A lack of demand forced Portland-based Elite Airways to drop its Portland-to-Bar Harbor flights a little over a month after the service was launched.
Airport Manager Brad Madeira told Hancock County Commissioners about the loss of service earlier in the month, saying that only one or two passengers were using the Bar Harbor to Portland flight, according to The Ellsworth American.
According to the American, those jets can carry up to 50 passengers.
“It wasn’t a big surprise,” Madeira said, according to the American. “That wasn’t a flight we requested.”
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