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Downeast Airlines was founded as Mid-Coast Airways in 1960
Downeast Airlines was founded as Mid-Coast Airways by Robert Stenger in 1960. It operated from 1960 to 01Jun2007. The airline was granted an air-taxi certificate from the FAA under Part 135 of the Federal Air Regulation. It applied for the Boston to Rockland route as a scheduled air-taxi carrier and subsequently qualified as a Part 135 Commuter Airline. In 1980. Downeast was sold the Boston to Rockland route to Bar Harbor Airlines but continued the air-taxi service until 2007 when it was acquired by Rockland Airport Partners, doing business as Maine Atlantic Aviation]
[ – Maine Atlantic Aviation was established in the late-1940s by Arthur Harjula as Penobscot Airways with a single J3 cub. It was later named Stonington Flying Service when purchased by Herb Jones. When Herb’s son, Charlie, took the business over he renamed it Penobscot Air. In the early-1990s, Clint and Hannah Demmons bought the air service, retaining its name. In 1999, they sold to the Telford Group. In 2003, the Telford Group established the air service as Maine Atlantic Aviation. In 2004, the division was purchased by another individual, who retained the name Maine Atlantic Aviation. The carrier acquired Downeast Airlines (i) in 2007. Maine Atlantic ceased operations around 2009
< operated scheduled service to the islands in Maine’s Penobscot Bay, and offers private charter land and seaplane flights throughout the region >]
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