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Commenced operations | September 21, 1992 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | March 24, 1999[1] | ||||||
Hubs | Newark | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Chicago Midway | ||||||
Fleet size | 4 (March 1999)[2] | ||||||
Destinations | 6 (March 1999)[2] | ||||||
Headquarters | Hemisphere Center,[3] Newark, New Jersey United States | ||||||
Key people | Robert Iverson (President 1992-1995),[4] Jerry Murphy (President 1995-1998), Charles C. Edwards (Owner, 1997-1999) |
Kiwi International Air Lines (IATA: KP, ICAO: KIA, call sign: Kiwi Air) was a Part 121 American airline that operated from September 21, 1992[5] to March 24, 1999.[1] It had its headquarters in the Hemisphere Center in Newark, New Jersey[6] adjacent to Newark Liberty International Airport.
Kiwi International Air Lines was founded by a group of Eastern Air Lines pilots[7] in a plan to re-employ former Eastern pilots, flight attendants, managers, and other contract and non-contract employees who had lost their jobs when Eastern Air Lines went into bankruptcy in 1989. The former airline pilots originally formed a group and called themselves Kiwis because they were no longer flying, just like the flightless Kiwi birds.[8] In its brief history, the airline flew 8 million passengers without incident.[2]
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