Holiday Airlines (US airline)
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| Founded | 1965[2] | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1975[3] | ||||||
| Focus cities | Lake Tahoe Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
Holiday Airlines was an intrastate airline in the United States. Holiday operated scheduled passenger service with Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops in California primarily serving Lake Tahoe Airport from both the Los Angeles-Burbank-Long Beach-San Diego area in southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California during the 1960s and 1970s.[4][5] The company slogans were Fastest Fun in the West and The Great Chair Lift.[6]
The Holiday Airlines name was also used by a commuter air carrier in the northeast U.S. during the 1980s which operated small Beechcraft 1900 and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprop aircraft and used the two letter "JO" IATA airline code.[7][8]
Fleet[]
The Holiday Airlines fleet in California consisted of the following aircraft:
Destinations[]
The airline served the following destinations in California during its existence:[9][10]
- Burbank (BUR)
- Lake Tahoe (TVL) - focus destination
- Long Beach (LGB)
- Los Angeles (LAX)
- Oakland (OAK)
- San Diego (SAN)
- San Jose (SJC)
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ "LAX74intro".
- ^ "America's Airports: Tale of a Gem". www.aopa.org. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Lake Tahoe Airport's heyday is long past, but facility may soar again". www.tahoedailytribune.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Airline Timetable Images". www.timetableimages.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "History of Holiday Airlines". departedwings.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Holiday Airlines". www.airtimes.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "Holiday Airlines (2)". www.timetableimages.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "Holiday Airlines October 5, 1987 Route Map". www.departedflights.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "Holiday Airlines April 15, 1974 Route Map". www.departedflights.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "Holiday Airlines (1)". www.timetableimages.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
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