Gem_State_Airlines

Gem State Airlines

Gem State Airlines

United States airline

Gem State Airlines was a United States airline founded in 1978 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.[1][2][3][4] It carried passengers for 11 months, from December 1978 to November 1979,[5][6] and merged in January 1980 with Air Pacific to become Golden Gate Airlines.[7][8][9][10][11]

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Founded by Thomas D. "Tom" Soumas, Jr. (b. 1953) of Coeur d'Alene,[12][13] its primary investor was Justin S. Colin (1924–2012), a New York financier.[14][15][16][17]

Idaho's nickname is the Gem State, with origins back to its territorial years.[18]

Cities served

Source:[8][19]

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Gem State Airlines Swearingen SA-226TC Metro II

Gem State operated the following turboprop aircraft:


See also

References

  1. [1]
    Roche, Kevin (July 9, 1978). "Gem State is more than a paper airline now". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1A.
  2. [2]
    Harrell, Sylvia (November 1, 1978). "Gem State swoops into Lewiston". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1A.
  3. [3]
    Roche, Kevin (November 1, 1978). "Gem State stockholders squeezed out". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 16A.
  4. [4]
    "Gem State Airlines". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (advertisement). November 30, 1978. p. 12A.
  5. [5]
    "Airline's demise day away". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 8, 1979. p. 3.
  6. [6]
    Harrell, Sylvia (November 10, 1979). "Goodbye". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  7. [7]
    airlines
  8. [8]
    Golden Gate Airlines Image Gallery
  9. [9]
    Harrell, Sylvia (January 30, 1980). "Gem State Airlines? Oh, you mean Golden Gate". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  10. [10]
    "Gem State: Idaho refugee buys California airline". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). January 10, 1980. p. 9C.
  11. [11]
    "Gem Airlines' financial savior files for personal bankruptcy". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). August 25, 1982. p. 2B.
  12. [12]
    "Airline just needs a plane". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. December 25, 1974. p. 8Z.
  13. [13]
    Roche, Kevin (August 27, 1978). "Takeoff". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  14. [14]
    "Gem State Airlines 'remarkable'". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). UPI. August 1, 1979. p. 24.
  15. [15]
    "Soumas still wants air carrier in Idaho". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). January 9, 1980. p. 10.
  16. [16]
    Roche, Kevin (October 25, 1978). "New York financier invested heavily in Gem State Airlines". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 5A.
  17. [17]
    "Justin Colin". legacy.com. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  18. [18]
    "Idaho, the Gem State" (PDF). Idaho Geological Survey. November 2002.
  19. [19]
    Gem State Airlines
  20. [20]
    Shelledy, Jay (March 14, 1979). "Gem State adds plane, Sun Valley flights". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 14A.
  21. [21]
    "Gem State buys bigger planes". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). April 17, 1979. p. 10A.
  22. [22]
    Pettit, Diane (September 22, 1979). "Gem State says it will return to Moscow-Pullman". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  23. [23]
    "Gem State: airline in the red". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 28, 1979. p. 6B.


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