Northeast Express Regional Airlines

♦ Northeast Express Regional Airlines initially began operations as Valley Airlines, a Frenchville, Maine-based air taxi service by Roland Martin in 1978 . The carrier began scheduled services on 02Nov1981 operating a Frenchville-Presque Isle-Bangor route. In 1986, the airline was acquired by Bar Harbor Airlines but continued to be operated as a separate division. Valley Airlines (ii) was renamed to Northeast Express Regional Airlines on 18Sep1989. On 05Feb1990, Northeast Express began operating as a Northwest Airlink carrier providing connecting feed to Northwest’s Boston operations. Ceased operations in Jul1995 after NWA claim forced bankruptcy ♦