Simmons Airlines
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| IATA code : | MQ |
| ICAO code : | SYM |
| Call sign : | SIMMONS |
| Founding: | 1978 |
| Operation stopped: | 1998 |
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Chicago , United States
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| Company form: | Corporation |
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| Aims: | national |
| Simmons Airlines, Inc. ceased operations in 1998. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Simmons Airlines was an American airline . From 1985 until its dissolution in 1998, Simmons Airlines operated flights for American Eagle , the regional brand of American Airlines . On May 15, 1998, the airline went into American Eagle Airlines (today Envoy Air ).
history
Foundation and first years
Simmons Airlines began operating in 1978 on the Marquette, Michigan to Lansing route on a Piper PA-31 . Operations expanded to various destinations in Michigan in the 1980s . So now they flew to Chicago and Detroit . The fleet was also expanded and included Embraer EMB 110 , Short 360 and NAMC YS-11 .
The operation under the name Republic Airlines began on April 28, 1985. On October 1, 1985 the flights for American Eagle were taken, for which Simmons Airlines flew from Chicago.
AMR Corporation
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Simmons Airlines was bought by the AMR Corporation on August 1, 1987 . Shortly thereafter, the flights for Northwest Airlink (regional airline of Northwest Airlines ) were suspended.
On May 28, 1993, the company bought some of the assets of Metro Airlines Leasing Holding from Metro Airlines .
In 1998, some of the AMR Corporation's regional airlines merged . In addition to Simmons Airlines, these were also Wings West Airlines and Flagship Airlines , all of which flew under the American Eagle brand . On May 15, 1998, Simmons Airlines merged with Flagship Airlines to form American Eagle Airlines (now Envoy Air ). The merged company adopted the IATA code MQ from Simmons Airlines.
Incidents
- On October 31, 1994, an ATR 72 ( aircraft registration number N401AM ) ran out of control and crashed on American Eagle Flight 4184 , operated by Simmons Airlines. She was en route from Indianapolis International Airport , Indiana , to Chicago O'Hare International Airport , Illinois . The reason was the icing of the rear wing areas, where, due to the design, there were no heating mats for the de-icing system. All 68 people on board, including four crew members, were killed. It was the first ATR 72-200 crash .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ American Eagle Airlines , accessed August 24, 2015
- ↑ accident report ATR 72 N401AM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 7 December 2018th