Florida Express

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Florida Express
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Florida Express BAC 1-11
IATA ICAO Call sign
ZO[1] FLX[2] FLEXAIR[2]
Founded24 January 1983
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Operating basesOrlando, Florida
Fleet size19
Destinations14
HeadquartersOrlando, Florida
United States
FounderGordon Linkon (CEO)
Employees385 (1985)

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Florida Express was an airline headquartered in Orlando, Florida, United States. Orlando International Airport (MCO) served as the airline's hub with a point-to-point linear route system in the eastern U.S. and Florida. Established in 1984,[3] the air carrier operated a small fleet consisting exclusively of British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven twin jet aircraft and employed approximately 385 employees in 1985.[4] It was incorporated in Delaware on January 24, 1983[5] and received its economic certificate from the Civil Aeronautics Board exactly a year later on January 24, 1984.[6] First flight was January 26, 1984 and it was co-founded and led by Gordon Linkon, a former Midway Airlines president and Frontier Airlines executive.[7] The airline completed an initial public offering on October 16, 1985, raising $13mm.[8] The airline's toll-free phone number was 1-800-FAST-JET.[9]

On October 28, 1987, the second incarnation of Braniff announced its acquisition of Florida Express in a deal worth $20mm (over $50mm in 2024 dollars).[10] After government approvals, the deal closed on April 19, 1988.[11] However, before the deal closed, from January 15, 1988 onward, Florida Express flew for Braniff under the name Braniff Express.[12]

Fleet

1987-88 World Airline Fleets (copyright 1987) lists the Florida Express fleet as follows:[1]

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  • 6 BAC 1-11-201AC
  • 9 BAC 1-11-203AE
  • 3 BAC 1-11-401AK
  • 1 BAC 1-11-414AE

The 203AE series aircraft were originally delivered to Braniff International Airways,[13] the US trunk carrier that ceased operation in 1982, a separate but related carrier from the Braniff that bought Florida Express.

Destinations

As of January 1984:[14]

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As of April 1986:[15]

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See also

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gunter G. Endres (1987). 1987-88 World Airline Fleets. Feltham, Middlesex, UK: Browcom Publishing. p. 170. ISBN 0946141304.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Change 4 to Order 7310.1N, Contractions (Report). Federal Aviation Administration. 20 July 1995. p. 3-1-25. hdl:2027/ufl.31262091395771.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Florida Express, Sunshine Skies, retrieved August 12, 2018
  4. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 30, 1985. 78." Retrieved on June 17, 2009.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Open Corporates record for Delaware incorporation of Florida Express". opencorporates.com. Open Corporates. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Florida Express, Fitness Investigation". Civil Aeronautics Board Reports. 105: 389–392. November 1983 – January 1984. hdl:2027/osu.32437000534046.
  7. ^ Florida Express From the Ground Up, Orlando Sentinel, July 9, 1984
  8. ^ Florida Express stock stale misses target by $3 million, Orlando Sentinel, October 17, 1985
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1987 - Ad for Florida Express Airlines" (video). youtube.com. TheClassicSports. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  10. ^ Braniff, Florida Express announce merger plans, Orlando Sentinel, October 29, 1987
  11. ^ Florida Express no more - It's Braniff from now on, Orlando Sentinel, April 20, 1988
  12. ^ Braniff, Florida Express have a date at the altar, Palm Beach Post, April 18, 1988
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Malcolm L. Hill (1999). BAC One-Eleven. Ramsbury, Wiltshire, UK: Crowood Press. p. 187. ISBN 1861262191.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Florida Express Flight Schedule". timetableimages.com. Florida Express. 26 January 1984. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Florida Express Jet Schedule". timetableimages.com. Florida Express. 27 April 1986. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Norwood, Tom (1996). Deregulation Knockouts: Round One. Sand Point, Idaho: Airways International. p. 86. ISBN 9780965399302.

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