Carnival Air Lines

Infobox Airline
airline = Carnival Air Lines

logo_size = 200
fleet_size = 9 Airbus A300, 9 Boeing 737, 7 Boeing 727
destinations = Hartford, Connecticut, Newburgh, New York, Islip, New York, White Plains, New York, New York City, New York (Both Airports), Newark, New Jersey, Los Angeles, California, Orlando, Florida, West Palm Beach, Florida, Tampa, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Myers, Florida, Miami, Florida, Nassau, Bahamas, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
IATA = KW
ICAO = CAA
callsign = Carnival Air
parent = Carnival Cruise Lines
founded = 1988
headquarters = Fort Lauderdale, Florida
key_people = Micky Arison
hubs = Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Miami International Airport

Carnival Air Lines was a charter and low-cost air division of Carnival Cruise Lines started in 1988 after Carnival Cruise Lines purchased Pacific Interstate Airlines.

History

The origins of Carnival Air Lines can be traced to 1984 when Pacific Interstate Airlines was founded in Las Vegas, Nevada. This airline flew charters between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. In 1985 the name was changed to Pacific Inter Air and then only two years later the name was changed to Bahamas Express. By this time the airline was flying out of airports in the East Coast of the USA to Freeport in the Bahamas. Carnival Cruise Lines bought the company in 1988 and the airline's name was once again changed to Fun Air, but no planes were painted with that name and cruise ship passengers were flown by Majestic Air using Boeing 727-100 aircraft.

The final identity of Carnival Air Lines came to being in 1989 and the airline began flying from Miami the Northeast USA and later on expanded to other destinations. The home base for Carnival Air Lines was Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. (See route history below).

In 1992 Carnival Air Lines forged a code-share agreement with Iberia Airlines of Spain to transport connecting passengers arriving in Miami to other destinations in the USA. Also, in 1996, Carnival opened a route from Miami to Lima in cooperation with Faucett Airlines of Peru. Another agreement with LADECO of Chile was formed to transfer connecting passengers from Chile to New York.

In September 1997, Pan Am Corp., a holding company formed by the reincarnated Pan American Airways (1996-1998), bought Carnival Air Lines in an attempt to bolster its fleet and operations into a new airline based on the old Pan Am. Before either airlines could fully merge, the holding company and its two independently operated airlines, Pan Am and Carnival, filed for bankruptcy protection and ceased scheduled flight operations in February 1998. The operating certificate used for the first reincarnated Pan Am was abandoned in favor of the acquired Carnival operating certificate. Pan Am, now operating with the Carnival certificate, quickly resumed limited charter operations while new owner Guilford Transportation Industries of Massachusetts acquired certain assets of the bankrupt companies after court approval. The new company emerged from bankruptcy in June 1998 and discontinued the use of the Carnival Brand name for the Pan Am name and logo instead. Guilford ceased operating Pan Am and relinquished its original Carnival airworthiness certificate on November 1, 2004. Operations were transferred to Boston-Maine Airways, which resumed 727 service under the "Pan Am Clipper Connection" brand from February 17, 2005.

Fleet

*Airbus A300 B4-203 9 in the fleet
*Boeing 737-200/300/400 2 - 737-200; 1 - 737-300; and 7 - 737-400 (not all these aircraft were operated at the same time). Additional 737-400s were leased for seasonal service.
*Boeing 727-200 7 in the fleet

This is an extract found regarding the Carnival Air Lines fleet:Carnival Air Lines has grown to include approximately 1,350 employees and a fleet of 25 aircraft (nine Airbus A-300s, seven Boeing 727-200, seven Boeing 737-400 and two Boeing 737-200). Its route structure covers mainly the Northeast, Florida, California and the Caribbean. [http://www.scaruffi.com/travel/airlines.html]

Routes

By November 1995, Carnival Air Lines flew the following destinations:

*In the Northeast flying south to Florida and Puerto Rico:Hartford; Newburgh, NY; Islip, NY; White Plains, NY; New York City, Newark
*In Florida, flying to the Northeast, the Caribbean and Los Angeles:West Palm Beach; Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Fort Myers, Tampa, Orlando
*In the west coast flying to Ft. Lauderdale and Miami:Los Angeles
*Destinations in the Caribbean:Nassau, Bahamas; San Juan, Ponce and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Santo Domingo was not served during this time)

References

* [http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Carnival-Airlines] Carnival Fleet
* [http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Carnival%20Airlines-history-b737.htm] Carnival B737 history
* [http://www.airtimes.com/cgat/usa/misc/c/carnival/detail/mapkn95nov.jpg] Carnival Air Lines route map
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_April_25/ai_16854588] Carnival-Ladeco agreement