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PEOPLExpress

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:44:00 +0000

People Express Airlines (PEOPLExpress) was a no-frills airline that received recognition for its cheap and simple fare structure in the 1980s. Despite surviving only 6 years, PEOPLExpress managed to reach a fleet size of 75 aircrafts and flew to 50 destinations.

Volga-Dnepr Airlines

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:02:00 +0000

Volga-Dnepr Airlines is an Ulyanovsk, Russia, based airline specializes in the oversize cargo market. The airline is most famous for having the largest Antonov An-124 fleet, total of 10 and 5 on order in addition to operating 3 Ilyushin Il-76.

Braniff International Airways

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:48:00 +0000

The airline was founded in 1930 by the brothers Tom and Paul Braniff. The headquarters were in Dallas/Fort worth Texas, where they flew from, to Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Around 1935 Regional Airlines where acquired and the airline expanded its route network to St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, Houston and New Orleans.

Malawi Airlines

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:42:00 +0000

In 1964, Central African Airways(CAA) set up Air Malawi after forming Air Rhodesia and Zambia Airways. The government owened, Air Malawi, started with two Douglas DC-3 and three DHC-2 Beavers. CAA supplied the airline with these airplanes and provided technical assistant, equipment and personnel.

Maersk Air

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:57:00 +0000

In 1969, A.P Moller-Maersk founded Maerst Air by overtaking Falck Air and changing the name. Moller-Maersk decided to do this for the company’s economic expansion. In December 1970 operations of the cargo airline with headquarters in Copenhagen started with three aircrafts.

DELAG

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:21:00 +0000

DELAG was the world's first airline to use an aircraft in scheduled service. It was established November 16th 1909 in Frankfurt by the famous Count Zeppelin and others with the help of the German government.

Sabena

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:01:00 +0000

Sabena was formed in 1923 by the Belgium Government using capital and technical experience from Sneta (Syndicat national pour l'étude des transports aériens) which had been active since 1919, stopped operating at that time that Sabena was wormed.

Pan American World Airways

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:18:00 +0000

Pan American World Airways was founded in 1927 by former World War I pilot Juan Trippe after he secured Air Mail contract to fly mail between Key West and Havana. The airline went on to operate 226 aircrafts, flew to up to 160 countries in 6 continents and had revenues exceeding $4 billion.

Air Koryo

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:04:00 +0000

Air Koryo is the state owned flag carrier of North Korea and based in the capital, Pyongyang. The airline´s fleet is all Russian aircrafts with a combination of Antanov, Ilyushin and Tupolev. The airline allegedly has 3 scheduled international destinations and several charter flights.

TAM Airlines

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:42:00 +0000

TAM Airlines is the largest airline in Brazil and dominates the Brazilian market with over 50 percent market share in Brazil. TAM has 137 aircrafts, 24,500 employees and transports over 30 million passengers annually.

Allegiant Air

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:35:00 +0000

Allegiant Air is a low-cost airline with its headquarters in Las Vegas and offers both scheduled and charter flights. Allegiant Air´s owner, Allegiant Travel Group is a publicly traded company (valued at around $1 billion) and has 1,300 employees. It was only one of two major U.S. airlines to make a profit in the first quarter of 2008, the other being Southwest Airlines.