Bar Harbor airport selects airline for summer season
Courtesy / Silver Airways
Silver Airways, a Florida-based airline, will provide service to and from Boston to Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport.
Silver Airways was selected to serve as the season carrier for the Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport.
The Ellsworth American reported the airline will start July 1. Airport Manager Brad Madeira told the paper that service to and from Boston’s Logan International Airport would be provided in Saab SF-340 B twin engine turboprop aircraft. “Silver plans to offer very competitive fares making flying into and out of the Bar Harbor Airport convenient and cost-effective,” Madeira said.
The selection came in the wake of PenAir's pending departure from the airport on June 30.
In April, the Ellsworth American reported that Silver Airways' code-sharing agreement with JetBlue, which would allow Bar Harbor customers to purchase their entire itinerary at JetBlue's website, was part of the appeal.
PenAir had served Bar Harbor and Presque Isle since 2012.
Silver Airways is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and averages 125 daily flights to 18 destinations in Florida and the Bahamas, according to its website.
MDI gears up for summer season
The announcement comes as Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park are gearing up for the seasonal influx of visitors. In April, the National Park Service announced that Acadia will institute higher entrance fees beginning June 1, to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs.
Effective June 1 the park entrance fee will be $30 per vehicle or $25 per motorcycle for a one-week pass. An Acadia Annual Park Pass will cost $55, valid for one year from date of purchase.
The current rate of $25 per vehicle or $20 per motorcycle has been in effect since 2015.
The park is one of 117 in the National Park System that charges an entrance fee. The remaining 300 sites are free to enter. The additional revenue from entrance fees at Acadia National Park will help fund, for example, a rehabilitation of the Hulls Cove Visitor Center, removal of trees blocking visitor access from winter storms, re-striping of park roads and parking spaces, and replacement of the electric power lines in the Schoodic area of the park.
Acadia is among those national parks that have experienced record-breaking visitation, with more than 1.5 billion visitors in the last five years.
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