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"United Breaks Guitars" is a trio of protest songs by Canadian musician Dave Carroll and his band, Sons of Maxwell. It chronicles a real-life experience of how his guitar was broken during a trip on United Airlines in 2008 and the obstructively uncooperative reaction from the airline.
A SCADTA Junkers W 34 "Magdalena", circa 1920s. The airline traces its history back to December 5, 1919, in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia.Colombians Ernesto Cortissoz Alvarez-Correa (the first President of the airline), Rafael María Palacio, Cristóbal Restrepo, Jacobo Correa and Aristides Noguera and Germans Werner Kämmerer, Stuart Hosie and Albert Tietjen founded the Colombo-German ...
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S/A (Azul Brazilian Airlines; or simply Azul) is a Brazilian airline headquartered in Barueri, a suburb of São Paulo. [7] The company's business model is to stimulate demand by providing frequent and affordable air service to underserved markets throughout Brazil.
Air Wisconsin Airlines is a regional airline based at Appleton International Airport in the town of Greenville, Wisconsin near Appleton. [5] Air Wisconsin originally operated as one of the original United Express partners in 1985, and subsequently operated as US Airways Express on behalf of US Airways prior to becoming an American Eagle regional air carrier.
Ethiopian Airlines (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer menged), formerly Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, [29] [30] and is wholly owned by the country's government.
Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. is an American airline holding corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, [1] [2] that owns Republic Airways, an American regional airline operating in the United States, and LIFT Academy, the only flight training academy owned by an airline in the United States.
The airline also embarked on a marketing campaign to encourage travelers to consider visiting West Germany as it rebuilt in the wake of World War II and to use its hub to connect to other locations across Europe. By 1963, the airline, initially limited in its public relations efforts, had become a major purveyor of West Germany's image abroad. [31]
The new airline commenced international services in 1955 to London, via Cairo and Rome. [5] In 1964 it became the first non-Communist airline to fly to China. [6] The airline assisted in the establishment of Emirates in 1985. [7] In 2004, PIA became the launch customer of the Boeing 777-200LR.