Sun Air Express was a United States airline with its headquarters in Dania Beach, Florida in Greater Miami (the headquarters had a

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mailing address). It operates charter services as well as scheduled passenger services subsidized under the federal

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(EAS) program. The airline ended subsidized scheduled service to

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from

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on October 31, 2014 after its two-year EAS contract expired. A little over a month later, Sun Air began service from

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and

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in Maryland. Sun Air had planned to begin service between

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and

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on December 1, 2012. However, the airline decided to pull out of the airport deal. Sun Air Express had a focus city at

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and provided frequent daily service to Altoona, Hagerstown (Maryland), Jamestown (New York), Lancaster,

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and Franklin/Oil City. Upon beginning scheduled service, Sun Air Express' passenger bookings were handled by

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and their flight listings in travel reservation systems were under Pacific Wings' IATA code, LW. On April 21, 2015, Sun Air Express flights began being handled by and listed under the code of

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, (6G). As of November 2013, Sun Air International received $6,583,848 in annual Federal subsidies for

s that they provided to

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and

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airports in the U.S. On March 7, 2016, Southern Airways Express bought Sun Air Express for an undisclosed amount. It will continue the routes currently running and will keep the focus cities that were established by Sun Air. The company withdrew from its Jamestown service after losing

funding.

Destinations

Fleet

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Destinations

Fleet

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