New Charter Airline to Serve Islip

[Matt Molnar]

New charter airline to begin flying out of MacArthur

BY JENNIFER MALONEY | [email protected]
10:03 PM EDT, April 5, 2009

Long Island MacArthur Airport will welcome a new charter airline in June, an addition that could help boost sagging passenger numbers, airport officials said.

PublicCharters.com, based in Pennsylvania, will operate much like a commercial airline, with summer flights to Nantucket, Mass., and Groton, Conn., available online and through travel agents, said Jim Gallagher, president of the company.

The airline also is considering adding fall and spring flights to Myrtle Beach, S.C., he said. [Full Article]

Their website, http://www.publicharters.com seems to indicate that it's just a paper airline so far. Odd that Newsday didn't seek a quote from airport officials. :roll:

[moose135]

Odd that Newsday didn't seek a quote from airport officials. :roll:

From the article you quoted:

Airport commissioner Teresa Rizzuto, who wooed the charter company, said the added destinations would attract new passengers - and help put MacArthur on the radar of other airlines. "Delays at the Port Authority airports, they're getting worse and worse," she said. "I'm excited that we're going to get additional passengers through our airport to see how great it is."

[Matt Molnar]

Odd that Newsday didn't seek a quote from airport officials. :roll:

From the article you quoted:

Airport commissioner Teresa Rizzuto, who wooed the charter company, said the added destinations would attract new passengers - and help put MacArthur on the radar of other airlines. "Delays at the Port Authority airports, they're getting worse and worse," she said. "I'm excited that we're going to get additional passengers through our airport to see how great it is."

Oh, that quote....oops. :)

[T-Bird76]

The destinations they plan on serving don't seem to be anything to write home about and I can' see demand for those cities being all to high. Their website indicates they plan on using SkyKing 732s which would be cool to see if they bring them into ISP. However this is not the kind of service ISP needs and the airport really needs to get some regional carries like COEX, ASA/Comair (back), or AE (back).

[Derf]

I went down there and watched the landing...looked uneventful :borat:

On a side note, I do not think any FD IN Suffolk was left out....they were calling everyone!
Had there been a crash, they would have been mad had they not done what they were doing, but
watching the War of Fire Engines was amazing! Lot of our tax dollars at work, I hope they
keep it up!

[moose135]

I went down there and watched the landing...looked uneventful

Wrong thread, Fred...

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15492

[emshighway]

Going to be interesting; they are trying to call themselves a "charter" but have a regular schedule.