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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 ...
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 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.
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]
Its two main carriers, Currey Air Transport and Great Lakes Airlines (no relation to the later regional airline of the same name), were shut down [59] in late 1961 [60] after extensive litigation including multiple federal appeals court cases [61] [62] [63] and the US Supreme Court declining to take further appeals. [64]
[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 ...
Pacific Airlines: BL: PIC: PACIFIC AIRLINES: 1991: Low-cost carrier, renamed from Jetstar Pacific Airlines to Pacific Airlines in 2020 [1] VietJet Air: VJ: VJC: VIETJETAIR: 2011: Low-cost carrier Vietnam Air Services Company: 0V: VFC: VASCO AIR: 2004: Regional carrier, wholly owned subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines.
Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline established in 1946 and covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1950 to 1976. It supplied and supported covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, including allegedly providing support for drug smuggling in Laos.