Odyssey International
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Odyssey International (IATA: OL, ICAO: ODY, and Callsign: Odyssey) was an Charter Airlines airline based in Toronto, Canada.
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[edit] History
Odyssey International can trace its origins to Owen Sound Air Services (OSAS) founded in 1973 as a flying school and charter airline. Over the years OSAS grew by flying cargo for Purolator and also using Douglas DC-3 for Airborne Express ad Emery. In 1984 OSAS was taken over by Soundair (who remained the parent company throughout the years). Soundair also took over Aero Trades Western and used the DC-3s and also Douglas DC-4. Two years later Convair CV-580 replaced the DC-4s and also the DC-3s were disposed of in favor of the Fokker F27 Friendship.
Soundair expanded operations by starting Commuter Express for scheduled commuter flights using Fairchild Metros. With a contract to feed Air Canada at Toronto Pearson International Airport the name was changed to Air Toronto and the Metros were replaced with Jetstream 31 aircraft. It was then in June 1988 that Odyssey International was founded as the third company under Soundair. Flights began using Boeing 757-28A between Toronto and Las Vegas. Odyssey used the 757s to operate to winter seasonal destinations in the Caribbean and for the summer season Leeds Bradford International Airport and Newscastle in England were served.
In order to serve smaller markets, two Boeing 737-3S3 were leased. But by late 1989 with an economic recession and the reduction in bookings at Air Toronto and Odyssey, Soundair found itself in difficult financial situation and operations for all three subsidiaries were shut down on April 1990. [1]
[edit] Fleet
- 3 - Boeing 757-28A
- 2 - Boeing 737-3S3
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[edit] References
- ^ Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing
