This article is about the former United States charter airline. For the Netherlands Antilles airline, see Winair.
WinAir Airlines
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
none
WNA
WinAir
Founded
1997
Ceased operations
1999
Hubs
Long Beach Municipal Airport
Fleet size
10
Destinations
5
Headquarters
Salt Lake City, Utah
Key people
Richard Winwood
Website
www.flywinair.com (defunct)
WinAir Airlines was a charter passenger airline in the United States based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and founded by Richard I. Winwood.[1] Established in 1997, its first flight was a Super Bowl charter on January 25, 1998. This rapid certification was credited partially to experienced staff, which included personnel from Morris Air, Key Airlines, and Champion Air.
In November 1998, the airline launched public scheduled charter flights from a hub at Long Beach Municipal Airport in Long Beach, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, Oakland, California, Sacramento, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah.[2][3] The airline applied to the FAA for authority to operate as a scheduled passenger airline, but this was not received by the time the airline shut down.
After running into substantial financial difficulties and maintenance concerns caused by the leaseholders and former aircraft owners including Pegasus Airlines of Turkey and Garuda Indonesia regarding some of the airline's leased 737-400 aircraft, the airline shut down on July 6, 1999.[4]
The airline was featured in the 1999 film For Love of the Game. The film was released in September 1999, two months after the airline ceased operations.
^Boulton, Guy (1 July 1999). "Winwood Sees High-Flying Venture End". Salt Lake Tribune. ProQuest 288936386.
^Reynolds, Christopher (1 November 1998). "Travel Insider (WinAir profile)". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 421314539.
^Cite error: The named reference RoweWinair was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Knudson, Max (7 July 1999). "Winair folds amid financial woes". Deseret. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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