San Juan Airlines Explained

Airline:San Juan Airlines
Icao:SJN
Callsign:SAN JUAN
Founded:[1]
(operations resumed)[2]
Aoc:R01A597J[3]
Hubs:Bellingham Airport
Headquarters:Bellingham, Washington

San Juan Airlines is a commuter airline operating scheduled and charter flights in the U.S. state of Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its main base of operations is Bellingham near the San Juan Islands. The airline's fleet consists of Cessna 172, 206 and 207 aircraft. In 1981, San Juan Airlines acquired Pearson Aircraft which was based in Port Angeles, Washington.[4]

On 21 May 2014, Northwest Sky Ferry, which operated since 2007, merged into San Juan Airlines.[5] In May 2019, San Juan Airlines became the third airline to begin weekly passenger service at the Paine Field airport in Snohomish County, WA.[6]

Destinations

Fleet

San Juan Airlines has previously used Cessna Caravan, Beechcraft 99 and Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante turboprops as well as Britten-Norman Islander and Cessna 402 prop aircraft.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: San Juan . US Commuter . 23 April 2020.
  2. Web site: About Us. San Juan Airlines. 23 October 2010. dead. https://archive.today/20130202114958/http://www.sanjuanairlines.com/about_us.cfm. 2 February 2013.
  3. Web site: San Juan Airlines - Air Operators Certificate. Federal Aviation Administration. 23 October 2010.
  4. Web site: Pearson Aircraft . Airline History . 9 March 2020.
  5. Web site: Northwest Sky Ferry . Airline History . 2 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Paine Field lands a 3rd airline, but this one flies Cessnas. Podsada. Janice. 2019-04-24. Seattle Weekly. en-US. 2019-11-21.
  7. http://www.airliners.net, photos of San Juan Airlines aircraft