Silver Airways
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| Founded | May 21, 2011 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | December 15, 2011 | ||||||
| AOC # | 29GA010N | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 23 | ||||||
| Destinations | 28 | ||||||
| Parent company | Versa Capital Management LLC | ||||||
| Headquarters |
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Broward County, Florida, U.S. |
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| Key people | Sami Teittinen (Chief Executive Officer) | ||||||
| Website | silverairways.com | ||||||
Silver Airways Corp., operating as Silver Airways, is a United States airline with its headquarters in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in unincorporated Broward County, Florida, near Fort Lauderdale. Silver Airways launched as a new regional carrier with assets from former Gulfstream International Airlines.
The airline operates around 170 daily scheduled flights. Silver Airways operates to 20 cities in the United States and seven destinations in The Bahamas with hubs at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Tampa International Airport.
As of November 2013 Silver Airways received $20,515,042 in annual Federal subsidies for Essential Air Services that it provided to rural airports in the United States.
On November 4, 2010, Gulfstream International Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In May 2011, Victory Park Capital bought the assets of Gulfstream International Group, including 21 of Gulfstream's Beechcraft 1900D aircraft from Raytheon Aircraft Credit Corporation.
On December 15, 2011, the airline was rebranded as Silver Airways. That same day, they took delivery of one of six recently purchased Saab 340B+ aircraft.
In the first half of 2012, Silver Airways made several moves to turn the company around. Its maintenance facilities were moved from Fort Lauderdale to Gainesville Regional Airport, taking over the former Eclipse Aviation facility that had remained vacant since 2009. It purchased six more Saab 340B+ aircraft bringing the Saab fleet to 12.
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