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World Airways, Inc. was an American airline headquartered in Peachtree City, Georgia in Greater Atlanta. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company operated mostly non-scheduled services but did fly scheduled passenger services as well, notably with McDonnell Douglas DC-10 wide body jetliners. [ 3 ]
During World War II, most aircraft were used by the RAAF, however limited operations continued within Australia, to/from Singapore and on the Australia-England route. [5] The airline is the " Oldest continually operating under original name and ownership, unmerged ", world"" Third oldest airline by foundation date " and the " Oldest airline in ...
Daly in 1971. Edward Joseph Daly (November 22, 1922 – January 21, 1984) was a U.S. airline executive most notable for owning World Airways, a supplemental air carrier (effectively a charter carrier from 1964 onward) which he bought in 1950 and ran until 1982.
It all began, says British Airways, on August 25, 1919, when the world’s first scheduled international flight between London and Paris took off with one passenger, plus some Devonshire cream and ...
World Airways Flight 30 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF airliner which suffered a fatal accident upon landing at Logan International Airport in Boston after departing Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on January 23, 1982. Two of the passengers were never found, and are presumed to have drowned.
Northwest Airlines History Center in the Minneapolis International Airport. Lists of airlines cover existing and defunct airlines. Complete lists are given in alphabetical sequence by the name of the continent from which they operate. Lists are also given by size, by business model and by other characteristics.
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with Ford Trimotors .
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways [2] and more commonly known as Pan Am, was an airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century.