New Mexico Airlines was an American commuter airline brand founded by Pacific Air Holdings to operate flights in New Mexico after the airline was awarded an Essential Air Service contract to serve Hobbs and Carlsbad, New Mexico. The airline started flights on July 1, 2007, and uses the airline identifiers and call signs of its parent company Pacific Wings. Despite having "New Mexico" in the name, the brand was actually headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, in metropolitan Phoenix. The carrier had all of its aircraft grounded by the FAA in December 2014 due to unspecified maintenance issues. It was able to get some aircraft back in the air in early 2015 but completely shut down by May 2015."Our Policies." New Mexico Airlines. Retrieved on July 4, 2009.
Previous destinations Alamogordo, New Mexico (Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport) Midland, Texas / Odessa, Texas Los Alamos, New Mexico (Los Alamos County Airport)(Contract Terminated as of January 23, 2015) Ruidoso, New Mexico (Sierra Blanca Regional Airport) Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe Municipal Airport) El Paso, Texas (El Paso International Airport) Hobbs, New Mexico (Lea County Regional Airport) Albuquerque, New Mexico (Albuquerque International Sunport) Carlsbad, New Mexico (Cavern City Air Terminal)Onsurez, Jessica. Feds deny appeal of Carlsbad's essential air service contract , Carlsbad Current-Argus, August 29, 2013, retrieved 2014-07-16
Fleet As of December 2014, the New Mexico Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
+ New Mexico Airlines FleetAircraftTotalPassengersCessna 208B Caravan 675 5 9
See also List of defunct airlines of the United States
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