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June 4, 2015 12:05 am ET -
#TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: US Airways’ Short Lived…
Founded by its refreshed carrier, US Airways, MetroJet survived for just three brief years before shutting down. On June 1, 1998, MetroJet took flight using the Boeing 737-200. The airline was referred to by the call sign USAir, referencing the…
May 27, 2015 11:55 pm ET -
#TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Dutch Antilles Express
Dutch Antilles Express, also known as DAE, dates back to 2003 when the airline consisted of various smaller carriers inside one parent company. The parent company, named Exel Aviation, started operation in 2003 with BonairExel with a single ATR 42…
May 21, 2015 12:01 pm ET -
#TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Midwest Airlines
Similar to Michael Scott and the rest of the cast from the hit television show The Office, Midwest Airlines started from a paper company. In 1948 the Kimberly-Clark Corporation opened a corporate flight department to transport employees and executives between…
May 14, 2015 7:35 pm ET -
#TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Eastwind Airlines
Founded in 1995, Eastwind Airlines was short-lived and maintained a small fleet of only five airplanes. Known by their call sign, "Stinger," the bee-themed airline experienced several major events that shaped the course of their history, alongside the multitude of…
May 7, 2015 1:00 am ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) In Aviation History: Airwest/Hughes Airwest
In 1968, with the Airline Deregulation Act in its tenth year, small local carriers across the United States were feeling the pressure of larger carriers that were rapidly invading their markets. In an effort to combat the intense pressure from…