Gem State Airlines
Convair 580 in 1980 | |
Founded | 1978 |
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Ceased operations | 1980 |
Focus cities |
Boise, Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
Fleet size | 9 |
Destinations | 12 |
Headquarters | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S. |
Key people |
Tom Soumas, Jr. Justin S. Colin (1924–2012) |
Gem State Airlines was a United States airline founded in 1978 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It carried passengers for 11 months, from December 1978 to November 1979,[1][2] and merged in January 1980 with Air Pacific to become Golden Gate Airlines.[3][4][5][6][7]
Founded by Thomas D. "Tom" Soumas, Jr. (b. 1953) of Coeur d'Alene,[8][9] its primary investor was Justin S. Colin (1924–2012), a New York financier.[10][11][12][13]
Idaho's nickname is the Gem State, with origins back to its territorial years.[14]
Cities served
Fleet
- Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner – (6)
- Convair 580 – (3)
References
- ↑ "Airline's demise day away". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 8, 1979. p. 3.
- ↑ Harrell, Sylvia (November 10, 1979). "Goodbye". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ↑ airlines
- 1 2 Golden Gate Airlines Image Gallery
- ↑ Harrell, Sylvia (January 30, 1980). "Gem State Airlines? Oh, you mean Golden Gate". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
- 1 2 "Gem State: Idaho refugee buys California airline". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). January 10, 1980. p. 9C.
- ↑ "Gem Airlines' financial savior files for personal bankruptcy". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). August 25, 1982. p. 2B.
- ↑ "Airline just needs a plane". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. December 25, 1974. p. 8Z.
- ↑ Roche, Kevin (August 27, 1978). "Takeoff". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
- ↑ "Gem State Airlines 'remarkable'". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). UPI. August 1, 1979. p. 24.
- ↑ "Soumas still wants air carrier in Idaho". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). January 9, 1980. p. 10.
- ↑ Roche, Kevin (October 25, 1978). "New York financier invested heavily in Gem State Airlines". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 5A.
- ↑ "Justin Colin". legacy.com. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Idaho, the Gem State" (PDF). Idaho Geological Survey. November 2002.
- ↑ Gem State Airlines
- ↑ Shelledy, Jay (March 14, 1979). "Gem State adds plane, Sun Valley flights". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 14A.
- ↑ "Gem State buys bigger planes". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). April 17, 1979. p. 10A.
- ↑ Pettit, Diane (September 22, 1979). "Gem State says it will return to Moscow-Pullman". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ↑ "Gem State: airline in the red". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 28, 1979. p. 6B.
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