Penobscot Island Air

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Destinations 4 Founded 10 December 2004		Key people Kevin Waters Fleet size 4

Operating bases Knox County Regional Airport Company slogan "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points" Website www.penobscotislandair.net/index.php Operating base Knox County Regional Airport

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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.

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Fleet

Penobscot Island Air operates a fleet of Cessna aircraft equipped with both wheels and floats. The Penobscot Island Air fleet includes the following aircraft types (as of 21 May 2014).

Cessna 206

Cessna 207

Cessna 208 Caravan

Destinations

Penobscot Island Air operates scheduled cargo and passenger flights to the following destinations within the state of Maine (as of 20 March 2016).

Islesboro

Charter flights are routinely flown to a number of airports including:

Bangor

Bar Harbor

Belfast

Biddeford

Big Green

Brunswick Executive

Criehaven

Portland

Stonington

Wiscasset

Accidents and incidents

On October 5, 2011 a Cessna 207A crashed while attempting to land at Matinicus. The pilot and sole occupant of the cargo flight was killed.

On July 17, 2011 a Cessna 206G made a water landing shortly after takeoff from Matinicus. The four occupants of the aircraft were rescued from the ocean.

References

Penobscot Island Air Wikipedia

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