May
03
Hawaiian Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 21, 2003 with operations still continuing, and at the time was overdue for $4.5 million USD worth of payments to the pilots’ pension plan. Within the company, it was suggested that the plan be terminated. As of May 2005, Hawaiian Airlines had received court approval …
May
03
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is the flag carrier and largest airline of Hawaii. It is the 11th largest commercial airline in the country, based in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. The airline operates its main hub at Honolulu International Airport and a secondary hub out of Kahului Airport on the island of Maui. Hawaiian Airlines is owned …
May
01
Flightline was an airline based in Southend-on-Sea, England. It operated branded wet lease, ad-hoc and contract passenger and freight charter services, as well as VIP flights and aircraft sales and maintenance. Sub-services were flown for major airlines in Europe as required. Its main bases’ were London Southend Airport.The company held a United Kingdom Civil Aviation …
May
01
Flightline was an airline based in Southend-on-Sea, England. It operated branded wet lease, ad-hoc and contract passenger and freight charter services, as well as VIP flights and aircraft sales and maintenance. Sub-services were flown for major airlines in Europe as required. Its main bases’ were London Southend Airport.The company held a United Kingdom Civil Aviation …
May
01
Bradley Air Services Limited, operating as First Air, is an airline headquartered in Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It operates services to 34 communities in Nunavut, Nunavik, and the Northwest Territories. The majority of its fleet is available for charters worldwide. First Air has also assisted in various humanitarian missions such as the …
May
01
Atlanta-based Delta said the first ever purchase of a refinery by an airline would allow it to cut $300 million annually from jet fuel costs, which reached $12 billion last year. It said production at the refinery along with other agreements to exchange refined products for jet fuel would provide 80 percent of its fuel …
May
01
By 1994, EVA Air was providing regular service to 22 destinations worldwide, and carrying over 3 million passengers annually. In 1995, the airline posted its first profit on revenues of US$1.05 billion, one year ahead of schedule. Internationally, EVA Air’s rapid expansion and increased passenger volume was boosted by its safety record, in contrast to …
May
01
EVA Airways Corporation is an airline based at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan, operating passenger and dedicated cargo services to over 40 international destinations in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. EVA Air is largely privately owned and flies a fully international route network. It is the second largest Taiwanese airline, next in …
Apr
29
On 22 February 1998 at 19:28 local time, a Eurowings ATR 72 (registered D-ANFA) was hit by the exhaust blast of a Tupolev Tu-154 while taxiing at Frankfurt Airport following a scheduled flight from Berlin Tempelhof Airport. The nose gear of the ATR was lifted in the air by a least 1 metre and was …
Apr
29
Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG, part of Lufthansa Regional, is an airline with its head office in the Düsseldorf Administrative Center (Verwaltungsstandort Düsseldorf) in Düsseldorf, Germany. Eurowings operates scheduled domestic and European flights on behalf of Lufthansa.Previously its head office was in the Dortmund Administrative Center (Verwaltungsstandort Dortmund) at Dortmund Airport in Dortmund, with Düsseldorf designated as …