Contract passenger, cargo services, and charters are undertaken by this little-known carrier from Edmonton, Alberta. The fleet in the 1980s comprises a mix of Learjets and small Cessnas and the workforce averages 25.
Operations continue and in 1993 William Welsh is president.
Flights cease in 1995.
BROOKS AIRWAYS, LTD.: Canada (1932-1934). Brooks Airways, Ltd. is established at Prince Albert in early 1932 and on June 7, inaugurates contract airmail service from its base to Lac la Ronge. On March 16, 1933, every-two-weeks passenger and mail flights are launched from Big River to Ile a la Crosse.
Fourteen months later, on May 1, 1934, scheduled service is initiated from Prince Albert to Ile a la Crosse via Beauval. Operations cease late in the year.
BROOKS FUEL: P. O. Box 61143, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99706, United States; Phone (907) 479-8330; Fax (907) 479-0578; http:// www2.polarnet. com/users/brksfuel; Http://members. tripod. com/ ~WAVEBOT/brooks. html; Year Founded 1986. Roger Brooks forms this Alaskan freight operation at Fairbanks in late 1986 to specialize in the transport of fuel oil to remote locations, mines, and farm communities. A workforce of seven is recruited and flights commence and continue with a fleet that includes 1 ex-USAF C-45G (Beech 18S) and 3 Douglas DC-4s.
On February 21, 1997, a homepage is opened on the World Wide Web.
Services continue into the new millennium. During this time, the fleet is enhanced by the addition of 6 additional DC-4s and 2 DC-7s and airline employment grows to 13.
BROTHERS AIR SERVICES COMPANY, LTD. (BASCO): South Yemen (1968-1971). Following the British withdrawal from South Yemen and the collapse of Aden Airways, Ltd. in 1968, young men from a well-to-do local Yemeni family, the Baharoon brothers, step into the void and create their own airline. With 3 Douglas DC-3s and
1 DC-6B, the private carrier attempts, often with great difficulties, to operate domestic and international services to some of the points visited by its predecessor.
The concern is not a lasting success and, on March 11, 1971, the government steps in and nationalizes it. Alyemda begins services next day.
BROWER AIRWAYS: United States (1968-1980). Thomas J. Whitman forms Brower Airways as a division of the FBO at Fort Madison, Iowa, in 1968. Employing a Beech 55 Baron, he inaugurates scheduled daily passenger and cargo roundtrips to Chicago via Keokuk and Macomb.
Operations continue apace during the remainder of the decade and into the 1970s. During the latter period, corporate headquarters are transferred to Jacksonville, Illinois. The route network is altered into two major segments: Jacksonville to Chicago via Macomb and Jacksonville to St. Louis via Springfield.
Services cease on February 20, 1980.
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