Air Wisconsin
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| Founded | 1965 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | August 23, 1965 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | AAdvantage (American Eagle) | ||||||
| Alliance | Oneworld (American Eagle) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 67 as of October 2016 | ||||||
| Parent company | CJT Holdings | ||||||
| Headquarters | Appleton, Wisconsin | ||||||
| Key people | Christine Deister (President and CEO) | ||||||
| Employees | 1,500 | ||||||
| Website | http://www.airwis.com | ||||||
As American Eagle:
Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (AWAC) is a regional airline based at Appleton International Airport in the town of Greenville,Wisconsin, United States, near Appleton. Air Wisconsin is the largest privately held regional airline in the United States. It operates regional jet flights as American Eagle under contract to American Airlines, serving 69 cities in the US and Canada with hubs at Philadelphia International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport .
In 1963 investors from the Fox Cities raised $110,000 ($835976.77 adjusting for inflation) to start a new airline. The airline was established in 1965 and started operations on August 23, 1965 using a single de Havilland Dove with 9 passenger seats. It was founded to connect Appleton, Wisconsin with Chicago. In September 1978 the airline was certified by the Civil Aeronautics Board as an air carrier. In October 1978 it had over $10 million in assets. Joining Air Wisconsin in 1965 as traffic manager and eventually becoming president, Preston H. Wilbourne's leadership oversaw Air Wisconsin grow to an airline serving 29 cities in an 11 state area with 32 aircraft boarding over 10,000 passengers daily. Air Wisconsin gained the nicknames "Air Willy" and "Rag Tag" and more recently "Air Wisky".
Air Wisconsin pioneered the concept of code sharing as a United Express carrier and rapidly became the nation's largest regional airline in the 1980s. In 1985 it merged with Mississippi Valley Airlines (MVA) and continued to operate under the Air Wisconsin name. In 1990 it acquired Denver-based Aspen Airways and was itself bought by United Airlines a year later.
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