SKY TOURS. See ISLAND AIR LINES

SKY TOURS HAWAII: United States (1965-1971). STH is established at Honolulu in the late fall of 1965 to provide flight-seeing services to destinations to the east. Employing de Havilland DH 104 Doves and Beech 18s, the carrier inaugurates flights on December 3. In 1966, Andrew Flying Service and Pan Pacific Aero are purchased and merged; a brief feeder arrangement is entered into with United Air Lines in 1967.

Operations continue apace and scheduled frequencies, operated with Beech 18s under the name Trans-Isle Airlines, are undertaken between 1969 and 1971, when the company shuts down.

SKY VIEW AIR LINES: United States (1928-1930). Another casualty of the Depression, SVAL is established at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1928 to undertake multistop excursion flights to Niagara Falls. The Ford 4-AT-42 Tri-Motor is acquired on September 28 and services commence from Buffalo in August 1929.

The stock market crash and onset of hard times results in insufficient revenue traffic being generated in 1930. The carrier shuts down at the end of the tourist season in October and the Ford is sold to Long and Harmon of Dallas, Texas, on January 27, 1931.

SKYBIRD AIRCHARTERS, LTD.: Kenya (1990-1992). J. Cleave establishes Skybird at Mombasa in 1990 to offer passenger and cargo charters to bush destinations. Operations commence with a fleet that grows to include 1 Pilatus-Britten - Norman PBN-2A Trislander, 1 Cessna 402, 4 Cessna 310s, and 3 Beech B-58 Barons.

Operations continue for two years.