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Don't expect too much, they won't even have their own planes, and looking at the markets they plan to serve, I have my doubts they'll last long. Bellingham doesn't really sound like a market to base planes in.
It's public scheduled charter service (Similar to Hooters Air, Transmeridian, Southeast, etc.) and the flights will be operated by Xtra Airways (The former Casino Express) using 737-400s.
Considering the history of these type of operations in the US, if they're still around in a year, I'd be shocked.
Someone I know (Western Airlines buff) booked a bunch of flights on this new airline simply because they are named "Western." I too will be very surprised if they survive very long.
lol, is this for real? What a waste of money, having seen all other similar ops go down I wonder why they're starting this airline in the first place.
Sometimes, I think just for the same reasons that Air Commerz was founded in Germany in the early 70's: Only for tax write-offs.
Originally posted by Foxtrot
On another note, did the original Western go bankrupt or was it bought by some airline?
Western's last CEO in 1987 nowadays is the CEO for the carrier that took over Western and inherited its SLC and LAX hubs. The man is Gerry Grinstein. I'll let you figure out the carrier that took over Western .
I think everyone is forgetting one thing. Delta owns the rights to the Western name, this site is total bull.
Are you sure they wern't purchased from Delta, or that they won't be in the near future? Many airlines have done this before, such as Carnival and BMA with Pan Am, the National Airlines of the 90s, Midway Airlines, and Southeast Airlines of the 90s which was a DC-9 opperater who bought rights to the origional National's "Sun King" logo.
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