Island Air

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Island Air
Island Air ATR 72-212
IATA code : WP
ICAO code : MKU
Call sign : MOKU
Founding: 1980 as Princeville Airways
Operation stopped: 2017
Seat: Honolulu , Hawaii , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Home airport : Honolulu Airport
IATA prefix code : 347
Management: David Uchiyama ( CEO )
Fleet size: 3
Aims: regional
Website: www.islandair.com
Island Air ceased operations in 2017. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Island Air (originally Princeville Airways , then Aloha Island Air until 1995 ) was a US regional airline founded in 1980 with headquarters in Honolulu and based at Honolulu International Airport . The company ceased operations on November 10, 2017.

history

The company was founded in 1980 under the name Princeville Airways as a subsidiary of the Colorado- based group Consolidated Oil and Gas . The start of flight operations took place on September 9, 1980. Initially, the company put two De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 on flights from Honolulu International Airport to the holiday resort Princeville on the island of Kaua'i one. In the spring of 1987 Princeville Airways operated four DHC-6-300s and one Cessna 402 . The company was bought in May 1987 by the Aloha Air Group , the parent company of Aloha Airlines , and renamed Aloha Island Air . In the period that followed, the company only operated regional scheduled flights and feeder services on behalf of its sister company Aloha Airlines under their flight numbers (AQ).

In early 1990 the fleet consisted of eight DHC-6-300. At the time, the company employed 175 people. Two leased Dornier 228s were put into service in 1992, but retired the following year. As early as June 1992, the company carried out its external flight operations under the shortened brand name Island Air ; however, the company's official name was not changed accordingly until 1995. The first De Havilland DHC-8-100 added to the fleet in April 1995. In March 1996 Island Air operated three DHC-6-300s and three DHC-8-100s and employed 240 people. After the takeover of three more DHC-8-100s, the last DHC-6-300 was retired in 2002.

In May 2004, Gavarnie Holding acquired the company, which at the time was the third largest Hawaiian airline. In the course of the takeover, the company was officially named Hawaii Island Air Inc. , but continued to use the Island Air brand identity in the following period . The new owners concluded a cooperation agreement with Hawaiian Airlines in June 2004 , for which the company operated scheduled flights from Honolulu to Hilo and Maui from August 2004 . The cooperation ended in 2012 after the management of Island Air decided to market the regional flights itself. On September 22nd, 2012 Island Air took over the first of five leased ATR72-200s that had previously been used by Executive Airlines . This type gradually replaced the DHC-8-100 until August 2013.

In February 2013 the company was bought by the founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison, in order to establish connections to the island of Lanai , which he had acquired the previous year. After Island Air posted a loss of around $ 22 million in 2014, it was acquired by venture capital firm PaCap Aviation Finance and Malama Investments in January 2016 . In the same year, the company put five leased De Havilland DHC-8-400 into service and doubled its fleet capacity.

After further losses, Island Air filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 16, 2017 and ceased operations on November 10, 2017. On November 14, 2017, the company switched to Chapter 7 and the liquidation of the company began.

Destinations

Island Air connected the island of Oahu with Hawai'i , Maui and Kaua'i in Hawaii .

fleet

Fleet at the end of operations

In mid-October 2017, Island Air's fleet consisted of five ATR 72-200s and five De Havilland DHC-8-400s . After the opening of insolvency proceedings, the company used three Dash 8 Q-400s until flight operations ceased on November 10, 2017.

Previously deployed aircraft

The company has operated the following types of aircraft in the course of its history:

See also

Web links

Commons : Island Air  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Flight International, March 29, 2004 (in English), accessed November 18, 2017
  2. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 87/88
  3. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 90/91
  4. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 93/94
  5. ^ Flight International, March 23, 1999 (in English), accessed November 18, 2017
  6. ↑ a b JP airline-fleets international, Edition 96/97
  7. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 2003/04
  8. ^ Pacific Business News, Hawaiian Airlines partners with Island Air, June 11, 2004 , accessed November 18, 2017
  9. ↑ Rzjets.net, ATR 72 from Island Air , accessed on November 18, 2017
  10. ^ Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison has sold most of his Hawaiian airline . Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  11. ↑ Island Air: History , accessed November 29, 2014
  12. ↑ aerotelegraph: Airline claims bonus back , accessed on November 29, 2014
  13. ↑ Island Air announces abrupt shutdown Hawaii News Now, November 10, 2017, accessed November 10, 2017.
  14. ↑ Hawaii's second largest airline is broke , Aero Telegraph, Nov. 17, 2017
  15. ↑ Island Air: Route Map , accessed November 29, 2014
  16. ↑ airfleets.net - Iceland Air fleet details (English), accessed on November 17, 2017
  17. ↑ AIRLIVE.net - Hawaiian airline Island Air files for bankruptcy , accessed November 18, 2017
  18. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, various years
  19. ↑ Rzjets.net, Island Air fleet overview (in English), accessed on November 24, 2017