Rectrix Aviation was a jet charter and

commuter 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 ...

service that primarily served New England, Florida and the east coast of the United States. Its commercial operations were primarily based at Nantucket Memorial Airport and Barnstable Municipal Airport in

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and

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, respectively. Rectrix Shuttle, the commuter service, was founded when Island Airlines of Nantucket shut down. In December 2019 new parent company Ross Aviation ceased all commercial flights and began the shutdown of the charter department consolidating Rectrix to only an FBO operation. Rectrix's charter flights were based at Sarasota, Florida, Bedford, Massachusetts, Hyannis, and Westfield, Massachusetts. Rectrix acquired its worldwide jet operating authority in 2009 with its acquisition of New World Jet Corporation.

Fixed-Base Operation Services

Rectrix currently has FBOs at the following locations. Parent company Ross Aviation announced after acquiring that despite complete integration to their network the brand would remain unchanged at current locations for the foreseeable future. *

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* Barnstable Municipal Airport -

Hyannis, MA Hyannis is the largest of the seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area at the 1990 census. Because of this, many refer t ...

* Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport -

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* Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport - Westfield, MA * Worcester Regional Airport - Worcester, MA

History

On November 4, 2015, Rectrix Aviation purchased

Five Star Jet Center Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport is a joint civil-military airport in Hampden County, Massachusetts, three miles (6 km) north of Westfield and northwest of Springfield. It was formerly Barnes Municipal Airport; the National Plan of Integra ...

at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport and announced plans to expand its services and staff at the airport, making it the only fixed base operator or FBO at the Westfield-Barnes. On February 8, 2016; Submitted an application to the Department of Transportation to conduct scheduled air service as a commuter carrier. The application proposed scheduled service between Hyannis, MA (KHYA) and Nantucket, MA (KACK). On June 26, 2017, Rectrix announced commercial service dubbed the Rectrix Shuttle which connected Worcester Regional Airport and Barnstable Municipal Airport that featured one round-trip flight daily from Thursday to Monday. "It's the first major expansion of Rectrix's current Hyannis to Nantucket shuttle service," the company said. On October 25, 2017, Rectrix introduced new non-stop scheduled weekend service between Cape Cod and New York City’s LaGuardia Airport and Westchester County Airport. Service to Worcester was suspended in the Summer of 2019 due to low demand. In February 2019, Rectrix was acquired by Ross Aviation. On December 2, 2019, Ross Aviation announced the end of commercial operations and began liquidating their charter department.

Destinations

Rectrix Shuttle flew scheduled charter flights to the following destinations:

Fleet

Charter fleet

The following chart shows all the aircraft owned by Rectrix Aviation that were available for charter.

Commuter fleet

Rectrix Shuttle

The following chart shows all the aircraft Rectrix Aviation used for commuter flights.

References

External links

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