Aloha Airlines
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| IATA code : | AQ |
| ICAO code : | AAH |
| Call sign : | ALOHA |
| Founding: | 1946 |
| Operation stopped: | Late March 2008 |
| Seat: | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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| Home airport : | Honolulu International Airport |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Ali'i Club |
| Fleet size: | 22nd |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Aloha Airlines ceased operations at the end of March 2008. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Aloha Airlines (originally Trans Pacific Airlines ) was a Hawaiian airline based in Honolulu and based at Honolulu International Airport that ceased operations in 2008.
history
The airline began operating on July 26, 1946 as a charter airline under the name Trans Pacific Airlines . The company was quickly referred to as "The Aloha Airline". On June 6, 1949, it received its own license for passenger flights and was officially renamed Aloha Airlines in 1958.
At the end of 2004, the airline was on the verge of bankruptcy, but was able to save itself through a cooperation with other airlines in Hawaii. After joining the low-cost airline go! In June 2006, prices for flights between the islands continued to fall due to increased competition, while costs - in particular due to rising crude oil prices - steadily increased. On March 20, 2008, Aloha Airlines finally filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the US Bancruptcy Code , as acute insolvency threatened. The last passenger flights were carried out on March 31, 2008.
The former air freight division continues to this day with a new owner under the name Aloha Air Cargo as an independent company.
aims
In addition to flights between the Hawaiian Islands, Aloha also offered connections to the west coast of the USA and to a few other destinations in the Pacific Ocean, such as Las Vegas , Burbank and Kiritimati .
fleet
Before flight operations ceased, the Aloha Airlines fleet consisted of 22 aircraft as of March 2008:
- 13 Boeing 737-200F (cargo aircraft)
- 8 Boeing 737-700
- 1 Boeing 737-800
Incidents
- On June 27, 1969, the hydraulic system for brakes and nose wheel control failed on a Vickers Viscount 754D of Aloha Airlines ( aircraft registration number N7410) while taxiing at Honolulu Airport . Thereupon it collided with a parked Douglas DC-9-31 (N906H) of the Hawaiian Airlines . The Viscount was irreparably damaged, the DC-9 could be repaired. The main cause were maintenance errors.
Aloha Airlines also recorded a serious incident in its history that attracted international media interest:
- On April 28, 1988, a piece of the upper fuselage broke out in the front area of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 after climbing. There was a sudden decompression of the large-area torn open cabin, with a flight attendant being torn out of the aircraft and killed (see also Aloha Airlines flight 243 ) .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch: Aloha Airlines fleet ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) April 7, 2008.
- ↑ Accident report Viscount 700D N7410 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 8, 2019.