Showing posts with label 1996. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1996. Show all posts

Saturday, January 4, 2020

Western Pacific Airlines - October, 1996

The legacy of WestPac was the logo jets they flew, as featured prominently in this timetable. Its short-live commuter affiliate was Mountain Air Express.

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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Reno Air - October, 1996

Reno Air was bought by American in 1999 and ultimately dismantled.  American did the same thing to AirCal, then later to TWA.

Reno also had connecting service with American Eagle at Los Angeles.






Sunday, April 8, 2012

Eastwind Airlines - February, 1996

Eastwind Airlines began flying in August, 1995.  Shortly after Continental shut down the Continental Lite brand, Eastwind relocated its main base from Trenton, N.J. to Greensboro, N.C.  From Greensboro, non-stop flights were offered to Jacksonville, Trenton (continuing on to Boston), and West Palm Beach.  Just by reviewing the headlines about this airline, one could tell they weren't going to be around very long.

Here's a great article detailing Eastwind's problems.  Four months after this article was written, Eastwind was grounded by its creditors in September, 1999.