Independent Air

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Independent Air was an Charter Airlines airline based in the United States.

Contents 1 Code Data 2 Atlanta Skylarks 3 Independent Air 4 The 1989 Azores crash 5 After the crash 6 Fleet Details (1987) 7 Accidents and incidents 8 External Links 9 References

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: IDN
• ICAO Code:
• Callsign: Independent

[edit] Atlanta Skylarks

Independent Air originated with the Atlanta Skylarks Travel Club and it operated flights for this club beginning in July 1966 with a single DC-7. By early 1970's it expanded charter operations to the Caribbean using a Caravelle and two Boeing 720's. In 1984 the company name changed to Independent Air. From 1966 until 1984 Atlanta Skylarks was restricted to flights for the Skylarks Travel Club.

[edit] Independent Air

After the name change to Independent Air, the company was granted a license for worldwide charters. Independent Air also flew charters for the US military.

[edit] The 1989 Azores crash

On 8th February, 1989 one of its 707s crashed on approach to Santa Maria in the Azores, all 137 people on board were killed.

[edit] After the crash

By 1990 Independent Air was planning to start scheduled flights between New York and Puerto Rico but those plans were not realized. In the meantime, fallout from the Azores accident led to contracts with tour operators being canceled and flights were suspended in November 1990. ^[1]

[edit] Fleet Details (1987)

• 3 - Boeing 707-331B
• 1 - Boeing 727-100

[edit] Accidents and incidents

• 8 February 1989: Independent Air Flight 1851 crashed into a hill; everyone on the Boeing 707 died.

[edit] External Links

• Code and fleet information

[edit] References

1. ^ Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing