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Scots in Manchester: Loganair in the 1980s

17/5/2022

2022 marks the 60th anniversary of 'Scotland's Airline' Loganair. The 1980s would see its survival assured by new ownership and expansion south of the border that merited the acquisition of its first jets before its own brand disappeared behind the mask of franchise operations for quarter of a century.

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Triskelion: Manx Airlines

3/5/2022

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Islands have a unique need for strong air services and the islands surrounding Great Britain have historically had many regional airlines providing their connection with the mainland. During the 1980s the Isle of Man gained its own airline and one that would grow well beyond the scope of serving its home island.

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Wilbourne’s Dream: Air Wisconsin 1965-1992

14/9/2020

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The growth of air travel in the USA was such that by the mid-60s there was an increasing role for third-level operators to pick-up short hops from the local service airlines, who only a few years earlier had themselves been picking them up from the trunk airlines. Now they had replaced their DC-3s with gleaming BAC One-Elevens and Douglas DC-9s and a new breed of small operator was stepping in. One of the most successful of these new contenders was Air Wisconsin, which within 18 years was itself a jet operator.

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Shooting Star Pt2: Ansett New Zealand's 90s

18/10/2017

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Competing in the New Zealand domestic market had proved as tough as expected for the young comptitor, which had gone through 3 rebrands within 6 years, but with the strong backing of Ansett and a new young fleet the 90s would prove competition was possible, even if profitability was always on a knife edge.

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Shooting Star Pt1: Newmans - Ansett NZ

6/10/2017

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The New Zealand domestic market had long been the realm of National Airways Corporation (NAC) and later, post-merger, Air New Zealand. There had been attempts to compete but none had been successful or resulted in co-operation rather than competition. It wasn't until the mid-1980s that true competition was possible and out of that Ansett acquired a foothold in the New Zealand market, which it was to hold onto for 13 years.

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AirCal's Search for Silence: MD-80s to 737s to 146s

21/2/2017

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By 1984 AirCal had consolidated its position despite intrusion from new airlines in its core markets. The fleet consisted of 2 737-100s, 14 737-200s and 7 MD-80s and was connecting 13 cities with over 200 flights a day. It was time for fleet renewal, however this would still be incomplete when the airline was consumed in the later rounds of the 1980s merger mania that plagued the US deregulated era.

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A Hell of A Gamble: PSA's 146 Smiliners

19/2/2017

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Deregulation changed the state of play in the Californian market, where unregulated intra-state airlines like PSA and Air California had been battling with the regulated airlines since the 1960s. Competition was stronger than ever with new start up airlines and the trunk airlines looking to create West Coast networks where they had previously had none. This would lead to a tempestuous period for Pacific Southwest. Amongst all this it took a punt on a small four engined British airliner.

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Air California Pt2: AirCal Making Flying Easy

3/8/2015

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Deregulation brought opportunities galore for well run airlines like Air California. It didn't need an invitation to begin expanding outside of California and at the same time took on a new identity and shiny new fleet of aircraft. Despite its success however it couldn't keep the industry mania at bay forever and by 1988 it was gone.

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Scots in Manchester: Loganair in the 1980s

Triskelion: Manx Airlines

Wilbourne’s Dream: Air Wisconsin 1965-1992

Shooting Star Pt2: Ansett New Zealand's 90s

Shooting Star Pt1: Newmans - Ansett NZ

AirCal's Search for Silence: MD-80s to 737s to 146s

A Hell of A Gamble: PSA's 146 Smiliners

Air California Pt2: AirCal Making Flying Easy

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