub operations in Seattle for seaplanes at Lake Union Seaplane Base and for land-based airplanes at Boeing Field. It also operates a maintenance facility for its airplane fleet at Boeing Field.
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport is a public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, owned by the city of Bridgeport. It is three miles (6 km) southeast of downtown, in the town of Stratford. It was formerly Bridgeport Municipal Airport.
Provincetown-Boston Airlines was a regional airline in the United States that operated from 1949 until it merged with Britt Airways in 1989. It operated a route network in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida, and at one time was the largest commuter airline in the United States before its purchase by People Express Airlines and then eventual consolidation with other commuter airlines into Continental Express, now United Express after the merger of Continental Airlines and United Airlines.
Waterbury–Oxford Airport, also known as Oxford Airport, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Oxford, a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
Penobscot Island Air is a small regional airline based at Knox County Regional Airport, Maine, United States (RKD) operating from a private terminal. The airline operates scheduled service to the islands in Maine's Penobscot Bay and offers private charter land and seaplane flights throughout the region.
New York Skyports Inc. Seaplane base is a seaplane base in the East River VFR corridor in New York City, located at the foot of East 23rd Street between Waterside Plaza and Stuyvesant Cove Park. The seaplane base opened in 1939 and was later incorporated into the Skyport Marina that was completed in 1962. It is the only seaplane base in New York City.
Servant Air, Inc. is an American regional airline with operations throughout The United States and Alaska, USA. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and international charter services. Its main hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (PANC) and its main scheduled airline service base is Kodiak Airport (PADQ) with regional operations bases in Boston, MA, White Plains, NY, Fort Lauderdale, FL and San Juan, PR. Servant Air Also provides critical care Air Ambulance services throughout its operating area.
Russian Mission Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Russian Mission, a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Seair Seaplanes is a scheduled and charter airline based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The airline flies routes between the Vancouver International Water Airport and the Nanaimo Harbour Water Airport, as well as other Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, exclusively with float planes.
Salt Air is a New Zealand charter airline based at Paihia in the Bay of Islands, in the Northland Region of the North Island.
The New York metropolitan area has the busiest airport system in the United States and the second-busiest in the world after London. It is the country's most frequently used port of entry and departure for international flights.
Southern Airways Express is a commuter airline operating across the United States with headquarters in Palm Beach, Florida. Southern Airways Express, commonly referred to as 'Southern', acts as a local service airline for dozens of cities across all U.S. time zones. The majority of Southern's routes are subsidized through the Essential Air Service program by the United States Department of Transportation.
Tradewind Aviation, LLC, doing business as Tradewind Aviation and Tradewind Shuttle, is an American airline headquartered at the Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford, Connecticut, United States. Tradewind Aviation provides private and scheduled service in the Northeast, Southeast, and the Caribbean, as well as aircraft management services. The air charter company is best known for its Westchester to Nantucket summer ticket books, and its Puerto Rico to St. Barths scheduled service.
Tailwind Air LLC was an American commuter scheduled air carrier and charter airline based in Westchester Airport and Sikorsky Memorial Airport. Its main seaplane base was New York Skyports Seaplane Base (NYS) and it also owned its own Boston Harbor seaplane base (MA17), near Logan International Airport in Boston. The airline had a sister company named Tailwind Air, LLC, which charters and manages a fleet of land planes.
Blade Air Mobility, Inc. is an aviation company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. Blade's urban air mobility platform provides air transportation for passengers and last-mile critical cargo, primarily using helicopters and amphibious aircraft for passenger routes in the United States, Canada, Southern Europe, and India, in addition to being one of the largest air medical transporters of human organs for transplant in the world. Blade began trading on the Nasdaq on May 10, 2021, via a SPAC merger.
Tropic Ocean Airways is a seaplane charter and scheduled service airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Tropic Ocean Airways operates several Cessna airframes on floats.
Sydney Seaplanes is a domestic and charter carrier in and around Sydney and is the largest seaplane operator in Australia, operating hundreds of flights a week during the peak tourist season. Founded in August 2006 with one aircraft, Sydney Seaplanes has grown in direct response to the growing incoming Asian tourist markets and the leisure VIP market.
Wall Street Skyport, also known as Downtown Skyport and later as Wall Street Seaplane Base, was a seaplane base in New York City, located on the East River near the foot of Wall Street adjacent to Pier 11. Opened in 1934, the facility was primarily used by suburban commuters working in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. The seaplane base operated until the mid-1980s.