Destinations 10+ Fleet size 4 | Founded 2014 | |
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Focus cities Washington Dulles International Airport
Hanscom Field
New York City Key people Shane Reynolds
Michael Siegel
Christopher Machado Headquarters New York City, New York, United States Hubs Sikorsky Memorial Airport (Connecticut), New York Skyports Seaplane Base | ||
Tailwind Air Service is a limited schedule and charter airline based in New York City with maintenance in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Its main base is QNY. The airline has as sister company named JETAS, which charters and manages a fleet of land planes.
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History
Tailwind operates scheduled and charter seaplane services out of the 23rd Street Seaplane base in Manhattan (NYS). Tailwind will initially service to Boston Harbor as well as Logan Airport, and several Hamptons destinations daily with morning outbound and evening inbound flights. Initial competitors on these routes include Amtrak and Delta's and American Airlines' hourly shuttle services. Tailwind intends to move its routes to all water airports after regulatory approval. The routes are not serviced by any existing seaplane operator. In flight service includes complimentary beer and wine.
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Fleet
Tailwind's fleet includes two Caravan Amphibians