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July 27, 2014

flying: Commercial in Clovis

I mentioned a local airline going to Los Alamos before, but this is different. On my visit to Clovis, they showcased an air service by a company called Boutique Air, flying between Dallas and Clovis. The difference being that NM Airlines and Great Lakes are Part 121 carriers, receiving government subsidies for "Essential Air Service", while Boutique Air is a purely commercial operator. They fly a luxuriously appointed Pilatus PC-12 under an authority of Part 135, or "air taxi", which probably saves them just enought money to stay afloat. I'm sure tickets are not $45 either. It's pretty awesome that such service manages to exist in the days of late socialist America.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at 10:28 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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1 Actually, Pacific Wings (NM airline's parent company) is scheduled 135 operating with >10 seats. Also, iirc Great Lakes recently removed 10 seats from their 1900's in order to be able to operate 135, so they could get around the new 121 FO rule and continue to pay poverty level wages.

Posted by: Gage at September 23, 2014 06:50 PM (/Jrva)

2 I can scarcely imagine that cutting the capacity that much would offset the salary difference, but stranger things happened.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at September 23, 2014 08:18 PM (RqRa5)

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