Nationwide Airlines Southeast

Nationwide Airlines Southeast operated out of Atlanta using a Beech Queenair. The airline motto was ‘Gets you to the Jets on time’. Renamed to Air South
– [Air South was known until Jan1969 as Nationwide Airlines Southeast, and operated scheduled commuter services linking Atlanta with Albany, Brunswick/St Simons Island and Waycross. Taken over by Air Florida in 1980]
– [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 Derugulation 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,it ceased operations the next day. Its bankruptcy was then re-filed as a liquidation under Chapter 7 bankruptcy laws
~ domestic and regional carrier]

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