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New England Airlines
{{Airlines of the United States, state=collapsed Regional airlines of the United States Regional Airline Association members Companies based in Rhode Island Transportation in Washington County, Rhode Island Airlines established in 1970 Airlines based in Rhode Island 1970 establishments in Rhode Island American companies established in 1970
New England Airlines is a regional airline
A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...
based in Westerly, Rhode Island
Westerly is a town on the southwestern shoreline of Washington County, Rhode Island, first settled by English colonists in 1661 and incorporated as a municipality in 1669. It is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state with a popula ...
, USA. With a main base at Westerly State Airport
Westerly State Airport is a public use airport in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It serves the town of Westerly and is located southeast of its central business district. It is primarily a general aviation airport, but there i ...
, it provides scheduled service to Block Island
Block Island is an island in the U.S. state of Rhode Island located in Block Island Sound approximately south of the mainland and east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block. It is part of Washingto ...
and operates charters to other airports along the Northeast coast.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1970. New England Airlines has been in continuous service since then, under the same private ownership. It was and is the only scheduled airline with its primary bases of operation in Rhode Island. This was designed to fulfill the loss of service from a short-lived airline called Viking Airways, which folded in the 1960s. The airline is noted for its provision of cargo delivery services, including Chinese food (and other restaurant orders) delivered from the mainland to the Block Island airport in as little as 90 minutes. The airline only has a half dozen pilots during the winter and over a dozen during the summertime. According to the owner, half of the business comes from charter requests for business workers in the New York area and other locations along the northeast coast.Destinations for scheduled flights
Fleet
The New England Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:Accidents
* November 28, 1989: BN-2 Islander, N127JL, flying to Westerly crashed into the sea 3 to 5 miles northwest of Block Island. All 8 people on board, 7 passengers and pilot John Beck Jr., were killed. Among the victims, Shirley Wood, was the publisher and co-editor of The Block Island Times, founding editor of People magazine, and former chief of research for Time Life Books. The flight proceeded under a cloud layer on a moonless night while aSIGMET
SIGMET, or Significant Meteorological Information (AIM 7-1-6), is a severe weather advisory that contains meteorological information concerning the safety of all aircraft. Compared to AIRMETs, SIGMETs cover more severe weather.
Types
There a ...
was in effect for moderate to occasionally severe turbulence
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and possible low level wind shear
Wind shear (or windshear), sometimes referred to as wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and/or direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere. Atmospheric wind shear is normally described as either vertical or horizont ...
. The reason for the crash was undetermined.
*September 5, 1999: A Piper Cherokee PA-32-260, N4830S, departing Westerly on a scheduled flight to Block Island lost control and crashed shortly after take off, killing two passengers and the pilot; two passengers survived with serious injuries. Pilot Michael Hadik was described as a skilled pilot and flight instructor, with 5259 hours total and 202 in the Cherokee. The NTSB final report determined the cause of the crash was loss of control and stall during a turn.
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New England Airlines
{{Airlines of the United States, state=collapsed Regional airlines of the United States Regional Airline Association members Companies based in Rhode Island Transportation in Washington County, Rhode Island Airlines established in 1970 Airlines based in Rhode Island 1970 establishments in Rhode Island American companies established in 1970