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Eastern Air Lines (2015)

Eastern Air Lines
Eastern Airlines logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
EA EAL EASTERN
Founded 2011
Commenced operations May 28, 2015
Hubs Miami International Airport
Frequent-flyer program LatinOnePass
Fleet size 4
Destinations 14
Parent company Eastern Air Lines Group, Inc.
Headquarters Miami-Dade County, Florida
Key people CEO: James Tolzien, Vincent Viola
Website http://www.easternairlines.aero

Eastern Air Lines is an airline based in Miami, Florida, founded in 2011. It operates charter flights between Miami and destinations in the United States, Caribbean and Latin America.

The ownership group, Eastern Air Lines Group, purchased the intellectual property, including trademarks, of the original Eastern Air Lines in 2009, and announced in early 2014 that it had filed an application with the United States Department of Transportation for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, which would be followed by certification with the Federal Aviation Administration. On May 28, 2015, Eastern launched charter flights with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Miami International Airport (MIA) to José Martí International Airport in Havana and back to MIA. Two days later, the airline flew as part of Honor Flight, flying 60 veterans to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside of Washington, D.C. Scheduled service was planned to follow 12 to 18 months later.

On June 5, 2016, Eastern Air Lines flew the body of Muhammad Ali from Phoenix, Arizona to Louisville, Kentucky on one of its 737s.

Eastern Air Lines signed a three-year agreement in August 2015 to become the “Official Airline” for University of Miami Athletics. Eastern operates charter flights for some professional sports teams (Florida Panthers, San Francisco Giants, Miami Marlins, Oakland A's, Portland Timbers) and other colleges (Georgia State University, Georgia Southern University). It operates a scheduled charter operation to Cuba serving six cities. Eastern also operates charters to the Caribbean and Latin America (Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Haiti).


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