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Post by chasensfo on Sept 17, 2020 14:19:48 GMT -5
\\Flightline 1998 v2 (please delete previous plans if you have them) Flightline (1989-2008) IATA: B5 ICAO: FLT CALLSIGN: FLIGHTLINE Flightline was a British charter airline, based in Southend(SEN), operating in a wide variety of roles mostly with BAe-146 jets. Initially, the airline started with 2 EMB-110s flying air mail at night between SEN and Germany. The company did not intend to start an airline, and outside of the cargo flights, the focus was on aircraft maintenance, sales, and leasing all done in SEN. However in 1992, the airline secured a contract with Bournemouth(BOH)-based tour operator Palmair and acquired a BAe-146-300 jet to being charter flights from BOH to various leisure destinations. Over time, the operation extended to offer leisure tours from a wide range of cities in England, mostly in the Southern half, and eventually, the airline was flying between Palma(PMI) and much of Western Europe. An electric fleet of Bae-146-200s was added, some for short periods of time, and the airline began to operate corporate shuttles for company's like IBM and offer sub-services for scheduled airlines, as well as charters beyond those arranged by Palmair. In the late 1990s, the cargo and Palmair flights were still in operation, and the airline was operating sub services for Air Dolomiti of Italy, flying routes from Verona(VRN) to Germany, and also flying from Basel(BSL) and Zurich(ZRH) to London Stansted on behalf of Swissair. I have represented these flights with scheduled routes operated from Monday to Friday, and charters flown to a wide range of destinations on the weekend. A 3rd BAe-146 was being flown and had just ended a contract with Transavia, where it operated int heir full colors, at the end of 1997. That aircraft in 1998 was back in the standard white Flightline livery and operating for Aer Lingus, providing extra capacity to London, and is included as well. In 1999 the Palmair contract would end, and the Swissair agreement would grow into Flightline becoming a regional affiliate of Swissair. Aircraft were painted in full Swissair colors and based in ZRH and GVA. Over the next decade, more BAe-146s would come and go, as would various contracts ranging from corporate shuttles for oil companies, to more leasing and sub-services to companies like Lufthansa, to tour support for large bands like U2. The airline would add MD-80s, but ultimately, it would fail in December 2008, last operating for British Airways out of London-City(LCY) and for the Ford motor company, some 6 million British Pounds in debt to creditors. I have painted the entire fleet: FMAI BAe-146-300: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1J3PN8ctKIS1Y1Ijoog-C0MRlnZK44hjv?usp=sharingFMAI BAe-146-200: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Krn6YOm3zL3BpvIoXpW_Z8r9mlkgzdwS?usp=sharingDWAI EMB-110: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EtKI5iqRMcd9TPMZ9UHu676dLRgokIPV?usp=sharingBAe-146-300 Palmair: Bae-146-200 Sub-services and Charters: EMB-110 Cargo: Download Flightline 1998 v2 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 17, 2020 14:55:31 GMT -5
\\Classic Airways 1998 Classic Airways (1997-1998) IATA: NONE LISTED ICAO: CCN CALLSIGN: CLASSIC JET Classic Airways was a short-lived English charter airline, based in London-Stansted(STN), flying a single smart-looking L-1011 on holiday charters for 2 summers. The airline was founded in the summer of 1997, with the founders certain that there were not enough wide-body aircraft available to cover leisure flights for small carriers that don't have the ability to re-book passengers when flights cancel. Due to the ad-hoc natures of the routes flown by leisure charter carriers, the routes flown are often not operated by any other airline on a given day, and chartering an aircraft on short notice is the only way to ensure customers get to their destination at all. As such, the founders of Classic Airways were confident that as soon as they could get a large aircraft certified to fly passenger charters, they would have business. Though a former Cathay Pacific L-1011 was purchased right as the airline was founded ahead of the 1997 summer season, there were delays in certification which resulted in the airline not flying until October, with the first route being a flight from New Castle(NCL) to Palma(PMI) on behalf of Peach Air, a UK tour operator who had flights operated by other airlines with aircraft in it's colors. Initially, the airline appeared successful, with steady business and relatively low operating costs with few employees and one aircraft. By the end of 1998 having just operated for 2 months, the airline announced plans to add a 2nd L-1011 in February of 1998 and a 3rd later in the year. However, the 23-year-old L-1011 had plenty of problems itself, and the airline built a reputation of lengthy technical delays, which is not what airlines want from an ad-hoc charter operator who they hire to bail them out of situations. A resulting slow down in income during the winter season, and some expensive repairs, lead to expansion plans being postponed. The summer for 1998 was busy for the carrier, and the L-1011 saw frequent use. An ex-Caledonian L-1011, G-IOII, which had been acquired from Air Ops and was being flown in a hybrid livery of the former operator, was purchased by Classic Airways ahead of the summer season, but was not ready to enter service in time for the start of the season. The airline's L-1011 continued to suffer frequent issues, and the company shut-down in July of 1998. The 2nd L-1011, which was being worked on at the company's home base in STN, was abandoned and became an airport fire trainer. HJG has painted this aircraft on their L-1011, so it will be available when they release their AI version. For now, there is a DWAI L-1011 repaint on Avsim here: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=waldron_l1011_classic_airways_265842.zip&CatID=root&Go=SearchL-1011 Charters: Download Classic Airways 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 21, 2020 1:39:00 GMT -5
This one is for piper//Air Madeira 1999 Air Madeira operated by Air Luxor (1993 - 2000) IATA: MM (now YU) ICAO: MMZ CALLSIGN: AIRLUXOR Air Madeira operated by TAESA (1998-1999) IATA: MM ICAO: MMZ CALLSIGN: TAESA Air Madeira operated by AB Airlines (1999) IATA: MM ICAO: MMZ CALLSIGN: AZTEC Air Madeira was a Portuguese charter airline founded in 1993 as Air Zarco and based in Lisbon(LIS). Until 1998, a single L-1011-500, operated by Air Luxor, was the only aircraft for Air Zarco, who changed it's name to Air Madeira by 1997. Charters were largely from Portuguese tourist destinations to Germany and the surrounding region. However, longhaul flights were also operated from time to time, especially to New York(JFK). In 1998, a 757-200 was leased from TAESA of Mexico and operated in an all-white livery with no markings other than a Mexican flag, and used on European leisure charters. In 1999, an AB Airlines 737-300 was leased for the summer season, had it's titles painted over, and was used on charters not only to Portuguese cities but also frequenting Spanish cities like PMI, GRO, and IBZ. At this point, Air Madeira was a "paper airline", with no callsign and all flights operated by other carriers while tickets on the flights were sold under the Air Madeira name, which was painted on the Air Luxor L-1011. Charters were mostly flown to Germany, Ireland, and the UK at the time, however, flights to JFK from Portugal and a LIS-OAK charter, via the Azores(PDL), are included. In 2000, the airline became Euro Atlantic and became a traditional airline operating it's own aircraft with a "Euro Atlantic" callsign. The airline shifted it's focus to providing sub services and wet-leases to airlines all over the world, and continues flying in this role today. The Summer LIS-PDL-OAK charter flights were picked up by SATEA International soon after Euro Atlantic abandoned it's own charters and is still flown seasonally today. I will paint the 737 and 757 myself soon, and while the L-1011-500 isn't done, the livery has been done by Jonathan Alba and piper on the DWAI L-1011 and you may find it here: www.dropbox.com/sh/nlzazhvlfuwps76/AAAvTrjPULoAP0b155y9tOp8a?dl=0L-1011-500 operated by Air Luxor: 757-200 operated by TAESA: 737-300 operated by AB Airlines: Download Air Madeira 1999 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 23, 2020 11:06:50 GMT -5
\\BCM Airlines 1998 BCM Airlines (1996-1998) IATA: TY ICAO: BCM CALLSIGN: BCM AIRLINES BCM Airlines was a short-lived Spanish leisure airline that operated charters to both resort cities in both Spain and the Mediterranean with Airbus A320s. The airline had 3 livery variations across the fleet of 4 A320s, with 2 aircraft sharing 1 "standard" livery, another in a bold livery featuring a blue tail, and one French-registered A320 operated as an Albino but with titles. I was actually unable to find hardly any information at all on this carrier, but they were based in Palma(PMI) and had focus cities in ACE, TFS, TFN, and LPA and served a wide network of cities, though some may have seldom seen service. Flightplans are representative based on actual destinations. In 1998, the airline failed and the Spanish company Iberostar founded leisure carrier Iberworld from the ashes of this carrier. Iberworld initially used Classic Airway's L-1011 to cover flights, but eventually received some of BCM Airline's A320s and flew on for 15 years before failing in 2013. Flightplans by piper. The fleet has been painted on the FAIB A320: EC-GKM\GLT by Jonathan Alba and piper may be downloaded here: www.dropbox.com/sh/ucb1gzrtttgbs3s/AAD46ZfnaU1tFflzWU6-YHYha?dl=0F-GJVX by myself may be downloaded here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/162MQdDSJCckA0jdhaIfL6zYZ9RBnBMyn?usp=sharingA320 Charters: Download BCM Airlines 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 24, 2020 5:23:38 GMT -5
\\GTI Airlines 1998 GTI Airlines (1996-1999) IATA: TD ICAO: NTL CALLSIGN: GTI The Turkish charter airline 'GTI Airlines' was formed in 1996 by the travel organizations Kayi Tours from Turkey and German Travel International. The airline offered charters both from Germany and other nations to Turkish resort cities and from large Turkish cities to other holiday destinations. GTI Airlines flew an "all-widebody"-fleet of only three Airbus A300 aircraft: one B2 and two B4s. The first A300 was delivered to the airline in 1996, the other two followed in 1997. Every airplane wore a different livery, and the liveries sometimes changed from one year to the next. The carrier had a reputation for terrible service which made it unpopular with German tourists, with several statements online about the legroom being terrible and the food inedible. The airline was also known for having frequent technical issues with it's older A300s which were kept flying an aggressive schedule. In February 1998 the airline was sold and renamed Air Anatolia, which was notably an early operator of the 757-300 and failed in 2002. Flightplans by piper as well as fleet repaints by myself for the TFS A300B2\4, including the 1997 variations, are on Avsim here: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=gti_airlines_1998.zip&CatID=root&Go=SearchA300B2\4:
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 24, 2020 5:59:15 GMT -5
\\Avioimpex 1998 Avioimpex (1992-2002) IATA: M4 ICAO: AXX CALLSIGN: IMPEX Avioimpex was a Macedonian scheduled\charter carrier based out of Skopje(SKP), but also offering charters from Ohrid(OHD). The airline was founded as Interimpex-Avioimpex but changed it's name in 1999 to a shortened "Avioimpex". Avioimpex was one of many airlines founded in the early 1990s from the break up of the fomer Soviet Union, and like many of those carriers, initially operated aircraft in the basic Aeroflot livery. The airline started flying with YAK 42s and Tu-154s, but added Western equipment such as the DC-9-30 and MD-80 within the first several years of flying. In late 1993, a YAK 42 was lost in a terrible accident on approach to OHD, killing 118 passengers. This would prove to be the carriers only incident. In 1998, the airline was flying it's Western planes in a white livery with billboard titles, while the remaining YAK 42 was wearing an old Aeroflot stripe. The Tu-154s were gone, but some flights were operated by Air Via with their own Tu-154s in the summer of 1998 to Europe, and those flights are represented in the Air Via flightplans. Being from a very poor nation, the airline had trouble outside of busy tourist seasons annually, and the carrier failed in 2002, 10 years after it began flying. Flightplans and routemaps by Vadim Stepanyuk. All repaints are available: AIA MD-80: On Flightsim.com as "ai8xavmp.zip" AIG DC-9-32 and CIS Yak 42 by RAI user Linguist pilot may be found here: www.dropbox.com/sh/m5w0xcwvt58tdwc/AACvtvsfLu7m5KxuhnLY96bVa?dl=0&preview=Avioimpex.zipDC-9-32\MD-80: YAK 42: Download Avioimpex 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 24, 2020 7:09:12 GMT -5
\\Air Baltic 1998 Air Baltic (1995 - Present) IATA: BT ICAO: BTI CALLSIGN: AIR BALTIC airBaltic is the national airline of Latvia, based in Riga(RIX). The airline was established as Air Baltic in 1995, operating Saab 340s on regional services. In 1996, the first Avro RJ70 jets were added, and the airline expanded across Europe to serve cities such as London(LGW), Frankfurt(FRA), and Geneva(GVA). That same year, Air Baltic joined Scandinavian Airlines' frequent flyer program, which was also shared with other Star Alliance members, and code shared on certain routes. In 1998, the airline was operating a small fleet of 2 Avro RJ70s and 2 Saab 340s in it's network, and had expanded to serve several more cities in the last 2 years, and flights to London moved from LGW to LHR. Fokker 50s began to show up in late 1998, and by 1999, had replaced the Saab 340s. However, these aircraft were not yet in the fleet at the time of the September 1998 schedule used for these plans. At the turn of the century, the airline was renamed airBaltic and over the next several years, expanded adding larger aircraft such as the 737 and 757 to it's fleet, and also went through a few livery changes. Today, the airline is still active and was an early operator of the Bombardier C-Series, now known as the Airbus A220. Flightplans and routemaps by Vadim Stepanyuk. FMAI RJ70\BAe-146-100,TFS Saab 340 repaints by Jonathan Alba and Henrique Martins here: www.dropbox.com/sh/gs5gtnijbbr1we9/AACQr1eHwXCB8obzuma8zj_ua?dl=0Avro RJ70: Saab 340: Download Air Baltic 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 24, 2020 7:33:12 GMT -5
\\RiAir (Riga Airlines) 1998 RiAir - Riga Airlines (1992-1999) IATA: GV ICAO: RIG CALLSIGN: RIGA AIRLINES Latvia-based Riair was founded in 1992, later changing it's name to Riga Airlines. The carrier leased 737-200s from Russian carrier Transaero that were operated in Transaero's full livery, but with Riga Airlines titles added. Though at one point the carrier had 3 737-200s, for most of it's history as well as in 1998, the carrier had just 1 737-200 and served Paris, Moscow, and London before failing the following year in 1999. Flightplans and routemap by Vadim Stepanyuk. Michael Pearson has painted all 3 FAIB 737-200s flown by the carrier here: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=faib_737-200_rig.zip&CatID=root&Go=Search737-200: Download RiAir (Riga Airlines) 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 24, 2020 7:46:38 GMT -5
\\Ukraine International Airlines 1999 Ukraine International Airlines (1992 - Present) IATA: PS ICAO: AUI CALLSIGN: UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL Ukraine International is today the national carrier of Ukraine, though when it was founded after the fall of the Soviet Union, it was overshadowed by other carriers such as Air Ukraine who ultimately went out of business. Based at the Boryspil International Airport(KBP) in Kyiv, the airline began operations with 737-200s flying to London (LGW). 737-400s were added soon after, making the carrier the first to operate the type in the former USSR. Cargo flights were briefly operated to LGW with a 737-200 in 1994, but I found no evidence of these being active by 1998. The 737-400s were eventually replaced by 737-300s by the late 1990s, and both Swissair and Austrian made major investments into the carrier, which grew popular with Westerners. In 1998, the airline was flying to both major leisure and Business destinations all across Western Europe with 737-200s and 737-300s, while the An-24 operated domestic flights to Donetsk(DOK). The airline would outlive both Air Ukraine and Aerosvit, and today is a large international carrier with flights all over the world, flying modern aircraft as large as the 777-200. Flightplans and routemaps by Vadim Stepanyuk. The repaints are completed: FAIB 737-300: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=faib_737-300_aui.zip&CatID=root&Go=SearchFAIB 737-200: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=faib_737-200_aui.zip&CatID=root&Go=SearchCIS An-24 by Christian Gold: drive.google.com/file/d/1PAzyZnvhUAIQmAXKBsZi8amF8N9oaDSa/view?usp=sharing737-200\300: An-24: Download Ukraine International Airlines 1999 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 24, 2020 9:13:24 GMT -5
\\Transaero 1998 Transaero (1991-2015) IATA: UN ICAO: TSO CALLSIGN: TRANSOVIET Transaero was a Russian leisure airline based in Moscow. The airline started out based in the VKO airport, with it's headqauters in St. Petersberg(LED). Initially, Russian-made aircraft like the IL-86 were leased from Aeroflot and used on charter flights. But a few years later, Transaero became one of the first Soviet region airlines to adapt western types with the Airbus A310, 737-200, and 757-200 all being acquired by the mid 1990s. The airline shifted it's business to becoming a scheduled airline, though some charters were still operated. Flights were moved to SVO, Moscow's primary international hub, and the airline launched Russia's first frequent flyer program. Ex-American Airlines DC-10-30s were acquired later in the 1990s and used for expansion into the United States with flights to New York(JFK) and a weekly service to (LAX). The DC-10s also allowed expansion to Hong Kong(VHHX) for a few months in 1997 and 1998. In 1998, the airline started flights to London, but these were not yet scheduled on the 1998 flight schedule used for these plans. The first 767-300 arrived to replace the DC-10-30s, which would go to Hawaiian Air, and the first 737-700 arrived to replace the 737-200s. The A310s were gone, and only 1 IL-86 remained, which was used for domestic flights. Some charters were flown, mostly to Greece, Spain, and Egypt. With the exception of the bare-metal DC-10s, all aircraft wore an all-white livery. As the 737-700 and 767-300 were not included in this schedule, I have split some DC-10 flights and 737-200 flights to create a 767-300 and 737-200 respectively. By 1999 at the latest, these flights were operated by these aircraft, but you may just assign them to the older planes if you wish. Transaero continued to grow, and became the first Russian airline to fly the Boeing 747 in 2005. Modern aircraft like the 777-200 were also added, but by the 2010s, the airline was in financial trouble. Routes like HKG and LAX were added and then suspended and the airline declared bankruptcy and stopped flying in 2015. A deal was almost reached with Aeroflot to buy a 75% stake in the airline, but this deal failed before the deadline. S7 Airlines then made an offer, but it too fell through. The authorities at that point revoked the airlines operating certificate and it was liquidated. Flightplans by aleck, and I added the charters and the scheduled HKG flights which had ended just prior to the printing of the resource used for these plans. I have created additional aircraft to make use of Michael Pearson's multiple paints for the 737 and 757. All repaints are finished: AIM DC-10-30: On Avsim as "aim_dc1030_transaero_v2.zip" FAIB 767-300: On Avsim as "faib_767-300_tso.zip" RATS IL-86: On Avsim as "rats_il-86_tso.zip" AIG 757-200: On Avsim as "aig_757-200_tso.zip" FAIB 737-700: On Avsim as "faib_737-700_tso.zip" FAIB 737-200: On Avsim as "faib_737-200_tso.zip" DC-10-30: IL-86: 757-200: 757-200 Charters: 737-200: 737-200 Charters: Download Transaero 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 24, 2020 10:07:55 GMT -5
\\Dalavia 1998 Dalavia (1953-2008) IATA: H8 ICAO: KHB (also use AFL) CALLSIGN: DALAVIA Dalavia was a Russian international airline based in Khabarovsk Novy(KHV) in Eastern Russia. The airline was established as part of Aeroflot in 1953 when KHB's runway was paved, and initially operated Li-2 and IL-14s in full Aeroflot colors. In the 1970s, Tu-154s and IL-62s were added and flights expanded into Western Russia and Asia. When the USSR collapsed, along with Aeroflot, in the early 1990s, Dalavia elected to continue to operate it's flights on behalf of Aeroflot in exchange for a licensing fee. In 1998, all aircraft were in Aeroflot's current livery of the era, and flights were being operated from KHV to both Seattle(SEA) and San Francisco(SFO) via Anchorage(ANC) with IL-62Ms. The IL-62Ms also were flying a few routes to Asian cities like Singapore(SIN) and Seoul(GMP). The Tu-154B-2s mostly flew Eastbound domestic routes, but also flew to Niigata, Japan(KIJ) and Shenyang, China(SHE). In 2001, the airline received it's first Tu-204, and aircraft began to appear in Dalavia's own livery during the rest of the 2000s. The airline placed a large order for Russian-built Superjets in 2006, but these aircraft would never be delivered. The Russian aviation authority revoked Dalavia's operating certificate when it's debt more than doubled it's assets in 2008. Flightplans by aleck. All repaints are completed by Christian Gold, create an extra aircraft.cfg entry to give these aircraft the Dalavia callsign: TCAI IL-62M: drive.google.com/file/d/1SNqAZCjPHkJC3hIf8zl2tKKw72bTtOHC/view?usp=sharingTCAI Tu-154B-2(part of a large package with many textures): drive.google.com/file/d/1q98igRT5d78PeR1bB4z1zXNixwditBRH/view?usp=sharingIL-62M: Tu-154B-2: Download Dalavia 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 24, 2020 12:02:34 GMT -5
\\Aeroflot Cargo 1998 Aeroflot Cargo (1995-2010) IATA: SU ICAO: AFLC CALLSIGN: AEROFLOT Aeroflot Cargo was the dedicated all-cargo division of Aeroflot, Russia's national airline. Though I was unable to determine when Aeroflot began cargo flights, various aircraft in it's fleet did haul cargo from very early on. The oldest photos I found of Aeroflot cargo-dedicated planes was in 1966 with AN-12s. However, it was not until 1995 that Aeroflot formally created a cargo division, called Aeroflot Cargo. This division operated with a few DC-10-30s and several IL-76s, mostly on a charter basis at first but with scheduled flying becoming more common over time. Flights in the 1990s were mostly around Asia and Eastern Russia, though some routes were operated into Europe. Some IL-76 aircraft were painted in a red livery, as they came from Siberia where planes were painted as such to make them easier to spot in the even of a crash. Aeroflot Cargo would later modernize with all Western aircraft like the MD-11 and become a member of SkyTeam's Cargo Alliance. In 2010, Aeroflot decided to disband it's cargo division. Flightplans by aleck, I have added charter flights to cities in Japan which saw them in 1998. All repaints are available: AIM DC-10-30F: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=aim_dc1030_aeroflot_cargo.zip&CatID=root&Go=SearchRATS IL-76 by Christian Gold: drive.google.com/file/d/1GvhVPyxwMFv8doBI_-eMMs5YbVaIhmzz/view?usp=sharingDC-10-30F: IL-76TD: Download Aeroflot Cargo 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 24, 2020 19:48:31 GMT -5
\\American Trans Air ATA 1998 American Trans Air ATA (1973-2008) IATA: TZ ICAO: AMT CALLSIGN: AMTRAN US Military Air Mobility Command operated by American Trans Air ATA (1991-2008) IATA: TZ ICAO: AMC CALLSIGN: REACH ATA Connection operated by Chicago Express (1993-2005) IATA: C8 ICAO: WDY (You may also use AMTX) CALLSIGN: WINDY CITY American Trans Air, or ATA, was an airline based in Chicago's Midway Airport(MDW) but with focus cities across the Midwest USA operating scheduled flights, AMC Military Charters, public leisure charters, and sports charters across the entire earth. The airline was founded with a single Boeing 720 named "Miss Indy" as the "Ambassadair Travel Club", which provided wealthy residents of the Indianapolis(IND) area access to global charters if they joined the club. A second 720 was added in 1978, and in 1981, the airline received the authorization to begin regular public charter work outside of it's club. 8 Boeing 707s were used to launch global charters from the USA to Europe, Central America, and the Pacific. A DC-10-30 was added in 1983, and 727-100s and L-1011s joined the fleet in 1984, replacing the 707s after just 3 years of service. ATA was known for having an eclectic fleet, aircraft were very often flown in hybrid liveries throughout it's history, especially in the early years. The airline also began to lease out aircraft across the globe in addition to flying, including a deal with British Airways who flew at least 1 727-100 in full ATA colors but with British Airways titles. ATA became a scheduled airline in 1986 with a route between Ft. Myers, Florida(RSW) and IND. 757-200s were added in 1989, and the airline used them to start scheduled transatlantic flights from JFK, flying to Riga, Latvia(RIX) via Belfast(BFS) in 1990. By the 1990s, the tiny travel club had grown into a large global charter airline, and with the start of the Desert Storm conflict in the Middle East, ATA became an important civilian partner of the US Air Mobility Command. Ultimately, ATA earned a contract for troop transport that would last the rest of it's existence. Schedule operations grew, with hubs in IND, MDW, PIE, RSW, and MCO. A commuter airline was founded in 1993, called Chicago Express, in order to feed ATAs MDW hub with high frequency flights around the region with Jetstream 31s. This allowed ATA to compete with Southwest with MDW widely available after the failure of Midway Airlines and Mark Air, both of whom had hubs in MDW. In addition to the scheduled flights, charters made up about half of ATAs operations, and the L-1011s were fully dedicated to these duties other than some routes from the West Coast USA to Hawaii. MKE, STL, and MSP were some of the cities that saw frequent charter flights. ATA adopted the slogan "On ATA, You're on Vacation", and by 1994, the slogan appeared on most of it's marketing and printed materials. A new livery was introduced in 1996, with bold colors and cartoon markings all around the fuselage with palm trees on the tail. Hawaii flights from SFO, SEA, LAX, and PHX to Hawaii were operated in on behalf of Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays, and several L-1011s got various variations of special markings. By 1998, ATA had just 4 of it's L-1011s dedicated to the scheduled Hawaii flights. SEA was dropped earlier in the year from the schedule and PHX downgauged to 757s. L-1011s flew 2 daily routes each from SFO and LAX, with 1 non-stop flight to HNL and 1 via OGG, with a short island hop in between. The 727-100s were all retired in favor of the larger 727-200s, and it was a good mix of the new and old livery in that fleet. Only 1 757-200 was left in the old colors by 1998, and another was in a hybrid Monarch Airlines livery with no titles and being used on a wet-lease by Britannia Airways, operating flights in Europe on their behalf. In addition to several variations of the Hawaii special livery, there was a good mix of the new and old colors across the L-1011 fleet and 2 variations of aircraft without titles, mostly used on military charters. 4 L-1011-500s were added to the fleet at the end of the 1990s, all in the new colors but with one aircraft not wearing titles and another with the Hawaii livery. Despite the Hawaiian Vacation titles, the L-1011-500s mostly did charter work. SEA and many other West Coast cities are still served from various Hawaiian cities with charters, as were several destinations in Europe and a few in South America, including Brazil and Argentina. LAS was the largest hub for charters, with a very busy late night departure bank to cities across the Midwest USA and at times over 10 aircraft observed on the ground at once. Other than flights to MDW and IND, all other LAS flights are charters. Military Charters focus on Germany, Japan, Guam, and Hawaii, but there are flights all across the globe, with all routes included having been flown. The Diego Garcia Airbase in the Indian Ocean was a popular destination, however, I get strange time zone errors with AI Flightplanner that I've been unable to fix, so these flights are excluded right now and hops from the Middle East to Australia are unrealistically wrong. I will eventually add in the stops when possible. ATA did frequent sports charters for both colleges and professional teams, usually those in the Midwest USA. I used 2 727-200s in this role, with one flying to real destinations from the 1998 Football schedule of Illinois University based in MDW, mostly to airports with no airline service, and another flying out of MKE with the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. ATA had recently celebrated it's 25th anniversary and 1 757-200 and 1 727-200 were painted in a bold dark-blue livery with golden titles and ribbons across the aircraft. In 2000, ATA prepared for major expansion, ordering 39 737-800s and 12 757-300s, all brand new aircraft. The schedule services would continue to grow, with ATA moving into heavily traveled business markets like MSP-MDW in addition to it's leisure-centric route network. The new aircraft were also delivered in a striking new gold, blue, and white livery. In 2005, ATA ended the Chicago Express operation, which had since been upgraded to Saab 340s, and auctioned off the assets. The airline grew large at SFO, and decided to move it's operation across the bay to OAK where it had room to expand and added 5 Hawaiian cities as well as several domestic routes. The L-1011s were retained well into the late 2000s for military charters, and 9 ex-Northwest DC-10s were ordered. The rapid expansion took it's toll, and ATA was in need of a cash injection by the late 2000s. Southwest Airlines agreed to buy a large interest in the company, and began to codeshare with ATA and took control of the airline's schedule, tweaking it to better serve connections from the domestic Southwest network at MDW. ex-United 737-300s were acquired, and ATA seemed to stabilize for a bit until it suffered the major blow of losing it's contract with the US Military. This meant the DC-10s were useless, and with a huge spike in oil prices, ATA was again in bad shape. Southwest decided not to revive the airline this time, and ATA failed in 2008. Southwest would then expand into several markets like LGA which it had been enjoying a codeshare with ATA on. Please refer to the flightplans file for proper parking, as you will need to make multiple entries to your aircraft.cfg to ensure the military aircraft use the "REACH" callsign and park in the proper places(MIL_CARGO) and not on the pax terminal, as well as the sports charter 727s which need "RAMP" parking and "VIP" codes. The repaints are available on Avsim by Michael Pearson. In 1998, the Monarch 757 had no titles, paint them over if you wish: DWAI L-1011: dwai_l-1011_ata.zip CDAI L-1011-500: cdai_l-1011-3_ata.zip AIG 757-200: aig_757-200_ata.zip AIA 727-200: aia_727-200_ata.zip PAI Jetstream 31 Chicago Express: pai_js31_wdy.zip L-1011 scheduled flights: L-1011 charter flights: L-1011 AMC Military Charters: 757-200 scheduled flights: 757-200 charters: 757-200 operating for Britannia Airways: 727-200 scheduled flights: 727-200 charter flights: 727-200 sports charters: Jetstream 31 operated by Chicago Express: Download American Trans Air ATA 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Sept 25, 2020 0:29:37 GMT -5
\\Swedeways 1998 Swedeways (1992-2001) IATA: HJ ICAO: SWE CALLSIGN: SWEDELINE Swedeways was a small Sweedish commuter airline, based at the Gavle–Sandviken Airport(GVX) just outside of the Stockholm area. The airline was founded in 1992 as Holmstroem Air Sweden, initially flying a Do228-201 and a Shorts SD3-60. The airline stuck to a small few regional routes, with networks that didn't quite connect, so I suspect planes may have just ferried the short distance to join the other routes if needed. Both of Stockholm's airports, BMA and ARN, were served. In 1995, the airline got sold it's Do228 to the Icelandic carrier Islandsflug and added 3 more Shorts SD3-60s to the fleet at the rate of about 1 new aircraft per year. In 1998, the airline was flying 3 of these Shorts SD3-60s, as one had been leased out to Streamline Aviation. The aircraft mostly flew during the week and around business hours, and did not fly much on the weekend or at night. In 2001, the airline made the bold move of acquiring a DC-9-41 from SAS to compete on the busy mainline routes from ARN. This move was very costly, and the airline shut down in 2002. The DC-9 was retired and stored in Roswell, New Mexico(ROW) in the United States, never to fly again. The Shorts SD3-60s all went to Emerald Airways of the UK. Interestingly, when Emerald retired the Shorts which was leased out in 1998, it was repainted in the colors of Swedeways and placed in a school playing field in the village of Colwick Nottinghamshire where it still sits today as a reminder of this tiny airline. Flightplans by Vireak Ball, who has also painted the HTAI Shorts SD3-60 here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qBLtnMu_kO8w3k_TYk1nt_l7vkGDzKGp?usp=sharingShorts SD-360: Download Swedeways 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by eth72s on Sept 26, 2020 7:56:33 GMT -5
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