McClain Airlines

♦ McClain Airlines was founded in 1984 and began flights on 13Oct1986 between Chicago O’Hare and Los Angeles and between Chicago O’Hare and Rockford (IL) in order to exercise its use-or-lose rights for O’Hare slots. The Rockford service was soon replaced by a Chicago-Phoenix-Los Angeles route. McClain’s aircraft (B.727s) were seized by the lessor on 04Feb1987 over a payment dispute. Flights resumed the following day, but were suspended again on 23Feb1987 when the company filed for bankruptcy