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Gem State Airlines

United States airline

Gem State Airlines was a United States airline founded in 1978 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It carried passengers for 11 months, from December 1978 to November 1979, and merged in January 1980 with Air Pacific to become Golden Gate Airlines. Founded by Thomas D. "Tom" Soumas Jr. (b.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1978Founded1

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Gem State Airlines Convair 580 Silagi-1
Photo: Richard Silagi, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons4

Gem State Airlines was a United States airline founded in 1978 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It carried passengers for 11 months, from December 1978 to November 1979, and merged in January 1980 with Air Pacific to become Golden Gate Airlines.2

Products and brands

Gem State operated the following turboprop aircraft:

6 Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner

3 Convair 580

From Wikipedia’s article on Gem State Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1980Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1978Founded Founded1

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