JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 8298 times:
I'm curious to know if anyone has seen a website or any news information on a new start up in the US using the name "Eastern" or "New Eastern" - I was interested in reading what their business plans, anticipated routes etc are.
Flyby519 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 854 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 8270 times:
Are you sure its a new airline? I heard that Colgan airlines is changing their callsign to "Eastern." Maybe this is the case?
Bx737 From Ireland, joined Sep 2001, 641 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 8230 times:
I remember reading in Airliners magazine many years ago that there was to be a new Eastern with 757s Ithink, but nothing ever came of this. Could this be the same?
MSYtristar From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 6242 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 8228 times:
I think Pan Am 2 (circa 1996) was originally going to be Eastern 2 until Marty Shugrue had a change of plans.
DAYflyer From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 3807 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 8234 times:
There is a new Eastern. Itr is headed up by Joe Leonard, and they remade it into an LCC called AirTran.
Thomas_Jaeger From Switzerland, joined Apr 2002, 2266 posts, RR: 31 Reply 5, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 7904 times:
Eastern Airlines had operated a B737-800 wet-leased from Xtra Airways on services out of Bellingham, Washington for some time in 2006 until I believe mid-2007 until they were forced to suspend operations. One of the Xtra 738s that operates for Myrtle Beach DirectAir now still has the basic Eastern livery.
Swiss aviation news junkie living all over the place
RandyWaldron From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 324 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 7903 times:
Quoting Thomas_Jaeger (Reply 5): Eastern Airlines had operated a B737-800 wet-leased from Xtra Airways
Whoops! Wrong direction on the compass! That was a reincarnation of WESTERN (the airline bought out by Delta in the 1980's).
D328 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 294 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 7692 times:
Quoting Flyby519 (Reply 1): Are you sure its a new airline? I heard that Colgan airlines is changing their callsign to "Eastern." Maybe this is the case?
Hard to believe, called my friend a pilot at Colgan and he knows nothing of it. And why would they switch from Colgan to Eastern. Sounds a little off to me.
EXAAUADL From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 7692 times:
I guess technically Air Tran is liek the "new eastern" in route structure in some ways....in fact back in 1993 before ValuJet took off, one of the names being floated was New Eastern...a lot of FL employees are ex-EA
NASCARAirforce From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 3084 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 7692 times:
I remember reading something like that in Airliners magazine within the past year. It was an interview I believe with someone once involved in Eastern and he bought the rights to the name but never said it was a possibility he might resurrect the name but never mentioned any aircraft type.
DL Widget Head From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 2041 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 7692 times:
There is a new Eastern in the works. A friend of mine had lunch with a consultant for the new Eastern. Obviously, he couldn't reveal too much but did say the new Eastern would be based out of MIA and would offer low fare, high quality service (like Virgin America) to South and Central America, the Caribbean, and various cities throughout North America. No A/C type was mentioned nor a start up date (but certainly within the next year or two). The individuals who had this conversation have unquestionable credibility. Take it for what it's worth.
Dazed767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5447 posts, RR: 53 Reply 12, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 7692 times:
BA747 From Venezuela, joined Sep 2005, 104 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 6743 times:
I hope so. I was an ex-Eastern employee based at CCS. There will never be another airline like EA. Big family, great service on board, they always look after their employees, What else can I say? I will be so happy to see them back at CCS.
Ogre727 From Spain, joined Feb 2005, 693 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 5963 times:
Quoting BA747 (Reply 14): I hope so. I was an ex-Eastern employee based at CCS. There will never be another airline like EA. Big family, great service on board, they always look after their employees, What else can I say? I will be so happy to see them back at CCS.
Do you remember number of flights, frequencies, equipment Eastern used to operate into CCS? in which years? any pictures?
Reggaebird From Jamaica, joined Nov 1999, 1169 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 5963 times:
Quoting BA747 (Reply 14): I hope so. I was an ex-Eastern employee based at CCS. There will never be another airline like EA. Big family, great service on board, they always look after their employees, What else can I say? I will be so happy to see them back at CCS.
Sadly, I fear that there will be fewer and fewer US carriers serving CCS due to the current political climate between the Venezuelan and American governments.
WDBRR From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 604 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 5961 times:
Quoting DL Widget Head (Reply 11): There is a new Eastern in the works. A friend of mine had lunch with a consultant for the new Eastern. Obviously, he couldn't reveal too much but did say the new Eastern would be based out of MIA and would offer low fare, high quality service (like Virgin America) to South and Central America, the Caribbean, and various cities throughout North America. No A/C type was mentioned nor a start up date (but certainly within the next year or two). The individuals who had this conversation have unquestionable credibility. Take it for what it's worth.
I don't think there is much gate space available in MIA, unless
the expansion will free up some old gate space.
UN_B732 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 4286 posts, RR: 5 Reply 18, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 4467 times:
AA will fight this Eastern entity tooth and nail. Hope it works out for them.
Dispatchguy From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1185 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 4467 times:
Does any corporate entities still own the old Eastern name or logo?
WDBRR From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 604 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 3964 times:
Quoting Dispatchguy (Reply 20): Does any corporate entities still own the old Eastern name or logo?
I found this on the United States Patent and Trademark website.
Owner (REGISTRANT) Eastern Air Lines, Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 10 Rockefeller Plz. New York NEW YORK 10020
N62NA From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3681 posts, RR: 4 Reply 22, posted (5 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3873 times:
Quoting WDBRR (Reply 17): I don't think there is much gate space available in MIA, unless
the expansion will free up some old gate space.
At the moment there is less than there used to be due to AA now using the "high numbered" "E" gates, but that's only going to last a year or two until they finally finish the construction on the new north terminal "D" gates.
But, there is plenty of space available in F, G, H.... and of course that brand new, billion dollar south terminal ("J???") complex.
7e72004 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3586 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (5 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3643 times:
Wasn't Peter Uberoth involved in Eastern at some point during the strike of 1989?
The next generation of aircraft is just around the corner!
25 Srbmod: He was part of an investor group that tried to by Eastern but was rebuffed because of (no surprise here) the unions. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/ful
26 DTWAGENT: I would be nice to see Eastern Airlines (new) come back. But, using MIA as their home hub is suicide before they even get this off the paper. AA will
27 Justlump: Colgan is not changing their callsign to 'Eastern'. However, Colgan refers to their US Express operation as 'East' and their CO Connection operation a
28 NASCARAirforce: True, they should base themselves further north - FLL, PBI, TPA, MCO etc. PBI might not be a bad idea, if fares are low enough people will drive from
30 MAH4546: MIA would be the best choice if this hypothetical airline ever gets off the ground (it won't, if it even exists). TPA and PBI don't offer the mass tr
31 787EWR: Might make sense to fly into MIA or FLL and hub at MCO(what kind of gate availability does MCO have now)? If PBI is willing to make the cost consessi
32 Sampa737: I remember reading something about a new Eastern Airlines back in the early 90s. The rumor was that it would be based or at least fly into Birmingham.
33 MIAMIx707: If they fly routes from MCO to Latin America that would be an underserved market they could capitalize on. An existing and still growing market curre
34 Access-Air: Air Tran Airways was started by the former CEO of Mesaba Aviation, Robert Swenson, Back in 1989, when I applied to work for Mesaba, the compnay was c
35 Srbmod: Cough Valujet Cough It was the merger of Valujet and AirTran that really helped to reshape the airline into what has become the spiritual successor t
36 EA CO AS: Who is this individual, and how do I go about contacting him to take these off his hands?
37 Lrdc9: If they can find the room. Isn't that why they were deffering orders also?
38 Srbmod: 7-10 years down the road is a potential time table for the South Passenger Terminal @ ATL being built. It is pretty much assumed that they will be th
39 A388: You mean the new Eastern Airlines, the old original one or both and why hypothetical? A388
40 Hiflyer: Whatever the case is there is plenty of room for a domestic/slash intl startup carrier at MIA....Concourse F is emptying out fairly quickly now as an
41 TrijetsRMissed: A new Eastern would be a welcome sight, as long as they bring back 727-200's in the classic paint scheme, ala the new Pan Am. A new Eastern with 737NG
42 7E72004: WHat about a 737 or A320 in the old colors? Does anyone remember when Midway #1 tried to set up shop in PHL by buying 16 aircraft and use of the 8 gat
43 Dispatchguy: I did some searching and googleing. The current owner of the Eastern Airlines trademark is (according to the patent office website), an individual wh
44 DL Widget Head: Virgin America is indeed a low cost, low fare airline... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_America Virgin America is a U.S. based low-cost airline
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