TNAS is founded at Las Vegas during the summer of 1968 to provide scheduled passenger and cargo flights over local routes from the city. Beech 18 and Aero Commander 500 revenue flights commence on August 30, but cannot be maintained a year.
TRANS NEW YORK AIRLINES: United States (1981-1982). Early in 1981, TNYA is established at New York City to provide a rotary-wing shuttle service linking John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark International Airport, and La Guardia Airport with Manhattan’s Wall Street heliport. Employing 3 Agusta A109s, the carrier inaugurates scheduled flights on March 30.
Recession, high expenses, and low traffic cause the company to cease operations in 1982.
TRANS NORTH AIR, LTD.: Canada (1966-1987). Trans-North is established at Whitehorse in 1966 to provide regional helicopter passenger and cargo and passenger and freight charter services throughout the Yukon region. Services commence in 1967 and between 1968 and 1971 , routes are developed to a variety of Yukon destinations, including Pine Lake, Faro, and Rose River. Fixed-wing aircraft are added in the latter year.
Great Northern Airways, Ltd. is acquired in 1972 and services are extended down into British Columbia and northern Alberta. The mixed fleet grows to include Douglas DC-3s, de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200s, Cessna and Beech lightplanes and helicopters. Scheduled services begin in 1976.
By 1980, President R. F. Connelly’s fleet comprises 2 Douglas DC-3s, 2 Twin Otters, 2 Cessna 404 Titans, 1 Cessna 402, 1 Cessna 310, 2 Bell 204Bs, 11 Bell 206B JetRangers, 4 Hughes 369s, and 2 Bell Model 47Gs.
Enplanements total 30,000 in 1981 and 20,000 in 1982. A DHC-6-300 is sold to Baker Aviation, Ltd. in 1983. Airline employment reaches 90 in 1984 and in May, international DC-3 service is started from Whitehorse to Juneau, Alaska. By 1986 the fleet comprises 2 DC-3s, 1 DHC-6-300, 2 Embraer EMB-110s, 2 Cessna 404s, 12 Bell 206B JetRangers, and 2 Bell Model 47s, plus 3 Hughes 500s and 1 Aerospatiale Alouette III. Operations cease in 1987.
TRANS NORTH AVIATION, LTD.: P. O. Box 1445, Eagle RiverAir-port, Eagle River, Wisconsin 54521, United States; Phone (715) 4796777; Fax (715) 479-8178; Http://www. transnorth. com; Code 4Q; Year Founded 1980. Ronald J Schaberg establishes this small regional at Eagle River, Wisconsin, in the early fall of 1980, initially as an FBO and charter operation. In 1981, the decision is taken to provide scheduled passenger and cargo services to the “second home” area of northern Wisconsin. Employing a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, the company inaugurates daily roundtrips in October linking its base with Chicago’s Pal-waukee Airport, Green Bay, Woodruff, and Sturgeon Bay
Both scheduled and charter operations continue apace over the next 19 years. In 2000, President Schaberg’s Eagle River fleet includes 1 each Navajo Chieftain, Beech 1900 Airliner, and Cessna 421C Golden Eagle.
A Beech Super King Air 100 and a Cessna 340A are stationed at Green Bay and a Cessna 340A is also based at Charleston, South Carolina.
TRANS OCEANIC AIRWAYS (PTY.), LTD.: Australia (19471953). Trans Oceanic is formed at Sydney in early 1947 to begin flights to Lord Howe Island and Hobart with the Short S.25 Sandringhams Beachcomber and Australis. Revenue flight operations commence on February 24. These routes are maintained during 1948-1952, but are finally purchased, along with the flying boats, by Ansett Airlines of Australia (Pty.), Ltd. in 1953.
TRANS OCEANIC LINES, LTD.: Seychelles (1963-1968). This ambitious, but tiny, carrier is established at Victoria on the island of Mahe in 1963 to offer service to Kenya. Employing a pair of Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina flying boats, the company launches 1,200-mi, 9-hr. flights to Nairobi via Port Reitz.
Flights continue until the company shuts its doors in 1968.
TRANS PACIFIC AIRLINES (PTY.), LTD.: P. O. Box 1379, Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia; Year Founded 1996. This commuter is established at Cairns in the spring of 1996 to offer third-level scheduled services to local destinations. Revenue flights commence and continue with one each Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante and Dornier 228-200.
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