New York Air was a startup airline that served the ‘Big Apple’ in the early and mid-1980s. Based out of the city’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA), it was a subsidiary of the wider ‘Texas Air Corporation’ holding company. Formed to compete with Eastern Air LinesNew York Air came into existence in September 1980, when its parent company, the Texas Air Corporation, announced plans for a low-cost startup in the northeast of the US. New York Air’s fleetOver the course of its seven-year history, New York Air operated various US-built widebody jetliners. Further growth continued throughout the mid-1980s, until the Texas Air Corporation saw it necessary to merge New York Air into Continental Airlines.

Source: Ethiopian News January 02, 2022 03:33 UTC