West Coast Airlines
| West Coast Airlines | |
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| IATA code : | WC |
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| Founding: | 1941 |
| Operation stopped: | 1968 |
| Seat: |
Seattle , Washington , United States
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| Turnstile : |
King County International Airport , Seattle (aka Boeing Field ) |
| Home airport : | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport |
| Fleet size: | 31 |
| Aims: | 32 |
| West Coast Airlines ceased operations in 1968. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
West Coast Airlines was an American airline that mainly served cities on the American west coast .
history
West Coast Airlines was founded in 1941 and began operating in 1946 with a fleet of Douglas DC-3s . In July 1953 the company flew to 32 airports in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. In May 1968 it served 36 airports, including 29 in these 3 states.
West Coast Airlines began flying its Fairchild F-27 in September 1958. The airline also showed interest in the Fairchild 228, a US version of the Fokker F28 , as a launch customer . The planning for the production of this aircraft was discontinued in 1968. West Coast Airlines' only jet aircraft was the 75-seat DC-9-14 . The fleet last consisted of 14 Fairchild F-27s , 13 Douglas DC-3s (C-47) and 4 Douglas DC-9s .
West Coast Airlines flights mostly began at Boeing Field instead of Seattle-Tacoma Airport .
On July 1, 1968, West Coast Airlines merged with Bonanza Air Lines and Pacific Air Lines to form Hughes Airwest . This was taken over on October 1, 1980 by Republic Airlines , which in turn merged with Northwest Orient Airlines . In 2008 Northwest Airlines merged with Delta Airlines .
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Incidents
From 1951 to the cessation of operations in 1968 West Coast Airlines suffered four total write-offs of aircraft. In 3 of them, 25 people were killed. Example:
- On October 1, 1966, a Douglas DC- 9-14 of the West Coast Airlines ( aircraft registration number N9101 ) flew into a ridge while approaching Portland (Oregon) Airport . In this CFIT ( Controlled Flight into Terrain ) all 18 occupants were killed. This was the first total loss of a DC-9.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b WCA West Coast Airlines. In: rzjets.net. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Accident Statistics West Coast Airlines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 26, 2020.
- ^ Accident report DC-9-14 N9101 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 27, 2020.