Jet service to Nantucket canceled

GROTON, Conn. (AP) - An official with a small aviation company says it has canceled plans to offer air service between Connecticut and Nantucket because of poor ticket sales.

PublicCharters.com was to begin service from Groton-New London Airport to Nantucket on Thursday, but didn't. The plan was to offer flights Thursdays through Sundays from June to September, with roundtrip airfare starting at $199.

Mike Gallagher is the chief financial officer of PublicCharters, a service of Aviation Technologies Inc. in Avoca, Pa., near Scranton. He says only 22 tickets had been sold for the entire season, so the company scrapped the service.

The options for reaching Nantucket include taking the ferry from Hyannis, Mass., or flying from New York, Boston or New Bedford, Mass.