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The airline was established by Delford Smith (founder and owner) and began operations in 1960 as Evergreen Helicopters.It acquired the operating certificate of Johnson Flying Service and merged it with Intermountain Airlines (a known CIA front) from Pacific Corporation (also a CIA front) in 1975 to form Evergreen International Airlines, a United States supplemental air carrier (i.e. charter ...
The airline division, Evergreen International Airlines, operated worldwide, in 168 countries, and by the end had been reduced to a fleet of all-cargo Boeing 747 freighters. The company also operated a helicopter division, Evergreen Helicopters which was sold to Erickson Air-Crane , an Oregon-based helicopter operator, for $250 million in 2013.
[1] [8] By 1988, Evergreen had more than 2,300 employees worldwide. While his companies were producing over $460 million in annual revenue, they were also highly leveraged. [4] Main hall of the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum. In 1991, Smith opened the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville to showcase his vintage aircraft ...
EVA Air is the international airline of Evergreen Group, operating regular flights to over 40 destinations worldwide. EVA Air features full passenger and dedicated cargo operations to North America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. The parent company of EVA Air, EVA Airways Corporation, has links with the Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation ...
The airline was originally to be called Evergreen Airways, [11] however this was deemed too similar to the unrelated Evergreen International cargo airline. [12] In October 1989, the newly formed EVA Airways Corporation placed a US$3.6 billion order for 26 aircraft from Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, including Boeing 747-400 and MD-11 airliners. [11]
Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 (4U17/EIA17) was a cargo flight operated by Evergreen International Airlines and flown by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9.On March 18, 1989, the flight's planned route was scheduled to take it from Kelly Air Force Base (outside San Antonio, Texas) to Tinker Air Force Base (outside of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), with a stop at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort ...
The 47-year-old male first officer had been with the airline since 1991 and 10,500 flight hours, 600 of them on the Boeing 747. The 33-year-old female flight engineer had been with Evergreen since 1989 and had 2,600 flight hours. She was the most experienced on the Boeing 747, having logged 1,201 hours on it. [2]: 6, 8
Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17, crashed on 18 March 1989 Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 , crashed on 16 February 2000 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 , shot down on 17 July 2014