Westward Airways (Nebraska)

Westward Airways
Founded	2002
Commenced operations	June 1, 2004
Ceased operations	July 25, 2005
Focus cities	"The River Route" Scottsbluff; North Platte; Kearney; Lincoln; Omaha;
Fleet size	3
Headquarters	Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Last updated November 21, 2019

Westward Airways was an airline based in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, USA. It was a regional airline operating scheduled services in Nebraska and New Mexico.^[1] Westward Airways ceased flight operations on July 25, 2005.^[2]

Scottsbluff, Nebraska City in Nebraska, United States

Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, in the western part of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. The population was 15,039 at the 2010 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the 13th largest city in Nebraska.

New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States of America; its capital and cultural center is Santa Fe, which was founded in 1610 as capital of Nuevo México, while its largest city is Albuquerque with its accompanying metropolitan area. It is one of the Mountain States and shares the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona; its other neighboring states are is bordered by the state of Texas to the east-southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua to the south and Sonora to the southwest. With a population around two million, New Mexico is the 36th state by population. With a total area of 121,592 sq mi (314,920 km²), it is the fifth-largest and sixth-least densely populated of the 50 states. Due to their geographic locations, northern and eastern New Mexico exhibit a colder, alpine climate, while western and southern New Mexico exhibit a warmer, arid climate.

History

The airline was established in 2002 and started operations on June 1, 2004 with flights on a Scottsbluff - North Platte - Kearney - Lincoln - Omaha route also known as "the river route".^[1] On November 30, 2004 a new operation was created in New Mexico linking Albuquerque with Alamogordo, Gallup, Las Cruces, and Taos. In early July 2005 Westward Airways halted services to Alamogordo and three other New Mexico cities, saying it couldn't continue to sustain losses caused by low passenger numbers and insufficient subsidies. As the Albuquerque to Alamogordo route was subsidized under Essential Air Service, the airline was ordered to maintain operating this route. Flights were reinstated for a few more days but operations were stopped altogether on July 25, 2005.^[3]

Services

Westward Airways operated services to the following scheduled domestic destinations: Lincoln, North Platte, Omaha, Scottsbluff, and Kearney. On April 5, 2005 new services were initiated at Albuquerque, Alamogordo, Gallup, Las Cruces, and Taos. Services were planned to Phoenix from both Gallup and Las Cruces but these routes never began.

Lincoln is the capital of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers 96.194 square miles (249.141 km²) with a population of 287,401 in 2018. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 70th-largest in the United States. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially-larger metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the state called the Lincoln Metropolitan and Lincoln-Beatrice Combined Statistical Areas. The statistical area is home to 356,083 people, making it the 105th-largest combined statistical area in the United States.

North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the southwestern part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River. The population was 24,733 at the 2010 census.

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 miles (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-largest city, Omaha's 2018 estimated population was 466,061.

Fleet

3 - Pilatus PC-12

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References

1 2 Flight International April 12–18, 2005
↑ US Department of Transportation retrieved November 27, 2006
↑ Lampe, Nelson (July 27, 2007). "Westward Airways out of business in New Mexico, Nebraska". Lincoln Journal Star . Associated Press. Retrieved December 23, 2007.

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[FI-1] 1 2 Flight International April 12–18, 2005

[2] US Department of Transportation retrieved November 27, 2006

[3] Lampe, Nelson (July 27, 2007). "Westward Airways out of business in New Mexico, Nebraska". Lincoln Journal Star . Associated Press. Retrieved December 23, 2007.