AIR SOUTH 1994-1997
IATA ICAO Call
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1994
Few of the airlines founded in the 1990s survive as of today. One of them Air south briefly operated from 1994 to 1997 from Atlanta although the company was based in Columbia S.C . Its low cost strategy could not compete with behemoth Delta Airlines and following poor management decision the company folded in 1997.
Its fleet consisted of Boeing 737-200 the workhorse for any new company at that time with 122 seats all economy class accommodation
Flights began in August 1994 according the bureau of transport statistics and consisted 3 routes : Atlanta-Columbia, Atlanta-Pete-Clearwater International and St. Pete-–Clearwater International -Miami.
The network did not change until November 1994 when Raleigh-Durham, Tallahassee and Baltimore were added. The route system consisted of the following routes :ATL-CAE, ATL-TLH,ATL-RDU,BWI-RDU,CAE-RDU,MIA-PIE and PIE-TLH
In December 1994 Jacksonville joins the network with 3 additional routes : BWI-CAE,CAE-JAX, and MIA-JAX (see map below).
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| NETWORK MAP DECEMBER 1994 |
From August to December 1994, the company was able to carry 136839 passengers with a load factor of only 35.8% along a network of 3039 miles
1995
The company trying to adapt to drastic changes in the US aviation environment by adding new services and cancelling others : See the table below, some of the services lasting only a few months. Worth noting is that a significant number of routes launched in 1994 were cancelled except ATL-CAE, ATL-RDU, ATL-TLH,CAE-RDU and JAX-MIA
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| NETWORK MAP DECEMBER 1995 |
The company was able to carry 1308816 passengers with a load factor of 48.9% along a network of 3497 miles
1996
The company tried to diversify its portfolio of destinations, instead of being concentrated in the southern states, the company launched services to the 2 economic poles of the North: Chicago (Midway Airport) and New York (JFK and EWR) from cities that lacked such direct links : MYR, SAV, GSP, CHS,CAE, and ORF to JFK/EWR , ORF,GSP,MYR, and CHS to MDW
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| NETWORK MAP DECEMBER 1996 |
The company was able to carry 1014883 passengers with a load factor of 55.5% along a network of 6788 miles
1997
The company ceased operations in July 1997, despite the efforts to revive links to MDW from CHS and 3 new links CAE-MDW and CHS and ATL to MYR
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| NETWORK MAP JULY 1997 |
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