Ozark Air Lines
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| IATA code : | OZ |
| ICAO code : | OZA |
| Call sign : | OZARK |
| Founding: | 1943 |
| Operation stopped: | 1986 |
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St. Louis , Missouri United States
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| Home airport : | Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport |
| Fleet size: | 51 |
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| Ozark Air Lines ceased operations in 1986. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Ozark Air Lines was an American airline based in St. Louis and based at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport .
history
Ozark Air Lines was founded on September 1, 1943 to serve flights from Springfield , Missouri . In January 1945, flights between Springfield and St. Louis began.
On September 26, 1950, Ozark Air Lines began flying the DC-3 to Chicago , Tulsa and Memphis . In 1955, 13 DC-3s flew to Sioux City , Nashville , Wichita, and Indianapolis . In 1960 the Fairchild F-27 was integrated into the fleet and in 1964 Martin 4-0-4 was added, which in 1967 along with the F-27 were replaced by the Fairchild-Hiller FH-227. In 1968 the DC-3 was phased out.
In July 1966, Ozark took delivery of their first DC-9 . She also ordered two Boeing 727-200s , but never took them over. After the deregulation of commercial aviation in 1978, Ozark took up 4 destinations in Florida .
On March 1, 1986, Trans World Airlines announced that it would buy Ozark Air Lines for $ 242 million. The merger was completed on October 27, 1986. The fleet of Ozark Air Lines, which at that time consisted almost exclusively of DC-9s , was integrated into the TWA fleet and repainted in the colors of Trans World Airlines. On December 1, 2001, American Airlines took over Trans World Airlines.
fleet
Ozark Air Lines used the following types of aircraft:
- Convair CV-240
- de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-9
- Fairchild F-27
- Fairchild-Hiller FH-227
- Martin 4-0-4
- McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Incidents
From 1968 to the cessation of operations in 1986, Ozark Air Lines suffered two total write-offs of aircraft. One of them killed 38 people.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ozark Air Lines - Trans World Airlines. In: airlines-airliners.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020 .
- ^ History Of Ozark Airlines. In: avstop.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020 .
- ↑ ozark airlines. In: airlinefiles.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020 .
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1966–1986.
- ↑ rzjets: Ozark Air Lines (English), accessed on July 26, 2020.
- ↑ Accident Statistics Ozark Air Lines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 26, 2020.