New Mexico Airlines

New Mexico Airlines

IATA LW ICAO NMI Callsign TSUNAMI
Founded	2007
Hubs	Albuquerque International Sunport
Focus cities	Cavern City Air Terminal
Fleet size	3
Destinations	4
Parent company	Pacific Air Holdings
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas
Key people	Greg Kahlstorf (CEO)
Website	http://www.flynma.com

New Mexico Airlines aircraft

New Mexico Airlines is an American commuter airline brand founded by Pacific Air Holdings to operate flights in New Mexico after the airline was awarded an Essential Air Service contract to serve Hobbs and Carlsbad, New Mexico. The airline started flights on July 1, 2007 and uses the airline identifiers and call signs of its parent company Pacific Wings. The brand is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.^[1]

Destinations

As of October 2010, New Mexico Airlines serves the following destinations: ^[2]

United States

New Mexico

• Alamogordo (Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport)
• Albuquerque (Albuquerque International Sunport) Main Hub
• Carlsbad (Cavern City Air Terminal)

Planned/Proposed destinations

• Deming, New Mexico (Deming Municipal Airport)
• Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport)
• Clovis, New Mexico (Clovis Municipal Airport)
• Roswell (Roswell International Air Center)

Suspended destinations

• Midland / Odessa, Texas^[3]
• Ruidoso (Sierra Blanca Regional Airport)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe Municipal Airport) - suspended due to dispute with the city over incentives^[4]
• Taos, New Mexico (Taos Regional Airport) - on hold pending Part 139 certification of the airport^[5]
• El Paso, Texas (El Paso International Airport)
• Hobbs (Lea County Regional Airport)

Fleet

As of March 2009, the New Mexico Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft^[6]:

New Mexico Airlines Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Passengers
Cessna 208A Caravan 675	3	9

References

1. ^ "Our Policies." New Mexico Airlines. Retrieved on July 4, 2009.
2. ^ "Our Places". New Mexico Airlines. http://www.pacificwings.com/nma/our-places.asp. Retrieved 2000-02-10. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Bacalso, Courtney (2008-07-16). "New Mexico Airlines drops service at Midland International". Midland Reporter-Telegram. http://www.mywesttexas.com/articles/2008/07/16/news/top_stories/newmexicoairlinesdropsservice_0715.txt. Retrieved 2008-08-25. 
4. ^ "Q & A". New Mexico Airlines. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20071224094509/http://www.pacificwings.com/nma/q-a.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-13. 
5. ^ Chambers, Patricia (2008-01-10). "FAA puts brakes on New Mexico Airlines service to Taos". Taos News. http://www.taosnews.com/articles/2008/01/16/news/doc478a36f75f92c916434260.txt. Retrieved 2008-02-13. 
6. ^ "Directory: World Airlines Part 3 (2009)". Flight International: 29–90. 2009-04-14. 

External links

• New Mexico Airlines