New England Airlines is a regional airline

Regional airline

Regional airlines are airlines that operate regional aircraft to provide passenger air service to communities without sufficient demand to attract mainline service...

 based in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. With a main base at Westerly State Airport

Westerly State Airport

Westerly State Airport is a public use airport in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It serves the city of Westerly and is located two nautical miles southeast of its central business district....

, it provides scheduled service to Block Island

Block Island

Block Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is located in the Atlantic Ocean approximately south of the coast of Rhode Island, east of Montauk Point on Long Island, and is separated from the Rhode Island mainland by Block Island Sound. The United States Census Bureau defines Block...

 and operates charters to other destinations.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1970. New England Airlines has been in continuous service since then, under the same private ownership. It was and is the only scheduled airline with its primary bases of operation in Rhode Island.

Destinations for Scheduled Flights

• Westerly, Rhode Island (Westerly State Airport
  Westerly State Airport
  Westerly State Airport is a public use airport in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It serves the city of Westerly and is located two nautical miles southeast of its central business district....
  
  )
• New Shoreham, Rhode Island
  New Shoreham, Rhode Island
  New Shoreham is the town located on Block Island in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 1,051 at the 2010 census...
  
   (Block Island State Airport
  Block Island State Airport
  Block Island State Airport is a public airport located on Block Island, in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The airport is owned by the State of Rhode Island. It is primarily a general aviation airport, but there is also scheduled airline service to Westerly State Airport...
  
  )

Fleet

As of June 2010, the New England Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

• 3 × Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
  Britten-Norman Islander
  The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a 1960s British light utility aircraft, regional airliner and cargo aircraft designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. The Islander is one of the best-selling commercial aircraft types produced in Europe. Although designed in...
  
  
• 3 x Cherokee 6
• 1 x Archer