New Cape Air President Charts Future
Cape Air's new president Linda Markham is working on the New England carrier's fleet replacement plans. [Photo: Gregory Polek]
Cape Air's new president Linda Markham is working on the New England carrier's fleet replacement plans. [Photo: Gregory Polek]

New England regional Cape Air has resigned itself to shedding all 70 of its Cessna 402s once it finally reaches terms on an agreement for a new fleet type, the company’s new president Linda Markham told AIN at the RAA Convention in Montreal on Wednesday. Still in talks with Tecnam on a possible acquisition of the P2012 Traveller piston twin as a replacement for the Cessnas, Hyannis, Mass.-based Cape Air also operates a pair of ATR 42-300s in Micronesia for United Airlines and plans next to fly three Britten Norman piston Islanders in the Caribbean. Markham said the airline expects to take the first Islander in August and press it into service in December. Plans call for the three airplanes to fly into Culebra and Virgin Gorda, where short-field requirements preclude the use of the 402s.