The airline suspended operations after the crash of Chalk 's Ocean Airways Flight 101 on December 19 , 2005 . It had planned to resume flights between Fort Lauderdale and the Bahamas under its earlier name of Chalk 's International Airlines on November 9 , 2006 , but its airworthiness certificate issued by the Bahamas had expired . It resorted to using aircraft " wet leased " from and operated by Big Sky Airlines to operate flights from Fort Lauderdale to Key West and to St. Petersburg , Florida . Chalk 's added flights between Palm Beach International Airport ( PBIA ) and destinations in the Bahamas in late May 2007 , but carried only 14 passengers through PBIA that August
Chalk 's Ocean Airways Flight 101
Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101
Chalk's International Airlines