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World Airways Ceases Operations
Following on the heels of competitor Evergreen International Airlines, World Airways CEO John Graber announced earlier today that World will cease operations immediately, and remaining operating businesses including North American Airlines will see significant reductions. In an email to staff, Graber said “the decisions were made by each Company Board of Directors based upon the events of this week.” (www.nycaviation.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This is sad. I like World Airways. I hope they keep one of their MD-11's in a museum or something
In 1963 I flew on my first jet, a brand new World Airways Boeing 707. I can still see the white jet trimmed in red, setting on the the tarmac at Travis AFB. We flew on to Hickum AFB,
World airways took me to Vietnam in 1971. Left from McGuire AFB, NJ to Ancorage to Tokyo to Bien Hoa. We had Stewardesses, Hot meals and comfortable seats. What a way to go to war.I hate to see it disappear.
I'll always remember this airline as the one who delivered me home from Vietnam in March of 1969. We were snowed in at Tokyo (Yakota was closed and we were the last flt to land at Tokyo intl and had to remain there for 24 hours. After a briefing, we were turned loose and my buddy who had spent 6 weeks at tachikawa (SP) AFB recovering from a gunshot wound to his ass and I headed down there. What a great time. I remember re-boarding our flight but not much else until the stews woke us to announce our decent into Seattle. They said it was the best flight they had because we were all passed out. Thanks World.
I liked this airline. They are one of the better military rotators to the Middle East and back to the states. They are way better than Omni Airlines which packs in their seats like a cattle car to the point where you are in extrema pain 30 minutes after takeoff. World airlines had slightly wider seats and more legroom in their MD-11s.
To be fair though, if it wasn't for the Iraq/Afg war this airline would have went out of business a decade ago. The only thing keeping them afloat were the military contracts. Now that the war is winding down, they are losing a lot of their business.
To be fair though, if it wasn't for the Iraq/Afg war this airline would have went out of business a decade ago. The only thing keeping them afloat were the military contracts. Now that the war is winding down, they are losing a lot of their business.
Looks like North American is done too. They're airline all their crews home and has cant their AMC flights!! This coming from a friend who was supose to leave today on NAA from Norfolk!!!