Jordan International Airlines
| Jordan International Airlines | |
|---|---|
| IATA code : | (without) |
| ICAO code : | (unknown) |
| Call sign : | (unknown) |
| Founding: | 1954 |
| Operation stopped: | 1961 |
| Seat: |
Amman , Jordan
|
| Home airport : | Amman-Marka |
| Fleet size: | 1 |
| Aims: | international |
| Jordan International Airlines ceased operations in 1961. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Jordan International Airlines was a Jordanian airline based in Amman and based at the local airport Marka . The company ceased operations in September 1961.
history
Jordan International Airlines was founded as a charter airline in the summer of 1954 by Hussein ibn Nasser Scherif , the uncle of King Hussein . In the course of the founding, there were disputes between Nasser Sherif and the Jordanian Prime Minister Tawfiq Abu l-Huda , who wanted to prevent the new company from getting an Air Operator Certificate . When allegations were made that Nasser Sherif wanted to use the airline for smuggling , King Hussein sided with his uncle.
Operations started with a Curtiss C-46 leased in September 1954 ( registration number N68737 ). As a replacement for the leased aircraft, the company received an identical machine ( JY-ABV ) in December 1954 . This Curtiss C-46 was destroyed in an accident on September 9, 1956 (see below). It is not known whether Jordan International Airlines temporarily continued business with leased aircraft afterwards or whether it suspended operations for a year. On September 20, 1957, the airline took over a Douglas C-54 (DC-4), which it used in sub-charter for Kuwait Airways , among other things .
In 1961, the Jordanian government decided to withdraw operating certificates from the country's two active airlines . Jordan International Airlines and Air Jordan , founded in 1950, had to cease operations on September 13, 1961. At the same time, a new airline was founded on September 1, 1961, Jordan Airways , in which, in addition to private investors, the state of Jordan and the Lebanese Middle East Airlines (MEA) also participated.
fleet
Jordan International Airlines has operated the following aircraft in the course of its existence:
- Curtiss C-46 ( aircraft registration N68737 and JY-ABV )
- Douglas C-54 ( JY-ABD )
Incidents
- On September 9, 1956, the crew of a Curtiss C-46 ( aircraft registration JY-ABV ) could not gain height after taking off from Amman-Marka . The pilots then initiated a traffic pattern . On its final approach , the aircraft hit a hill with the landing gear still retracted, slipped over the top and came to rest on the other side of the slope. The plane then caught fire. There were four crew members and 53 passengers on board, one of whom was killed.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert B. Satloff: From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition , Oxford University Press, New York, 1994, pages 210-211, ISBN 0-19-508027-0
- ↑ Planelogger, Curtiss C-46A-10-CU N68737 (English), accessed June 1, 2020
- ↑ Planelogger, Curtiss C-46A-45-CU JY-ABV (English), accessed June 1, 2020
- ↑ Planelogger, Douglas C-54E Skymaster JY-ABD (English), accessed June 1, 2020
- ^ The National Archives UK, FO 371/126873: Kuwait Diary for 23 August to 23 December 1957 , page 65 , accessed on June 1, 2020
- ^ United States Department of Commerce: Foreign Commerce Weekly , Oct. 23, 1961, p. 3
- ^ REG Davies: Airlines of the Jet Age: A History
- ↑ Planelogger, Jordan International Airlines (English), accessed June 1, 2020
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU JY-ABV , accessed June 1, 2020.