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Trump Shuttle---Still Alive?  
User currently offlineUApilot7 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 338 posts, RR: 1
Posted (12 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 801 times:

Yesterday, when taking off (after a 45 minute wait on the taxiway), we passed a Trump Shuttle 727 (with winglets!). It was abandon, however.

Is the Trump Shuttle stil alive? Who does this aircraft beling to, Mr. Trump?

That must cost a lot to park there!

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User currently offlineContinentalEWR From United States of America, joined May 2000, 3762 posts, RR: 15
Reply 1, posted (12 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 780 times:

Nope. Trump Shuttle was first leased (the operating rights and the aircraft) to US Air Group, Inc. which then bought the entire operation in 1999.

The Trump Shuttle operated ex-Eastern Air Lines B727-200's and B727-100's
for the flights to DCA and BOS from LGA. Some of those jets made it over to
US Air which has since replaced all of them with A320 and A319 equipment.

ContinentalEWR

User currently offlineBostonBeau From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 459 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (12 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 771 times:

Trump also briefly operated a little known service on weekends between BOS and YUL. Apparently the 727s were not needed as much on the weekends.

User currently offlineN312RC From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 2678 posts, RR: 18
Reply 3, posted (12 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 746 times:

Some of those USAir Shuttle 727's are still in NxxxTP reg.(something like that) indicating that they were once owned by Trump.


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User currently offlineN202PA From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1549 posts, RR: 4
Reply 4, posted (12 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 728 times:

Trump also operated service to Orlando at one point, as I clearly remember seeing and photographing a couple of Trump Shuttle aircraft at MCO around 1990/91.

User currently offlineL1011 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 1583 posts, RR: 10
Reply 5, posted (12 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 716 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

I have also seen a Trump 727 at LGA recently, on the same side of the airport as the Marine Air Terminal, near the intersection of the two runways. Could it be Donald Trump's personal aircraft?

Bob Bradley
Richmond, VA


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User currently offlineVirginA340 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 15 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (12 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 709 times:

If The Don as we New Yorkers like to call him owns his own building then the possiblity of him owning his own 727-200 is quite possible. I'm sure that a rich man like himself can afford the plane parking at LGA.


"FUIMUS"
User currently offlineTWAneedsNOhelp From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (12 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 700 times:

The Donald indeed does own his own private Being 727-200. It is black with gold accents and says "Trump" in small letters near the front. The Trump Shuttle 727-200s were white with a red cheat-line and a large red "T" on the tail.

When Trump went bust, his creditors reposesed the airline and renamed it Shuttle Inc. Shuttle eventually agreed to fly as US Airways Shuttle untill 1999 when US Airways bought Shuttle from The Donald's creditor banks. As mentioed US Airways quickly began retiring the 727s and replaced them with DC-9s untill the new A320 and A319s complete the fleet.

Incidentally, as times are good now, The Donald, last I heard, had acquired a new Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) which I assumed would replace the 727.

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