Airline Name
California Pacific Airlines
IATA: 4A / ICAO: DYN / CALLSIGN: DYNAMICS
Founded in 2009 (Apr. 1st), commenced operations in 2018 (Nov. 1st), ceased operations in 2019 (Jan. 17th)
(Air operator’s certificate suspended after failed attempts at restructuring)NOTE: This airline derives its IATA, ICAO and callsign from another charter airline that they had acquired, known as Aerodynamics.
Country of Origin
United States of America, North America ()
Main Hub(s): McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD)
Aircraft Types Used (from those available in WoA)
(All operated aircraft types are present in WoA already.)Aircraft operated:
Embraer ERJ-145 (-145LR, E145) - 2-4 former.
(Pictured below: N286SK - now known as N246JX)California Pacific’s ERJ-145s all came from Aerodynamics’ fleet of E145s - some sources report up to 4 were inherited, though Planespotters recorded only 2 of such aircraft being part of their fleet.
Embraer E170 (-170LR, E170) - 1 former.
(Pictured below: N176EC - now known as ZS-YBC)From what information indicates, this aircraft unfortunately never entered service with the airline despite being painted in the livery (and even later being re-registered to N760CP, a little more fitting) - this aircraft was acquired by the airline in July 2012, though with services not being started until late 2018, this aircraft would eventually go to another airline, that being South African-based Airlink.
Wikipedia also claims that they had one ERJ-135 on order that would’ve been delivered in Q3 of 2019, but I couldn’t find renders or much proof of this, unfortunately.
Why should this airline be added?
Founded in 2009 as a means to attempt to create an airline for the San Diego County, this airline unfortunately had quite a troubled history, with multiple attempts to acquire FAA certification to operate, alongside facing issues such as a lack of aircraft to lease.Only after the airline acquired the aforementioned Aerodynamics did they finally receive aircraft and FAA certification and began operations, however soon problems arose with that, too, notably pertaining to that of maintenance issues, delays, and cancellations, and by January 2019, their operations had, at the time, been temporarily shut down - later made permanent with the Department of Transportation permanently revoking their AOC, and sadly the owner of the airline would pass away a month after the fact from heart failure.
Despite its very troubled history, however, I believe this airline would be great little addition to see in-game, featuring a pretty livery that would be great to see at the likes of SAN (and possibly a future RNO addition), and it’d only work to increase the variety of airlines one could see at their airports.
Plus, it has its operations based at a rather smaller, unique airport, CLD, as opposed to a larger, busier airport such as SFO, LAX, etc - though it is also very close to the likes of SAN, with CLD only being about 30 miles or so from the airport (not to mention based in the same county), so they could even potentially appear as a local addition there. Who knows, though?SOURCES:
California Pacific Airlines’ Planespotters.net page
California Pacific Airlines’ Wikipedia page