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On 21 November 2022, a Link Airways Saab 340B, registered VH-VEQ operating on behalf of Virgin Australia as flight VA-633 from Canberra to Sydney made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff. While accelerating on the runway, a ratchet strap used to secure the left-hand propeller while the aircraft is on the ground penetrated the side of the ...
In April 1982 Air North acquired three Fokker F.27-600 airliners that had previously been operated in California by the defunct Swift Aire Lines which had acquired these turboprop aircraft new from the manufacturer. Air North adopted Swift Aire's green and white livery design and added the Fokkers' 48-seat capacity to the airline's expanding ...
The following is a list of defunct airlines of the United States.However, some of these airlines have ceased operations completely, changed identities and/or FAA certificates and are still operating under a different name (e.g. America West Airlines changed to use the identity of US Airways in 2005 – which itself also changed identity to American Airlines in 2015).
L. Lockheed AC-130; Lockheed AP-3C Orion; Lockheed C-130 Hercules; Lockheed CP-140 Aurora; Lockheed DC-130; Lockheed EC-130; Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call; Lockheed EP-3
In 1991, Mesaba built two new hangar facilities, in Detroit and Wausau, Wisconsin, and added the first of 25 de Havilland Canada Dash 8 turboprop aircraft, leased from Northwest Airlines. [6] In 1995, Mesaba and Northwest reached an agreement to provide service with Saab 340 turboprop aircraft. [6]
In 1963, Aspen Airways was purchased by J.W. "Bill" Ringsby. During the late 1960s, Aspen operated a Convair 240 prop aircraft leased from Alaska Airlines and by 1970 was operating four Convair 340/Convair 440 prop airliners which were purchased used from Delta Air Lines. In the early 1970s, Aspen began operating Convair 580 turboprop aircraft ...
Link Airways; Pel-Air; Rex Airlines [2] Canada. Pacific Coastal Airlines; Transwest Air; Pascan Comoros. Int'Air Îles Cayman Islands. Cayman Airways Cook Islands. Air Rarotonga Estonia. NyxAir; Airest Guatemala. Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos Honduras. Aerolíneas Sosa Hungary. Fleet Air Latvia. RAF-Avia New Zealand. Air Chathams Poland ...
About 1980 the airline moved its headquarters to McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, California. Later the airline acquired the larger Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante and Short 360 turboprop aircraft for its routes along the southern California coastal corridor in addition to Swearingen Metroliner turboprops and smaller Cessna prop aircraft