Air Florida (i)

♦ Air Florida was formed as a scheduled intra-state passenger airline. It began operations on 29Sep1972 and suspended all their flights after going bankrupt on 03Jul1984. Acquired by MIDWAY AIRLINES (1979-1991) ♦

♦ Midway Airlines was founded on 13Oct1976, by investor Irving T. Tague but didn’t start operations until 1979. First major airline to commence operations after the Airline Deregulation Act. Acquired AIR FLORIDA in 1984 and FISCHER BROS AVIATION in 1987. After unsuccessful periods of trading as MIDWAY EXPRESS and MIDWAY METROLINK, the name was changed in 1993 to the current. Midway attempted to sell itself to Northwest Airlines. Northwest pulled out of negotiations on 12Nov1991 and it ceased operations the next day. Its bankruptcy was then re-filed as a liquidation under Chapter 7 bankruptcy laws
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