Maui Airlines
| Maui Airlines | |
|---|---|
| IATA code : | WW |
| ICAO code : | OWL |
| Call sign : | MAUI AIR |
| Founding: | 1984 |
| Operation stopped: | 1988 |
| Seat: | Guam , U.S. suburb |
| Home airport : | Guam International Airport |
| Management: | Caleb K. Zia |
| Fleet size: | 4th |
| Aims: | regional |
| Maui Airlines ceased operations in 1988. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Maui Airlines (sometimes also Samoa Air under the brand name ) was an American airline that ceased operations in December 1988. The airline Samoa Aviation emerged from the company branch established in Pago Pago ( American Samoa ) in 1986 .
history
Maui Airlines was founded in 1984 by entrepreneur Caleb K. Zia together with private investors in Newport Beach ( California ). The start of flight operations took place on February 1, 1985 with a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo and a De Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter . The company used its machines from Kahului Airport on the Hawaiian island of Maui in scheduled services to Honolulu and Kamulea and also operated charter flights . On April 30, 1986, Maui Airlines terminated loss-making operations in Hawaii.
At the same time, the company moved its headquarters to Guam , where it flew connections to Rota , Saipan and Tinian from Guam International Airport . At the same time, Maui Airlines opened a branch at Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa and from July 1986 carried out regional liner services under the Samoa Air brand . At the beginning of 1987 the company had 58 employees at the two locations and operated a fleet of two Piper PA-31-350s and four leased DHC-6 Twin Otters. Because of the deficit flight operations on Guam, the shareholders outsourced the company division in American Samoa at the beginning of 1988 as an independent company, from which the airline Samoa Aviation emerged. Maui Airlines ceased operations in December 1988 for economic reasons and was subsequently dissolved.
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See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d World History, Maui Airlines (in English), accessed on April 6, 2018
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 85
- ^ Maui Airlines, 1985 flight plan , accessed April 6, 2018
- ^ Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Aviation, HNL 1980s , accessed April 6, 2018
- ↑ Evergreen Holding, James A. Porter, June 14, 2005 (accessed April 6, 2018)
- ↑ FAA Statistical, Handbook of Aviation 1987, p. 111 , accessed April 6, 2018
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 87/88
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 89/90