Leisure Air

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Leisure Air

IATA L8	ICAO LWD	Callsign LEISURE WORLD

Founded

1992

Ceased operations

February 1995

Operating bases

Fleet size

15 (during operations)

Destinations

Various charter

Headquarters

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Leisure Air was an American charter airline based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina which operated from 1992 until 1995.

History

Leisure Air was set up in 1992 with its base in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It flew charter flights using five leased Airbus A320s, four McDonnell Douglas DC-10s and two Boeing 757s. The charter flights were to the southwest United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. Also it operated charters from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Hawaii using the DC-10s, Oakland to Mexico and Chicago using the A320s. Those DC-10s were also used for charter flights to Europe.

Safety concerns

When the FAA found irregularities in the maintenance records of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, the operating license for the DC-10s and Boeing 757s were withdrawn. Due to this only the Airbus A320s continued to operate but at a much reduced scale.

Collapse

In February 1995, following the safety concerns and aircraft restrictions Leisure Air finally ceased all operations due to the financial difficulties it was having due to the prior concerns.^[1]

Fleet

A Leisure Air Airbus A320 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (1993)

The Leisure Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft throughout operations:^[2]

**Leisure Air Fleet**
Aircraft	In Fleet	Notes
Airbus A320-200	8	1 leased from ILFC 4 leased from ORIX 2 leased from Translift Airways
Boeing 757-200	2	1 leased from AWAS 1 leased from ILFC
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10	2	Leased from United Airlines
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30	3	1 leased from Dormacken Ltd 2 leased from Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation
Total	15

References

↑ Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing
↑ Leisure Air Fleet History

External links

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