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| Founded | June 7, 1989 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | April 7, 1992 (rebranded as USAir Shuttle) | ||||||
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| Holding company#Parent company | The Trump Organization (1989–1992) | ||||||
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Trump Shuttle, Inc. was an airline owned by businessman Donald Trump from 1989 to 1992. The landing rights and some of the physical assets necessary to operate the shuttle flights were originally part of Eastern Air Lines and known as the Eastern Air Lines Shuttle. It operated hourly flights on Boeing 727 aircraft from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Boston Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., as well as charter service to other destinations. Its IATA designator code was TB (later reassigned to Jetairfly, which became TUI fly Belgium).[1]
Trump's formal launch in the air business occurred in March 1988 when he acquired three Sikorsky S-61 helicopters that belonged to Resorts International Airlines (RIA) used to shuttle high rollers to the Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[2] The three green and orange helicopters were repainted black and red and emblazoned with the Trump Air logo.[3]
- ^ "Codes IATA/OACI by airline". www.al-airliners.be. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
- ^ "Helicopter Service Shuttles Gamblers to Casinos". Daily Record. Morristown, New Jersey. Associated Press. March 24, 1988. p. 26 (B10). Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Chadwick, Bruce (March 27, 1988). "Atlantic City Confidential". Daily News. New York City. p. 313 (24). Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
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