Boutique Air Flight Review: the closest I’ll ever come to flying private

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Last weekend I took two of my kids on a little adventure to visit family in another part of the state. We planned it for a very important reason.

Mainly, I wanted to experience a flight on Boutique Air. The carrier serves a number of essential air service airports in the country. Why would I want to fly them? Simply for the unique experience of flying in a really tiny plane. Boutique employs primarily Pilatus PC-12 aircraft on its routes, which have a seating capacity of 8 to 9 people. Doesn’t that sound like a great joyride?

So I booked the three of tickets between Oakland and Merced for 11,100 Arrival miles, all in.

Arriving for our Boutique Air flight

We left home early to make the 5 hour drive to Oakland airport in…

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