Air Florida Commuter Explained

Airline:Air Florida Commuter
Iata:QH
Icao:FLA
Callsign:PALM
Founded:September 1979
Commenced:1980
Ceased:1984
Hubs:Miami International Airport
Fleet Size:0
Parent:Air Florida
Headquarters:Miami-Dade County, Florida

Air Florida Commuter was the regional feeder network for Air Florida. Air Florida Commuter was not an airline, but a system of affiliated commuter carriers that fed traffic into Air Florida's hubs. In an arrangement commonly known as code-sharing, each airline painted their aircraft in Air Florida aircraft livery and colors and their flights were listed in computer reservation systems as Air Florida flights.

History

Air Miami became the first affiliate airline in 1980, and over a dozen other small airlines eventually became part of the system, including: Marco Island Airways, Florida Airlines, Key Air, Southern International Airways, Skyway of Ocala, North American Airlines, National Commuter Airlines, Gull Air, Pompano Airways, Finair Express, Slocum Airlines, Atlantic Gulf Airlines and others. As Air Florida became financially strapped, the commuter system was dismantled in early 1984.

Fleet

The Air Florida Commuter fleet consisted of the following aircraft models and quantities:

Aircraft In service Passengers Notes
Beechcraft 99415
Britten-Norman Islander210Operated by Slocum Airlines
Britten-Norman Trislander116Operated by Slocum Airlines
CASA 212726Operated by North American Airlines and Gull Air
Cessna 402216Operated by Gull Air, Pompano Airways and Slocum Airlines
Convair 580440Operated by Key Airlines
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter120Operated by Ocean Reef Airways
de Havilland Heron314Operated by North American Airlines
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante218Operated by Finair Express
Martin 4041240Operated by Florida Airlines and Marco Island Airways
Nord 2621629Operated by National Commuter Airlines and Pompano Airlines
Total76

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