Sunworld International Airways

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Sunworld International Airways was a small airline that operated in the western USA from 1983 until liquidated in 1988. Towards the end of operations it was known as Sunworld Airlines.

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[edit] Code Information

  • ICAO Code: SWI
  • IATA Code: SM
  • Call Sign: Sunworld

[edit] Company History

Sunworld International Airways (not to be confused with Sunworld International Airlines) was founded by ex-managers of Bonanza Air Lines as Jetwest Internaiontl in 1981, but it began operations on May 27, 1983 under the Sunworld name and used Douglas DC-9 aircraft.

Sunworld was originally based at Las Vegas, Nevada but shortly after being founded moved its base to Reno, Nevada. Some cities served from Reno and Las Vegas were:

  • Omaha, NE
  • Portland, OR
  • San Diego, CA
  • Ontario, CA
  • Spokane, WA
  • San Jose, CA
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • Oakland, CA

In 1985 the Boeing 737-300 was received and put into service. Also, three Boeing 727-200s were operated.

In January 1988 all flights were cancelled due to financial reasons and the only route kept open was Las Vegas-Omaha plus some charter work. By April Sunworld had to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and with debts of over $15 million operations could not be sustained and on November 7, 1988 the airline was liquidated. [1]

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[edit] Referectes

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