Air Pennsylvania

Air Pennsylvania was a commuter airline active from 1976 to 1982 and based in Reading, Pennsylvania.^[1][2] It was owned by Eugene F. Plum II, whose family also operated a flight school and other airlines as Perkiomen Airways based in Reading, Pennsylvania and Sun International Airways in Puerto Rico.

Air Pennsylvania

Commenced operations	1976
Ceased operations	1982
Destinations	See Destinations below
Headquarters	Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Key people	Eugene F. Plum II

Fleet

• Beech 18
• Britten Norman Islander
• Cessna 152
• Cessna 172
• Cessna 182
• Convair 240
• DC-3 (N2VM)
• Fairchild Hiller FH-227
• Piper Apache
• Piper Arrow
• Piper Navajo
• Piper Trainer

Destinations

• New Jersey
  • Atlantic City (Atlantic City International Airport)
• Pennsylvania
  • Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton (Lehigh Valley International Airport) ^[3][4]
  • Hazleton (Hazleton Municipal Airport)*^[5][6]
  • Philadelphia (Philadelphia International Airport)
  • Reading (Reading Regional Airport)*
  • Cumberland Regional Airport (Cumberland, Maryland)*
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Greater Pittsburgh International Airport)**

Those airports marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer served by commercial air service. Greater Pittsburgh International Airport was replaced by Pittsburgh International Airport, which is commercially serviced.

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United States

External links

• Entry in Flight International Magazine

References

1. Pearson, Dan (13 Mar 1982). "Air Pennsylvania being reorganized". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania – via newspapers.com.
2. "Air Pennsylvania aims for return to A-B-E". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 6 Apr 1982. p. B9 – via newspapers.com.
3. Salter, Rosa (29 Jul 1981). "New flights will start Aug. 17 between A-B-E and Philadelphia". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. B3 – via newspapers.com.
4. Pearson, Dan (12 Mar 1982). "Air service line closes for two weeks". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania – via Newspapers.com.
5. Salitza, Bob (25 Nov 1980). "Air Pennsylvania picked for city". Standard-Speaker. Hazelton, Pennsylvania. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
6. Salitza, Bob (26 Nov 1980). "Criticism may follow CAB choice of local air carrier". Standard-Speaker. Hazelton, Pennsylvania. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.