Elite Airways is an airline based in the United States operating charter and scheduled passenger flights. The air carrier is headquartered in Portland, Maine.
Elite Airways LLC was founded in 2006 and received FAA Part 121 scheduled certification in 2012. When the airline obtained its scheduled authority it announced it would begin scheduled passenger flights to and from Orlando Melbourne International Airport, the airline's operating base; the first scheduled passenger route was announced on July 28, 2014 when the airline said it would begin twice-weekly services between Melbourne and Washington Dulles International Airport on September 8 that year. Flights went on sale August 25, 2014 utilizing Branson Air Express as the ticketing airline.
In November the airline began operating the Branson Air Express flights from Branson Airport to Chicago Midway Airport and Houston Hobby Airport.
The airline announced that service from Northern Colorado's Fort Collins-Loveland Airport to both Newark Liberty International Airport and Chicago Rockford International Airport would begin on August 27, 2015.
The airline subsequently announced flights starting December 10, 2015 from Vero Beach Municipal Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, representing the first-ever commercial scheduled jet service at Vero Beach airport.
In early 2016, Elite Airways introduced scheduled service from Naples Municipal Airport in southwest Florida to Newark Liberty, Orlando Melbourne, Vero Beach and Portland International Jetport in Maine, representing the first commercial services at Naples Municipal Airport since 2006.
In March 2016, the airline announced the restart of twice-weekly service between Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport and Chicago Rockford International Airport starting May 23, 2016.
On April 15, 2016, the airline announced that it would begin regular flight operations at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip, New York. The airline announced service to three destinations: Orlando-Melbourne, FL; Myrtle Beach, SC; and Portland, ME. Flight service began at Long Island MacArthur Airport the morning of June 17, 2016 On December 7, 2016, the airline announced it would begin non-stop service from Long Island to Newport News, VA beginning in March 2017, and on December 13, 2016, the airline announced plans to further expand service from Long Island MacArthur Airport to Vero Beach, FL.
Beginning April 27, 2017, Elite Airways begins its first international service, flying between Orlando Melbourne International Airport and South Bimini Airport in The Bahamas.
As of August 2016, the airline operates a fleet of one Bombardier CRJ100 and five Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft both fitted with 50 passenger seats and five Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft fitted with 70 seats.
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Fleet
The Elite Airways fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016):
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Destinations
Elite Airways operates both scheduled and charter flights to the following destinations :
Current destinations
- Bimini - South Bimini Airport
- Nova Scotia
- Halifax - Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Florida
- Melbourne/Orlando - Orlando Melbourne International Airport
- Sarasota - Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Vero Beach - Vero Beach Regional Airport
- Maine
- Bar Harbor - Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport Seasonal
- Portland - Portland International Jetport
- New Jersey
- Newark - Newark Liberty International Airport
- North Carolina
- Asheville - Asheville Regional Airport
Future destinations
- Florida
- Key West
Terminated destinations
- Colorado
- Denver - Denver International Airport
- Fort Collins - Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport
- Florida
- Naples - Naples Municipal Airport
- Illinois
- Chicago - Midway International Airport
- Rockford - Chicago Rockford International Airport
- Louisiana
- New Orleans - Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Missouri
- Branson - Branson Airport
- New York
- Long Island/Islip - Long Island MacArthur Airport
- South Carolina
- Myrtle Beach - Myrtle Beach International Airport Seasonal
- Texas
- Houston - George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Virginia
- Dulles/Washington, D.C. - Washington Dulles International Airport
- Mexico
- Cancún - Cancún International Airport
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