Rectrix Aviation was a jet charter and commuter airline service that primarily served

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and the east coast of the United States. Its commercial operations were primarily based at

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and

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in Nantucket and Hyannis, Massachusetts, respectively. Rectrix Shuttle, the commuter service, was founded when Island Airlines of Nantucket shut down. In December 2019 new parent company Ross Aviation ceased all commercial flights and began the shutdown of the charter department consolidating Rectrix to only an FBO operation. Rectrix's charter flights were based at

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, Hyannis, and

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. Rectrix acquired its worldwide jet operating authority in 2009 with its acquisition of New World Jet Corporation.

Fixed-Base Operation Services

Rectrix currently has FBOs at the following locations. Parent company Ross Aviation announced after acquiring that despite complete integration to their network the brand would remain unchanged at current locations for the foreseeable future. * Laurence G. Hanscom Field - Bedford, MA *

- Hyannis, MA * Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport - Sarasota, FL *

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History

On November 4, 2015, Rectrix Aviation purchased Five Star Jet Center at

and announced plans to expand its services and staff at the airport, making it the only fixed base operator or FBO at the Westfield-Barnes. On February 8, 2016; Submitted an application to the Department of Transportation to conduct scheduled air service as a commuter carrier. The application proposed scheduled service between Hyannis, MA (KHYA) and Nantucket, MA (KACK). On June 26, 2017, Rectrix announced commercial service dubbed the Rectrix Shuttle which connected

and

that featured one round-trip flight daily from Thursday to Monday. "It's the first major expansion of Rectrix's current Hyannis to Nantucket shuttle service," the company said. On October 25, 2017, Rectrix introduced new non-stop scheduled weekend service between Cape Cod and New York City’s

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and

Westchester County Airport Westchester County Airport is a county-owned airport in Westchester County, New York, three miles (6 km) northeast of downtown White Plains, with territory in the towns of North Castle and Harrison, New York, and village of Rye Brook, N ...

. Service to Worcester was suspended in the Summer of 2019 due to low demand. In February 2019, Rectrix was acquired by Ross Aviation. On December 2, 2019, Ross Aviation announced the end of commercial operations and began liquidating their charter department.

Destinations

Rectrix Shuttle flew scheduled charter flights to the following destinations:

Fleet

Charter fleet

The following chart shows all the aircraft owned by Rectrix Aviation that were available for charter.

Commuter fleet

Rectrix Shuttle

The following chart shows all the aircraft Rectrix Aviation used for commuter flights.

References

External links

Rectrix Aviation
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