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Air Florida Commuter

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Air Florida Commuter
IATA ICAO Call sign
QH FLA PALM
FoundedSeptember 1979
Commenced operations1980
Ceased operations1984
HubsMiami International Airport
Fleet size0
Parent companyAir Florida
HeadquartersMiami-Dade County, Florida

Air Florida Commuter was the regional feeder network for Air Florida. Air Florida Commuter was not an airline, but a system of affiliated commuter carriers that fed traffic into Air Florida's hubs. In an arrangement commonly known as code-sharing, each airline painted their aircraft in Air Florida aircraft livery and colors and their flights were listed in computer reservation systems as Air Florida flights.

History

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Air Miami became the first affiliate airline in 1980, and over a dozen other small airlines eventually became part of the system, including: Marco Island Airways, Florida Airlines, Key Air, Southern International Airways, Skyway of Ocala, North American Airlines, National Commuter Airlines, Gull Air, Pompano Airways, Finair Express, Slocum Airlines, Atlantic Gulf Airlines and others. As Air Florida became financially strapped, the commuter system was dismantled in early 1984.

Fleet

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The Air Florida Commuter fleet consisted of the following aircraft models and quantities:

Aircraft In service Passengers Notes
Beechcraft 99 4 15 Operated by Skyway of Ocala
Britten-Norman Islander 2 10 Operated by Slocum Airlines
Britten-Norman Trislander 1 16 Operated by Slocum Airlines
CASA 212 7 26 Operated by North American Airlines and Gull Air
Cessna 402 21 6 Operated by Gull Air, Pompano Airways and Slocum Airlines
Convair 580 4 40 Operated by Key Airlines
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 1 20 Operated by Ocean Reef Airways
de Havilland Heron 3 14 Operated by North American Airlines
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante 2 18 Operated by Finair Express
Martin 404 12 40 Operated by Florida Airlines and Marco Island Airways
Nord 262 16 29 Operated by National Commuter Airlines and Pompano Airlines
Total 76

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