Presidential Airways (scheduled)
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- This article discusses the 1985-1989 Virginia-based carrier, see Presidential Airways (charter) for the Florida-based airline.
Presidential Airways (IATA: XV, ICAO: n/a , and Callsign: Washington Eagle) was an airline based out of Washington Dulles International Airport serving Washington, DC. It was founded in 1985 as a low-cost carrier, with Boeing 737 service from Dulles to Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts commencing October 10 of that year.
It expanded to a number of destinations, merging with the original Colgan Air in 1986 and adding the BAe 146 regional jet and de Havilland Dash 8-300 turboprop to its fleet. It was unable to sustain its expansion, however, and became a regional feeder for Continental Airlines in 1987 and then United Airlines in 1988. Burdened with debt from its changes of business plan, Presidential filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 26, 1989. It ended operations on December 5, 1989 and its assets subsequently liquidated.
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