Air New Orleans

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Air New Orleans
IATA
'ANL		 ICAO
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Air New Orleans
Founded 1981
Ceased operations 1988
Hubs New Orleans International Airport & Birmingham Municipal Airport
Fleet size
Destinations
Company slogan The Gulf Coast Connection, Air Alabama
Headquarters Panama City, FL (1981-1986) & Birmingham, AL (1986-1988)
Key people

Air New Orleans was an airline that was conceived as a regional airline to provide service to cities throughout the Southeastern United States from Texas to Florida.[1] The airline was in service between 1981 to 1988.[2]

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[edit] History

Despite its name, the airline's original headquarters was in Panama City, Florida with some executive offices being located in New Orleans.[1] However in 1986, the airline moved its headquarters to Birmingham, Alabama, before moving back to New Orleans where it would remain through its closure.[1]

In June 1986, this was designated as a Continental Express airline to feed Continental flights in and out of New Orleans.[3] By January 1988, the airline would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and would subsequently cease operation on June 17, 1988.[2]

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[edit] Incidents and accidents

  • On May 26, 1987, a Continental Express flight, operated by Air New Orleans British Aerospace Jetstream 31 (Registration N331CY), flying as Flight 2962, crash landed just after takeoff from New Orleans International Airport. The plane crashed into eight lanes of traffic and subsequently injured two persons on the ground. Of the 11 occupants onboard, there were zero fatalities.[5] The cause of the crash was attributed to pilot error.[6]

[edit] Destinations Served

[edit] Rumored Destinations

Those airports marked with an asterisk (*) no longer have commercial airline service.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "La.-based commuter airline moving to Birmingham", The Baton Rouge Advocate, January 5, 1986, pp. 4B. 
  2. ^ a b "Air New Orleans closes down; 95 jobs eventually will go", The Baton Rouge Advocate, June 18, 1988, pp. 7B. 
  3. ^ "Continental to expand low-fare travel", The Baton Rouge Advocate, June 20, 1986, pp. 11D. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Air New Orleans may buy 4 planes", The Baton Rouge Advocate, January 26, 1986, pp. 7B. 
  5. ^ Kent, Jennifer C.. "Plane bounces into traffic at Kenner; 13 hurt", The Baton Rouge Advocate, May 27, 1987, pp. 1A. 
  6. ^ "Crash blamed on pilot error", The Baton Rouge Advocate, April 13, 1988, pp. 16C. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Air New Orleans. AirTimes: A Collector's Guide to Airline Timetables. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
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