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 American Eagle (Executive Air) ATR 72-212 landing at Princess Juliana International Airport | |||||||
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| Founded | 1986 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | April 1, 2013 | ||||||
| Hubs | San Juan | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | AAdvantage | ||||||
| Alliance | Oneworld (Affiliate) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 12 | ||||||
| Destinations | 12 | ||||||
| Holding company#Parent company | AMR Corporation | ||||||
| Headquarters | Carolina, Puerto Rico | ||||||
| Key people | Pedro Fabregas (President) | ||||||
| Employees | 2,125 (2007)[2] | ||||||
Executive Airlines, Inc. was a Puerto Rican-based regional airline headquartered at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the main airport for the United States territory, near the capitol of San Juan.[3][4] The airline was a wholly owned subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and it was paid by fellow AMR member American Airlines to staff, operate and maintain aircraft used on American Eagle flights that were scheduled, marketed and sold by American Airlines. Executive Airlines operated an extensive inter-island network in the Caribbean and the Bahamas from its hub in San Juan.[2]
The airline was founded as Executive Air Charter in 1979, it joined the American Eagle system on September 15, 1986 as an independent airline, the company was purchased by AMR on December 7, 1989. In late 2007, AMR attempted to spin-off Executive Airlines, but the effort was unsuccessful. AMR eventually announced that it would close Executive Airlines on March 31, 2013.
The Executive Airlines name was also used by a U.S.-based commuter air carrier which operated scheduled passenger flights during the late 1960s and early 1970s in the northeast U.S. and Florida.[5]
- ^ "Executive Airlines Fleet Details and History".
- ^ a b Flight International 3 April 2007
- ^ "Regional3.pdf[dead link]." Aviation Week. Retrieved on September 28, 2009.
- ^ World Airline Directory. Flight International. March 22–28, 1995. 68.
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Executive Airlines timetables