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Article: Charter air service in Carlsbad offers flights to Mexico's San Felipe: travelers have alternative to driving, lengthy border delays.(Airports)(Grey Eagle Aviation Inc)
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- San Diego Business Journal
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- September 11, 2006
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On a clear morning Sept. 1, Grey Eagle Aviation Inc. launched its charter air service to San Felipe in Baja California, Mexico with a nine-passenger Cessna Caravan that took flight from McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad.
Dignitaries from Mexico who boarded the inaugural flight in Calexico included Samuel Ramos Flores, mayor of Mexicali; Roberto Martin del Campo Santana, secretario particular del presidente municipal; and Victor Rodriguez, president of Cotuco, San Felipe's convention and tourism association.
Mexicali Mayor Ramos Flores said the first specialty airline service to San Felipe with a population of about 25,000 is the result of lengthy ...