Aviation From Australia, joined Dec 2004, 1143 posts, RR: 23 Posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3837 times:
Hi all,
I just wanted to know the major dates of the end of Easern Airlines, when did they shut down?, when did they announce bacnkruptcy? (why did they end bankruptcy, merger?) etc.
Thanks,
Aaron J Nicoli
Signed, Aaron J Nicoli - Trans World Airlines Collector, Stoie Systems CEO
Isitsafenow From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 4984 posts, RR: 26 Reply 1, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3812 times:
Eastern filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 9, 1989, shut down all operations on January 18, 1991 and liquidated later that year.
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Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7336 posts, RR: 52 Reply 3, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 3719 times:
Aviation From Australia, joined Dec 2004, 1143 posts, RR: 23 Reply 4, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3630 times:
Quoting FI642 (Reply 2): ........and I for one still REALLY miss EAL. No one, and I do mean NO ONE treated non-rev's like Eastern. I never ever rode in coach on Eastern.
I Love EAL too, thats why I asked, they are still a great |AIRLINE|.
Thanks everyone for all the help so far.
Thanks,
Aaron J Nicoli
Signed, Aaron J Nicoli - Trans World Airlines Collector, Stoie Systems CEO
FlagshipAZ From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3419 posts, RR: 15 Reply 5, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 3516 times:
An Eastern Airlines trivia fact for you. Here's their fleet when operations ceased for the last time in January 1991.
A300B4 = 13 (peaked at 32)
727-225 = 54 (peaked at 91)
757-225 = 22 (peaked at 25)
DC-9-30 = 42 (peaked at 82)
DC-9-50 = 26 (still peaked at 26)
L-1011 = 11 (peaked at 43)
Jetdeltamsy From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 2984 posts, RR: 8 Reply 6, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 3457 times:
My first post-college job.
While the labor situation was total chaos, it was still a fun place to work. The happiest and most friendly people in the world worked there. We (labor) would argue and fight with management all week long, then meet in Cancun or someplace and party all weekend long.
My partner was very ill the last year I worked there and management could not have been more supportive of me, even though I was a "militant" flight attendant.
Worked for too many airlines to list. Banktupcy after bankruptcy after bankruptcy.
SATX From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 2840 posts, RR: 8 Reply 8, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3214 times:
Quoting FI642 (Reply 2): No one, and I do mean NO ONE treated non-rev's like Eastern. I never ever rode in coach on Eastern.
Cause and effect? I agree that filling premium seats is a good thing, but with non-revs? By the time every paying customer with status is moved into an available premium seat, I doubt there would be any left for non-revs.
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Cody From United States of America, joined May 1999, 1918 posts, RR: 10 Reply 9, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day ago) and read 3075 times:
Quoting Jetdeltamsy (Reply 6): An Eastern Airlines trivia fact for you. Here's their fleet when operations ceased for the last time in January 1991.
A300B4 = 13 (peaked at 32)
727-225 = 54 (peaked at 91)
757-225 = 22 (peaked at 25)
DC-9-30 = 42 (peaked at 82)
DC-9-50 = 26 (still peaked at 26)
L-1011 = 11 (peaked at 43)
I wonder if they flew any of those L1011's on scheduled routes in January? I was looking through the February 1991 OAG (just to see what changes EAL had in store for Feb.) and the only L1011 route would have been ATL-SJU-ATL once a day. Yet several L1011's were photographed the day of the shutdown sitting around in MIA. So apparently they were either about to ground them, or they were going to be used on Military Charters. Does anyone know for sure?
TUNisia From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1834 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day ago) and read 3055 times:
Quoting FI642 (Reply 2): ........and I for one still REALLY miss EAL. No one, and I do mean NO ONE treated non-rev's like Eastern. I never ever rode in coach on Eastern.
TWA treated former Eastern employees very well. I met a former Eastern Airlines pilot at STL a while back and my parents invited him and his wife to come with us to the Ambassador Club.
Anyhow, we got to talking he said that TWA was one of the only airlines (if the only) that still honored his travel benefits as a retired Eastern Airlines pilot. The story was much longer than that, but it was really touching. I wonder if AA is still honoring this?
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