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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]
- ^ a b Information for Consumers Regarding the Cessation of Service by Kiwi International Airlines Archived February 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine from a U.S. Department of Transportation website
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
nyt99was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kiwi International Air Lines U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
nyt95was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Flightless Bird: The Rise and Fall of Kiwi International Air Lines" Aviation Week & Space Technology 1999
- ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 22–28, 1995. 74.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
nyt97was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Kiwi Sets Midway Flights". Chicago Tribune. The New York Times. August 16, 1992. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.