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238:, United States. Tradewind Aviation provides private and scheduled service in the Northeast, Southeast, and the Caribbean, as well as aircraft management services. The air charter company is best known for its Westchester to Nantucket summer ticket books, and its Puerto Rico to St. Barths scheduled service.
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Readers' Choice Awards as one of
America's best airlines, and was voted 5th, 4th, and 3rd best, respectively. Today, Tradewind is the second-largest operator of the Pilatus PC-12 in the U.S., and the world's largest operator of PC-12s for charter.
250:. Brothers Eric and David Zipkin, both pilots and aviation enthusiasts, recognized a gap in service on shorter flights, initially on the Cape and Islands, and began operations in 2002. Charter service expanded throughout
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