Deregulation Darlings
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Showing posts tagged directair
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Xtra Airways 737 by So Cal Metro on Flickr.
DirectAir is completely grounded due to missing a payment on its’ fuel bill. One foot in the grave?
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N43XA by PHLAIRLINE.COM on Flickr.
DirectAir is a carrier that, for the most part, exists only on paper. It has no aircraft of its’ own; instead it outsources aviation operations to charter airlines such as Xtra Airways (pictured).
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A320.N631VA by Airliners on Flickr.
One notable subcontractor for DirectAir has been Virgin America, who leased out some of their Airbuses and the crews to operate them in 2008.
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Xtra Airways 737 by So Cal Metro on Flickr.
DirectAir started out as Myrtle Beach DirectAir in 2006, when they opened with service linking MYR with Newark, Niagara Falls, and Plattsburgh.
A bonus note: this Myrtle Beach DirectAir/Xtra Airways aircraft has remnants of the failed resurrection of Western Airlines
