Wright Airlines

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Wright Airlines
IATA
FW		 ICAO
WRT		 Callsign
WRIGHT-AIR
Founded
Focus cities Cleveland, Detroit
Fleet size
Destinations
Headquarters Cleveland, Ohio
Key people Gerald Weller
Website: none, defunct airline


Wright Airlines, founded in Cleveland, OH in 1966 is regarded as the first United States Regional airline. The airline was based in Cleveland at Burke Lakefront Airport. The airline has since gone out of business.

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[edit] Business

The founder and first president of the airline was Gerald Weller. This regional airline was the first to be financed through the sale of stock on Wall Street [1].

The airline was also considered to be a commuter airline. An example of how they operated was that a regular, one hour interval service, was operated between Cleveland and Detroit and reservations were not required in advance[2].

During its existence, Wright Airlines had these acquisitions and mergers:

After the mergers, the Wright name was retained.

[edit] Livery

The livery of the airline varied, and through its existence was either orange and tan on white, blue and tan on white, or dark orange, orange and tan on white.

[edit] Aircraft types used

The airline flew a wide range of aircraft types selected according to the route and number of passengers.


Aircraft acquired when Wright Airlines purchased Aeromech 10/01/83

[edit] Safety record

The airline had a good safety record with few accidents or incidents. None are known to have been fatal accidents.

[edit] Similar but non-related airlines

  • North-Wright Airlines, sometimes called North Wright Airlines.

[edit] See also

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