Cal Jet Air (Minneapolis/St. Paul Wold-Chamberlain International (MSP)) has announced that it has decided to cancel all remaining public charter flights between its US departure airports and Mazatlán General Rafael Buelna International (MZT) from February 5 due to a decision by its Mexican partner Sinaloa Group. The public charter operator did not elaborate further on the exact reason of the cancellation of all future flights that were planned until early April. Cal Jet had only launched in late December offering non-stop services and vacation packages from Denver International (DEN), Houston George Bush Intercontinental (IAH), Los Angeles International (LAX), Oakland Metropolitan International (OAK) and San Antonio International (SAT) to Mazatlan using B737-400s chartered from Xtra Airways (XP, Elko Regional (EKO)). It is unclear if Cal Jet Air plans to resume operations at a later stage.

Vision Airlines (USA) (V2, Las Vegas McCarran International (LAS)) has been fined by the US Department of Transportation for not operating flights on behalf of public charter carrier Direct Air (D1, Myrtle Beach International (MYR)) back in March when Direct Air had run out of funds and been forced to suspend operations. According to US legislation, the operators of such public charter flights are not allowed to cancel flights less than 10 days before scheduled departure and need to have security arrangements with the charterer to ensure they are paid for these flights. Vision just like World Atlantic Airlines (K8, Miami International (MIA)) and Xtra Airways (XP, Elko Regional (EKO)) had just immediately cancelled all Direct Air flights leaving customers stranded violating these rules. The two other carriers had been fined by the DOT earlier already.

Bahamasair (UP, Nassau Lynden Pindling International (NAS)) has phased out its remaining B737-200 Adv.s and now only operates two B737-500s besides its five Dash 8-300s. Its B737-500s are currently mainly used on routes from Nassau to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International (FLL), Havana José Marti International (HAV), Miami International (MIA) and Orlando International (MCO). Bahamasair has also given up its leisure oriented non-stop flights from Freeport International (FPO) to US cities with a B737-400 that it had wet-leased from Xtra Airways (XP, Elko Regional (EKO)).

Cal Jet Air (Minneapolis/St. Paul Wold-Chamberlain International (MSP)) has announced plans to offer scheduled public charter flights between the United States and Mazatlán General Rafael Buelna International (MZT) from December using B737-400s chartered from Xtra Airways (XP, Elko Regional (EKO)). It plans to initially operate from Los Angeles International (LAX), San Francisco International (SFO), San Antonio International (SAT) and Seattle Tacoma International (SEA) offering a total of 12 weekly services. It only faces competition on the route from Los Angeles currently also served by Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma International (SEA)).

Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International (FLL)) has wet-leased a B737-400 for the summer season as previously reported by ch-aviation. The aircraft wet-leased has now been identified as Xtra Airways (XP, Elko Regional (EKO)) B737-400 N772AS (MSN 25105). It currently operates on two of Spirit's four daily services between Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International (FLL) and New York La Guardia (LGA).