Air Idaho

♦ Trans Magic Airlines was organised in 1969 by an automobile dealer of twenty years from Jerome, Idaho named Ross C. Lee and his 2 sons. The purpose of the commuter airline was to replace service being abandoned buy Air West, formerly West Coast Airlines, among Boise, Idaho and Hailey (Sun Valley), Idaho and Burley, Idaho and Boise, Idaho. Bad news for Trans Magic Airlines came when Howard Hughes purchased Air West and replaced all of the Fairchild F-27 aircraft with Douglas DC-9 aircraft. Air West became Hughes Air West. It was the beginning of the end for Trans Magic Airlines. TMA was renamed to Air Idaho in 1974. Air Idaho was a short lived airline operating de Havilland DH.114 Heron aircraft, based in Twin Falls Idaho. From 1974 to Dec1975 it served Sun Valley and Twin Falls ♦