US regional carrier Silver Airways launched flights from Greensboro to Nashville and Orlando MCO on Tuesday 25 July. Both the 605-kilometre service to Nashville and the 860-kiloemtre route to Orlando MCO will be operated daily with the carrier’s 72-seat ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on either route, marking its first flights out […]
July 31, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Silver Airways is unusual in the USA as it only operates turboprops. According to Planespotters.net, it has 18, comprising 10 ATR 72s (some in freight configuration for Amazon) and eight ATR 42s. They replace the Saab 340, of which it had a total of 28, providing more capacity, more usable range and lower seat-km costs […]
July 26, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story