INTERCIEL SERVICE, S. A.: France (1987-1990). Interciel, also known as Intercargo System, is established at Paris in early 1987 to offer all-cargo charter and contract service flights to regional destinations, including many in the Mediterranean and Mideast. Revenue operations commence with a leased fleet of 2 B-737-230Cs, 1 B-737-242C, 2 B-737-2K2Cs, and 1 B-737-2Q5Cs.
Three years later in 1990, company officials, faced with the problems associated with the costs and market closures of the Gulf War, elect to join with Air Inter, S. A. to form Aeropostale, S. A. (2).
INTERCITY AIR, LTD.: Canada (1983-1986). Intercity is established at Kelowna, British Columbia, during the summer of 1983 as a division of Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, Ltd. An application is placed with the government of Canada seeking permission to begin scheduled services throughout the southern part of the province.
Authority is received in October to begin revenue services and over the next eight months, planning for flights is undertaken. Employing a Convair CV-580 and a Swearingen Metro II leased from the parent, Intercity inaugurates scheduled services on June 4, 1984.
Flights linking Kelowna with Kamloops, Vancouver, and Penticton are continued during the remainder of the year and through most of the next two. During these years, a British Aerospace (BAe) 748-2A joins the fleet. Service is suspended in October 1986.
INTERCITY AIRLINES, LTD.: United Kingdom (1981-1983). Intercity is formed at East Midlands Airport in early 1981 to operate contract services for the Scottish oil industry, as well as a limited number of scheduled commuter routes to such points at London (CTN) and Manchester. Revenue flights commence in May with a Shorts 330-200 and continue until the company shuts its doors in August 1983.
INTERCITY AIRWAYS (PTY.), LTD.: Australia (1936-1937). IAis set up at Sydney in the fall of 1936. Outfitted with an L. J.W.-7 Gannett, the company begins twice-weekly service to Nyngan and Broken Hill on November 16. On July 30, 1937, the carrier is purchased and merged into Southern Airlines and Freighters (Pty.), Ltd.
INTERCONAIR (IRISH INTERCON CATTLE MEATS, LTD.): Ireland (1975-1977). Interconair is formed at Shannon in 1975 for the express purpose of transporting frozen Irish beef to London (CTN). A single Bristol Britannia 235F is acquired and given a plain white livery, with the Irish flag and a pair of cattle horns painted on its tail. Revenue flights commence in the spring and continue without incident until the Bristol is destroyed as the result of a bad landing at Shannon in September 1977.
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