Independence Air

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Independence Air
logoAirbus A319
IATA code : DH
ICAO code : IDE
Call sign : Independence
Founding: 1989 (as Atlantic Coast Airlines)
Operation stopped: January 5, 2006
Seat: Washington Dulles International Airport , USA
Number of employees: 2700
Fleet size: 85
Aims: 37
Independence Air ceased operations January 5th, 2006. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Independence Air was an American airline.

history

Under the name Atlantic Coast Airlines , it began operations on December 15, 1989 as a regional partner of United Airlines and carried out feeder flights for these. From 1999, Delta Airlines was added as a second pillar .

In November 2005, the parent company Flyi Corp. as part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. However, the change in business model had already been worked out beforehand and in summer 2004 the company repositioned itself as a low-cost airline under the name Independence Air. Flight operations began on June 16, 2004.

Initially, the existing Canadair regional jets were used. Since their seat costs per flight mile were around a factor of 4 higher than those of the established LCC competition, an attempt was made to quickly change the fleet and in 2005 some Airbus A319 aircraft were procured . However, the losses incurred could not be compensated. For this reason, bankruptcy protection was applied for in November 2005 and operations were ceased in several stages by January 5, 2006. The planes were returned to the lessors and other assets were auctioned. For example, B. Northwest Airlines the operating license and wanted to set up a new feeder airline on this basis.

fleet

Aircraft type number Remarks
Airbus A319 12
Bombardier CRJ 30th
total 42 Last updated (January 5, 2006)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ washingtonpost.com
  2. ↑ Airlines For America | US airline bankruptcies. Retrieved May 23, 2018 (American English).
  3. ↑ Joe Sharkey: Independence Air Ends: No Bang, Some Whimpers . In: The New York Times . 2006, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 23, 2018]).
  4. ↑ ABC News: How Independence Air Lost Its Wings. January 4, 2006, accessed May 23, 2018 .
  5. ^ A b Independence Air to Shut Down . In: Fox News . January 3, 2006 ( foxnews.com [accessed May 23, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Wayback Machine. (PDF) January 13, 2006, accessed May 23, 2018 .
  7. ^ A b Independence Air to shut down - The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
  8. ^ Independence Air to shut down; Refunds should be available - Jan. 3, 2006. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
  9. ↑ ATDB.aero aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
  10. ↑ nbcnews.com
  11. ↑ nbcnews.com