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Carnival Air Lines
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
KW CAA CARNIVAL AIR
FoundedNovember 15, 1988 (1988-11-15)
Commenced operationsAugust 1989 (1989-08)
Ceased operationsFebruary 26, 1998 (1998-02-26)
Parent company
Carnival Corporation & plc (1988-1997)
Pan Am Corporation (1997-1998)
HeadquartersDania Beach, Florida
Key peopleMicky Arison
Employees1,350

Carnival Air Lines Incorporated was a charter and scheduled airline division of the

Carnival Cruise Lines purchased Pacific Interstate Airlines. It was headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida.[1][2]

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 with a single

Carnival Cruise Lines
bought the company in 1988 and the airline's name was once again changed to Fun Air, but its aircraft was never painted with that name and cruise ship passengers were flown under the name Majestic Air.

The final identity of Carnival Air Lines came to being in 1989 and began flying from Miami, the Northeast USA and later on expanded to other destinations, with its home base in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. (See routes below).

In 1992, Carnival Air Lines began a code-share agreement with

Ladeco of Chile to transport connecting passengers from Santiago to New York via Carnival's Miami Hub flying a Carnival Airbus A300 in LADECO's livery.[citation needed
]

In September 1997, Pan Am Corporation, a holding company formed by the reincarnated

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.

Destinations in 1993

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport
in 1993

The airline was operating jet service to the following destinations at this time:[3]

Routes in 1995

Route map

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

  • From the Northeast to Florida and the Caribbean:

Hartford, CT; Newburgh, NY; Islip, NY; White Plains, NY; New York, NY; Newark, NJ

  • From Florida to the Northeast, Caribbean and Los Angeles:

West Palm Beach; Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Fort Myers, Tampa, Orlando From Los Angeles to Miami and Ft. Lauderdale

  • From the Caribbean to Florida and the Northeast:

Nassau, Bahamas; San Juan, Ponce and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Destinations in 1996

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport
in 1996

According to the Carnival Air Lines December 19, 1996 route map, the air carrier was serving the following destinations with mainline jet aircraft:[4]

The above referenced route map also depicts

code sharing service flown by Paradise Island Airlines with de Havilland Canada Dash 7
turboprop aircraft and operated in conjunction with Carnival Air Lines to the following destinations:

Fleet

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport
in 1998

This is an extract found regarding the Carnival Air Lines fleet:[5][6]

Carnival Air Lines fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A300B4
 9 1994 1998 One was later damaged in a shootdown incident
Boeing 727-100
 1 1989 1993
Boeing 727-200
 10 1989 1998
Boeing 737-200
 7 1990 1998
Boeing 737-300
 1 1991 1991 Leased from
ILFC
Boeing 737-400
 11 1992 1998 2 leased from Pegasus Airlines
1 leased from Luxair

Carnival Air Lines route structure mainly served the northeast U.S., Florida, Los Angeles and the Caribbean.

See also

References

  1. South Florida Business Journal
    . Friday March 28, 1997. Retrieved on May 23, 2009.
  2. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 22–28, 1995. 82. Retrieved on July 25, 2009.
  3. ^ departedflights.com, Nov. 16, 1993 Carnival Air Lines system timetable & route map
  4. ^ "Carnival Air Lines route map". departedflights.com. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Carnival Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Carnival Airlines fleet". aerobernie.bplaced.net. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

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