New US airline: Connect Airlines

Connect Airlines is a US-based start-up, which is aiming for an October launch and is planning to connect Northeastern and Midwestern cities in the US with Toronto in Canada. The airline is planning to use the DHC-8-400 and wants to fly into Toronto-Billy Bishop City Airport.

The start-up is being launched by Waltzing Matilda Aviation, a private-jet charter and management company, currently operating one Cessna 550B and one Cessna 560XL. It's at the moment working on obtaining the necessary certificates and authorisations. An unknown number of DHC-8-400s has also been secured and it's known that these will be former flybe-aircraft, although the identity of the exact airframes is unknown at this time.

Photo by Waltzing Matilda Aviation.