Primaris Airlines
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| Founded | 2002 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | June 1, 2004 | ||||||
Ceased operations | December 2, 2008 | ||||||
Operating bases | McCarran International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | ||||||
| Founder | Mark Morris (CEO) | ||||||
| Employees | 140 (as of January 2008)[1] | ||||||
| Website | primarisairlines.com | ||||||
Primaris Airlines, Inc. was an American charter airline located in Enterprise, Nevada. It operated domestic and international services.[1]
History
The airline was established in 2002 and started operations on June 1, 2004.[2] It achieved an FAA certified Part 121 certification in June 2004 as a Domestic, Flag, and supplemental operator. It achieved 180-minute ETOPS certification on November 3, 2006.[3]
Primaris operated the Kona Shuttle for a few years from Oakland, CA (OAK) to Kona, Hawaii (KOA).
On October 10, 2008, Primaris Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S.Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona, and suspended operations on December 2, 2008, due to a lack of available funding.[4] After several months attempting to secure continuation funding, the CH.11 trustee moved to convert the filing to CH.7 liquidation on March 30, 2009.[5]
Fleet
Primaris Airlines included the following aircraft:[6]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers (Business) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 757-200 | 3 | 126[7] |
Primaris previously placed an order for 20 Boeing 737-800 and another 20 for the then-upcoming Boeing 787 Dreamliner.[8] The airline planned to use these aircraft to expand its services internationally, but canceled the orders in June 2006.[9] No reason was given for the order cancellation.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 65.
- ^ FAA Air Carrier Certificate
- ^ "Other News - 02/08/2007". Aviationweek.com. February 9, 2007.
- ^ Darren Shannon (December 9, 2008). "Primaris Closes Its Doors". Aviationweek.com.
- ^ U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case 2:08-bk-14060-RJH
- ^ "Primaris Airlines". rzjets. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Order 2004-4-2 Served" (PDF).
- ^ "Boeing Confirms Primaris Airlines' Selection of the 7E7 Dreamliner". Boeing.mediaroom.com. October 21, 2004.
- ^ Wallace, James (2006-07-06). "Boeing customer cancels order for 787s". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
External links
Media related to Primaris Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
- Primaris Airlines domain name expired on 09/26/2009 and is pending renewal or deletion