Southeast Airlines
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Southeast Airlines (IATA: none, ICAO: SNK, and Callsign: none), abbreviated SEAL, was a low fare public charter airline in the United States, headquartered in Largo, Florida, which offered regular service to eight destinations. It used four Douglas DC-9 and four McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft. It abruptly ceased operations on November 30, 2004. Passengers that were scheduled to fly were advised via the airline's website to request a chargeback from their credit card company or file a request for a refund from the airline's escrow fund if they paid in cash. Charter lines, including Southeast, are required to keep all fare payments by customers in an escrow fund until the flights actually occur. Various airlines offered displaced customers standby status on their flights. It had been flying for twelve years at the time of shutdown.
The airline employed over three hundred people at the time of its shutdown; nearly all of them were laid off when the airline ceased operations. Many employees were not able to cash their final paycheck due to the airline running out of cash. In addition, southeast's escrow account had a negative balance in the millions after refunds were issued to customers. (ref: 14 CFR chapter 121 Supplemental Ops)
Southeast had secured the rights to use the "Sun King" logo as their airline's logo. The "Sun King" is famous for being the symbol of National Airlines, a US airline which merged with Pan American World Airways in the 1980s.
[edit] Destinations served
- Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Columbus, Ohio
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Gulfport, Mississippi
- Gary, Indiana
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Newburgh, New York
- Orlando, Florida
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- St. Petersburg, Florida
- Nashville, Tennessee
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