Tradewind Aviation

Tradewind Aviation

IATA ICAO Callsign TJ GPD GOODSPEED
Founded	2001
AOC #	TWYA123K[1]
Hubs	Westchester County Airport Teterboro Airport Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport Nantucket Memorial Airport Gustaf III Airport
Fleet size	18
Destinations	10
Headquarters	Oxford, Connecticut
Key people	Eric Zipkin (Partner/President), David Zipkin (Partner/Vice President), David Zara (Vice President)
Website	flytradewind.com

Tradewind Aviation, LLC, doing business as Tradewind Aviation and Tradewind Shuttle, is an American airline headquartered at the Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford, Connecticut.^[2] United States. Tradewind Aviation provides executive private charter service throughout the world, shared charter in the Northeast and the Caribbean, and aircraft management services.

History

Founded in 2001 with the intention to provide the highest quality service, Tradewind aviation commenced operations utilizing a single Cessna Caravan. Charter service expanded throughout America and the Caribbean, spanning eleven cities. To provide the highest quality service, each domestic Tradewind Shuttle flight within the United States, departs and arrives at an FBO,

Destinations

Tradewind Aviation operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:

New England

• Massachusetts
  • Martha's Vineyard
  • Nantucket
  • Boston Logan Airport
• New Jersey
  • Teterboro
• New York
  • White Plains Airport
• Vermont
  • Morrisville^[3]

Caribbean

• Puerto Rico
  • San Juan
• Saint Barthélemy
  • St. Bart's^[4]
• West Indies
  • Antigua^[5]
  • Nevis^[6]
• Anguilla
  • Anguilla^[7]
• United States Virgin Islands
  • St. Thomas

Private Charter

One of Tradewind Aviation's Pilatus PC-12, N590TW in St. Barths.

Tradewind Aviation operates a fleet of 16 aircraft for private charter from the Northeast United States and within the Eastern Caribbean.

Fleet

One of Tradewind Aviation's Cessna CJ3, N157JL

As of February 2016 Tradewind's fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Tradewind Aviation Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Orders
Cessna Citation CJ3	3	0
Pilatus PC-12	17	0

Citation CJ3: Light jets that are excellent for medium range flights such as New York to Florida, the Caribbean, the Midwest and Canada.

Pilatus PC12: Modern and pressurized jet-props for shorter range flights such as New York to Nantucket or San Juan to St Barths. With excellent short field performance, the Pilatus can easily access smaller airports such as St Barths with a 2,170ft runway.^[8]

References

1. "Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
2. DEWAN, SHAILA (February 4, 2010). "Volunteers Fly Supplies Into Hard-to-Reach Areas". New York Times. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
3. "Passenger service from Morrisville to NYC area to take flight". VTDigger.com. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
4. "Tradewind Aviation increases airlift between San Juan, St. Barts". caribbean-on-line.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
5. Coward, S. "Tradewind Aviation Begins Daily Scheduled Flights Between St Barths & Antigua". aribbeanpressreleases.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
6. "New airline nonstop service also for locals, says Nevis Tourism Minister". Nevis Pages. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
7. "Tradewind Aviation's San Juan/Anguilla route welcomed.". Anguilla News. November 5, 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
8. http://www.privatefly.com/private-jet-hire/st-barts-airport-A8228.html