Marco Island Airways is a defunct airline based in

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History

Marco Island Airways was formed in 1972 and commenced scheduled flights in 1973 from Miami International Airport, with a maintenance base at

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on the western outskirts of Miami. Initial scheduled services were flown between Miami and Marco Island on Florida's Gulf Coast. Services were added to Tampa in 1980 and to Lakeland, Florida in 1981. The airline also operated contract flights, as

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, but retaining the Marco Island color scheme, in the early 1980s with service to Key West and the Bahamas. The airline was acquired by Provincetown-Boston Airline (PBA) in 1984 and its operations were fully merged into PBA during June 1986.

Fleet

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The Marco Island Airways fleet initially consisted of six

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twin-engine pressurized piston-engine 44-seat airliners (shown in heading image), five examples being operated as at March 1985. Three of the smaller twin turboprop

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(N1921T, N1922T, N1923T) were included in the fleet in 1973. Four

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eight-seat airliner was also operated in the early 1980s.sunshineskies

References

Bibliography

* Killion, S.D., The Martinliners, Airways International Inc, 1997, * Wilkinson, D., Airline Fleets 1985, Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1985,

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* {{US-airline-stub Defunct companies based in Florida Defunct airlines of the United States Airlines established in 1972 1972 establishments in Florida Airlines disestablished in 1986 1986 disestablishments in Florida Transportation in Miami

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