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Midway Airlines (1976–1991)

March 08, 2023

For the North Carolina-based Midway Airlines, see Midway Airlines (1993–2003).

Midway Airlines was a United States airline based in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded on August 6, 1976, by investor Kenneth T. Carlson and joined by Irving T. Tague and William B. Owens on October 13, 1976, filing with the Civil Aeronautics Board (CA) for an airline operating certificate. Although it received its operating certificate from the CAB prior to the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978, it is widely recognized as the first post-deregulation start-up. The airline commenced operations on October 31, 1979.[1]

Midway Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
ML MDW MIDWAY
FoundedAugust 6, 1976 (1976-08-06)
Commenced operationsOctober 31, 1979 (1979-10-31)
Ceased operationsNovember 13, 1991 (1991-11-13)
HubsChicago Midway International Airport
Frequent-flyer programFlyersFirst
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Key peopleDavid R. Hinson (CEO)

The airline was intended to breathe new life into Midway International Airport, then called Chicago Midway Airport, which had lost most of its scheduled flights to O'Hare International Airport. The airline took its name from this airport. Midway Airlines and the revitalized airport were advertised as a trouble-free alternative to O'Hare, and both of these spurred re-development and growth on Chicago's South Side. The airport was billed as a convenient ten- to fifteen-minute drive from downtown Chicago.

The airline went bankrupt in 1991 and was dissolved in 1992. A group of investors bought the airline's name and started a new separate company called Midway Airlines, which flew from 1993 to 2003.[2]

History

 
Douglas DC-9-15 of Midway Airlines in 1982 wearing the airline's early color scheme

Following the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, Midway first emerged as a discount carrier. It was noted for its low fares and ease of connections at Midway Airport. The airline purchased three Douglas DC-9s from Trans World Airlines and began service on October 31, 1979,[1] flying to Cleveland, Ohio's Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport, Kansas City, Missouri, and Detroit, Michigan.[1] The scheduled service was an instant success. In 1980, Midway bought five more DC-9s and added flights to St. Louis, Missouri, New York City's La Guardia Airport, and Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C.; it also shifted its Cleveland service to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The airline also briefly served Minneapolis, Minnesota, but dropped this service shortly after it began.[3]

During the 1980s, the airline adopted a combination of all-leather two-by-two seating to business markets and all-coach seating to vacation destinations. It eventually dropped this idea due to the impact on revenue caused by eliminating seats, and the confusion it created in the minds of connecting passengers.

The carrier expanded into the Caribbean via the purchase in 1984 of the assets of Air Florida, which had gone into bankruptcy. It proved to be good mix of business and vacation travel revenue. Midway flourished under the leadership of David R. Hinson, who was its chief executive officer from 1985 to 1991. In 1984, Boeing 737-200 flights to the Caribbean were being operated by subsidiary Midway Express while DC-9 domestic jet service was flown Midway Metrolink.[4]

 
Midway Airlines Boeing 737-200

In 1986 the company assisted in setting up a successful regional affiliate, Midway Connection, as a feeder operating commuter turboprop aircraft with service to small communities in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This carrier was established following the bankruptcy of Chicago Air, a regional carrier which attempted a similar, but independent, feeder operation earlier in 1986.

On a June 1988 weekday, Midway scheduled 116 nonstop flights into Midway Airport from 25 airports, along with 75 Midway Connection nonstops from 17 other airports. They flew Chicago Midway (MDW) - Miami (MIA) - Saint Croix (STX) - St. Thomas (STT) round trip as well as Chicago Midway (MDW) - Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - Nassau (NAS) round trip ; aside from those, all Chicago flights were nonstop to and from Midway Airport. Midway Airlines′ peak year was 1989, when it flew 10.1 billion revenue passenger-kilometers, compared to 0.6 billion in 1981.[5]

Midway Airlines was noted for friendly employees and attentive service, and its Chicago South Side passengers were fiercely loyal to their hometown airline. Some of the signature in-flight service items were after-dinner chocolate wafer mints and hot hand towels for the entire cabin, both of which had originally caught on with Midway's business clientele.[citation needed]

In June 1989, Midway Airlines agreed to purchase a hub operation at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for $100 million along with $100 million worth of DC-9 jets from the bankrupt Eastern Air Lines.[6] The company began hub operations in Philadelphia in November 1989.[7] However, less than a year later, competition with the US Airways Philadelphia hub, coupled with rising jet fuel prices following the August 1990 IraqI invasion of Kuwait, caused the company to quit its Philadelphia hub. In October 1990 it sold its Philadelphia assets to USAir for $67.5 million.[8]

 
Boeing 737-200 N702ML in Midway Airlines/Southwest Airlines hybrid livery.

Citing the high price of jet fuel during the 1991 Gulf War and a drop in passengers in the recession that followed, the airline filed Chapter 11 in March 1991.[9] In reorganization, Midway attempted to sell itself to Northwest Airlines. Northwest pulled out of negotiations on November 12, 1991, however, and Midway ceased operations the next day.[10] Its bankruptcy was re-filed as a liquidation under Chapter 7 bankruptcy laws.

The airline was dissolved in 1992. A group of investors bought the Midway Airlines name and started a new airline using the name in 1993. That airline went bankrupt in 2003.[2]

Destinations

Canada

Caribbean

United States

Fleet

Midway Airlines historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Remark
Boeing 737-200 14 1985 1992 [11]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 1 1979 1991 [12]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 8 1979 1993 [11]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 38 1981 1994 [11]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 17 1984 1993 [11]
McDonnell Douglas MD-81 2 1983 1985 N10028, N10029[11]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 4 1990 1992 N809ML, N810ML, N811ML, N812ML[11]
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 3 1990 1992 N905ML, N906ML, N907ML[11]
McDonnell Douglas MD-87 8 1989 1993 [11]
McDonnell Douglas MD-88 2 1990 1992 N903ML, N904ML[11]

Midway Metrolink

From 1983 to 1985 Midway experimented with a one-class business service called "Midway Metrolink" on some of its flights.[1] Seating was 2x2 on DC-9s, which typically have 2x3 seating.

Midway Express

After its initial acquisition of Air Florida, Midway Airlines operated a stand-alone service named "Midway Express", which flew some of Air Florida's former tourist routes. In 1984, Midway Express was serving four airports in Florida, including Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando and West Palm Beach as well as St. Thomas and St. Croix in the Caribbean.[4] The airline initially operated Boeing 737-200 jets which had been formerly operated by Air Florida.[13] By 1990, Midway had added service to Fort Myers, Jacksonville and Sarasota in Florida as well as to Nassau and Freeport in the Bahamas.[14]

Midway Connection

In 1987 Midway Airlines purchased commuter air carrier Fischer Brothers Aviation based in Galion, Ohio, and moved the entire operation to Springfield, Illinois. Fischer Brothers Aviation had previously operated Allegheny Commuter service for Allegheny Airlines and successor USAir and then began operating Northwest Airlink service on behalf of Northwest Airlines. The initial move consisted of the Fischer Brothers management team (including Vice President of Operations Armando Cardenas, Chief Pilot Mark Zweidinger, Vice President of Customer Service Mark Fisher, Director of Maintenance Craig Anderson and Personnel Manager Cynthia Baldwin) and was led by Midway Airlines executive Richard Pfennig. Offers of employment were extended to the pilots and maintenance team that wanted to relocate. Gordon Jones, Vice President of Maintenance and Jerry Turpstra, Chief Inspector joined the management group in June 1987. Mr. Pfennig took control of the operation and was able to quickly get the company through certification flights. In May 1987 the commuter started scheduled passenger flights. The initial operation consisted of 21 employees, the original seven Dornier 228 turboprop aircraft and eventually ended with 125 employees, 28 Dornier aircraft and 13 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft. Midway Connection operated to cities in the Midwest states, including Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Oshkosh), Michigan (Traverse City, Grand Rapids, Muskegeon, Lansing, Kalamazoo), Indiana (South Bend, Ft. Wayne, Indianapolis, Lafayette), Illinois (Bloomington, Champaign, Moline-Quad Cities, Peoria and their home base Springfield, Illinois), and Ohio (Toledo). This Midway Connection service was a wholly owned subsidiary of Midway Airlines, and although it was an independent operation, it was completely operated as a "feeder" for the "mainline" operation via a code sharing agreement. Dispatch and Maintenance for the airline was conducted in Springfield, Illinois, while reservations were supported through Midway Airlines in Chicago utilizing the SABRE reservations system.

Iowa Airways

Iowa Airways also operated Midway Connection code share service and in 1989 was flying nonstop between Midway Airport and Benton Harbor, Flint, and Kalamazoo in Michigan, Dubuque in Iowa and Elkhart in Indiana with Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante turboprops.[15]

Accidents and incidents

Midway Airlines had no aircraft accidents.

Midway Connection had only 3 minor incidents and 2 large bird strike incidents. During initial FAA flight proving runs, a cabin door on the Dornier 228 aircraft opened in flight and struck the tail of the aircraft. The aircraft sustained minor damage and returned to Springfield, Illinois. The door was found in a field later that month.

During a passenger flight, a repair of the previous tail damage came loose inflight and departed the aircraft. The damage was found during inspection by the first officer for the next flight. During engine start up procedures, a parking brake was left engaged on a Dornier 228 aircraft. The FAA determined that braking pressure had bled out from one of the main landing gear brakes. The over-riding parking brake valve prohibited the pilot from being able to actuate the pilot brakes causing the aircraft to yaw and strike one of the other nearby parked aircraft.

Midway Connection had two bird strike incidents involving geese. The first incident involved a goose striking the inner wing between the engine and the fuselage. During the incident the bird was also struck by the propeller and a portion of the carcass was thrown through the passenger window striking a passenger. The second involved a goose striking one of the landing gear sponsons causing substantial damage to the fairing and structure.

Frequent flyer program

Midway operated a frequent flyer program called FlyersFirst. Upon cessation of service, the program ended and mileage credits were not transferred to any other program.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d . www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on August 5, 2009. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  2. ^ a b Midway Airlines Files for Bankruptcy
  3. ^ "MSA - Malaysia Singapore Airlines - Malaysian Airways - Malayan Airways". timetableimages.com.
  4. ^ a b http://www.departedflights.com, October 15, 1984 Midway Airlines system timetable
  5. ^ Air Transport World
  6. ^ Salpukas, Agis (June 17, 1989). "Eastern to Sell Operations in Philadelphia to Midway". New York Times. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  7. ^ Jouzaitis, Carol (October 12, 1989). "Midway Fills Out Philly Slate". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  8. ^ Berg, Eric N. (October 20, 1990). "Midway Air Leaving Philadelphia". New York Times. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  9. ^ Dallos, Robert E. (March 27, 1991). "Midway Airlines Seeks Chapter 11 Shield". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  10. ^ Salpukas, Agis (November 14, 1991). "Midway Air Shuts Down After Buyout Is Abandoned". New York Times. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Midway AirlinesFleet". Planespotters. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  12. ^ "N1056T Midway Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14". Planespotters. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  13. ^ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-08-14/business/8502020885_1_air-florida-plane-sale-gpa-group,[bare URL]
  14. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, October 1, 1990 Midway Airlines system timetable
  15. ^ http://www.departedflights.com, December 15, 1989 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Chicago Midway Airport flight schedules
  16. ^ "Press Releases - WebFlyer :: The Frequent Flyer Authority". www.webflyer.com.

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Midway Airlines.
 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Midway Connection.
  • has several Midway timetables and route maps including timetable of routes purchased from Eastern Airlines.
  • Learmount, David (December 24–31, 1988). "Midway between the majors". Flight International. Vol. 134, no. 4145. Chicago, Illinois. pp. 28–31. ISSN 0015-3710.

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For the North Carolina based Midway Airlines see Midway Airlines 1993 2003 Midway Airlines was a United States airline based in Chicago Illinois It was founded on August 6 1976 by investor Kenneth T Carlson and joined by Irving T Tague and William B Owens on October 13 1976 filing with the Civil Aeronautics Board CA for an airline operating certificate Although it received its operating certificate from the CAB prior to the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978 it is widely recognized as the first post deregulation start up The airline commenced operations on October 31 1979 1 Midway AirlinesIATA ICAO CallsignML MDW MIDWAYFoundedAugust 6 1976 1976 08 06 Commenced operationsOctober 31 1979 1979 10 31 Ceased operationsNovember 13 1991 1991 11 13 HubsChicago Midway International AirportFrequent flyer programFlyersFirstHeadquartersChicago Illinois U S Key peopleDavid R Hinson CEO The airline was intended to breathe new life into Midway International Airport then called Chicago Midway Airport which had lost most of its scheduled flights to O Hare International Airport The airline took its name from this airport Midway Airlines and the revitalized airport were advertised as a trouble free alternative to O Hare and both of these spurred re development and growth on Chicago s South Side The airport was billed as a convenient ten to fifteen minute drive from downtown Chicago The airline went bankrupt in 1991 and was dissolved in 1992 A group of investors bought the airline s name and started a new separate company called Midway Airlines which flew from 1993 to 2003 2 Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 Midway Metrolink 5 Midway Express 6 Midway Connection 7 Iowa Airways 8 Accidents and incidents 9 Frequent flyer program 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksHistory Edit Douglas DC 9 15 of Midway Airlines in 1982 wearing the airline s early color scheme Following the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 Midway first emerged as a discount carrier It was noted for its low fares and ease of connections at Midway Airport The airline purchased three Douglas DC 9s from Trans World Airlines and began service on October 31 1979 1 flying to Cleveland Ohio s Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Kansas City Missouri and Detroit Michigan 1 The scheduled service was an instant success In 1980 Midway bought five more DC 9s and added flights to St Louis Missouri New York City s La Guardia Airport and Washington National Airport in Arlington Virginia outside Washington D C it also shifted its Cleveland service to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport The airline also briefly served Minneapolis Minnesota but dropped this service shortly after it began 3 During the 1980s the airline adopted a combination of all leather two by two seating to business markets and all coach seating to vacation destinations It eventually dropped this idea due to the impact on revenue caused by eliminating seats and the confusion it created in the minds of connecting passengers The carrier expanded into the Caribbean via the purchase in 1984 of the assets of Air Florida which had gone into bankruptcy It proved to be good mix of business and vacation travel revenue Midway flourished under the leadership of David R Hinson who was its chief executive officer from 1985 to 1991 In 1984 Boeing 737 200 flights to the Caribbean were being operated by subsidiary Midway Express while DC 9 domestic jet service was flown Midway Metrolink 4 Midway Airlines Boeing 737 200 In 1986 the company assisted in setting up a successful regional affiliate Midway Connection as a feeder operating commuter turboprop aircraft with service to small communities in Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan This carrier was established following the bankruptcy of Chicago Air a regional carrier which attempted a similar but independent feeder operation earlier in 1986 On a June 1988 weekday Midway scheduled 116 nonstop flights into Midway Airport from 25 airports along with 75 Midway Connection nonstops from 17 other airports They flew Chicago Midway MDW Miami MIA Saint Croix STX St Thomas STT round trip as well as Chicago Midway MDW Fort Lauderdale FLL Nassau NAS round trip aside from those all Chicago flights were nonstop to and from Midway Airport Midway Airlines peak year was 1989 when it flew 10 1 billion revenue passenger kilometers compared to 0 6 billion in 1981 5 Midway Airlines was noted for friendly employees and attentive service and its Chicago South Side passengers were fiercely loyal to their hometown airline Some of the signature in flight service items were after dinner chocolate wafer mints and hot hand towels for the entire cabin both of which had originally caught on with Midway s business clientele citation needed In June 1989 Midway Airlines agreed to purchase a hub operation at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia Pennsylvania for 100 million along with 100 million worth of DC 9 jets from the bankrupt Eastern Air Lines 6 The company began hub operations in Philadelphia in November 1989 7 However less than a year later competition with the US Airways Philadelphia hub coupled with rising jet fuel prices following the August 1990 IraqI invasion of Kuwait caused the company to quit its Philadelphia hub In October 1990 it sold its Philadelphia assets to USAir for 67 5 million 8 Boeing 737 200 N702ML in Midway Airlines Southwest Airlines hybrid livery Citing the high price of jet fuel during the 1991 Gulf War and a drop in passengers in the recession that followed the airline filed Chapter 11 in March 1991 9 In reorganization Midway attempted to sell itself to Northwest Airlines Northwest pulled out of negotiations on November 12 1991 however and Midway ceased operations the next day 10 Its bankruptcy was re filed as a liquidation under Chapter 7 bankruptcy laws The airline was dissolved in 1992 A group of investors bought the Midway Airlines name and started a new airline using the name in 1993 That airline went bankrupt in 2003 2 Destinations EditCanada Montreal Montreal Dorval International Airport Toronto Toronto Pearson International Airport Caribbean Nassau Lynden Pindling International Airport St Croix Henry E Rohlsen Airport St Thomas Cyril E King Airport United States Albany Albany International Airport Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport Boston Logan International Airport Chicago Chicago Midway International Airport Hub Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport Cleveland Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Columbus Port Columbus International Airport Dallas Fort Worth Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Denver Stapleton International Airport Des Moines Des Moines International Airport Detroit Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport Fort Myers Southwest Florida International Airport Hartford Bradley International Airport Indianapolis Indianapolis International Airport Jacksonville Jacksonville International Airport Kansas City Kansas City International Airport Las Vegas McCarran International Airport Lincoln Lincoln Airport Nebraska Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport Louisville Louisville International Airport Memphis Memphis International Airport Miami Miami International Airport Minneapolis St Paul Minneapolis Saint Paul International Airport New Orleans Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport New York City LaGuardia Airport Omaha Eppley Airfield Orange County John Wayne Airport Orlando Orlando International Airport Philadelphia Philadelphia International Airport Phoenix Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Pittsburgh Pittsburgh International Airport Providence T F Green Airport Sarasota Bradenton Sarasota Bradenton International Airport St Louis Lambert St Louis International Airport St Petersburg Clearwater St Petersburg Clearwater International Airport Tampa Tampa International Airport Washington D C Washington National Airport West Lafayette Indiana Purdue University Airport West Palm Beach Palm Beach International Airport Fleet EditMidway Airlines historical fleet Aircraft Total Introduced Retired RemarkBoeing 737 200 14 1985 1992 11 McDonnell Douglas DC 9 14 1 1979 1991 12 McDonnell Douglas DC 9 15 8 1979 1993 11 McDonnell Douglas DC 9 31 38 1981 1994 11 McDonnell Douglas DC 9 32 17 1984 1993 11 McDonnell Douglas MD 81 2 1983 1985 N10028 N10029 11 McDonnell Douglas MD 82 4 1990 1992 N809ML N810ML N811ML N812ML 11 McDonnell Douglas MD 83 3 1990 1992 N905ML N906ML N907ML 11 McDonnell Douglas MD 87 8 1989 1993 11 McDonnell Douglas MD 88 2 1990 1992 N903ML N904ML 11 Midway Metrolink EditFrom 1983 to 1985 Midway experimented with a one class business service called Midway Metrolink on some of its flights 1 Seating was 2x2 on DC 9s which typically have 2x3 seating Midway Express EditAfter its initial acquisition of Air Florida Midway Airlines operated a stand alone service named Midway Express which flew some of Air Florida s former tourist routes In 1984 Midway Express was serving four airports in Florida including Ft Lauderdale Miami Orlando and West Palm Beach as well as St Thomas and St Croix in the Caribbean 4 The airline initially operated Boeing 737 200 jets which had been formerly operated by Air Florida 13 By 1990 Midway had added service to Fort Myers Jacksonville and Sarasota in Florida as well as to Nassau and Freeport in the Bahamas 14 Midway Connection EditIn 1987 Midway Airlines purchased commuter air carrier Fischer Brothers Aviation based in Galion Ohio and moved the entire operation to Springfield Illinois Fischer Brothers Aviation had previously operated Allegheny Commuter service for Allegheny Airlines and successor USAir and then began operating Northwest Airlink service on behalf of Northwest Airlines The initial move consisted of the Fischer Brothers management team including Vice President of Operations Armando Cardenas Chief Pilot Mark Zweidinger Vice President of Customer Service Mark Fisher Director of Maintenance Craig Anderson and Personnel Manager Cynthia Baldwin and was led by Midway Airlines executive Richard Pfennig Offers of employment were extended to the pilots and maintenance team that wanted to relocate Gordon Jones Vice President of Maintenance and Jerry Turpstra Chief Inspector joined the management group in June 1987 Mr Pfennig took control of the operation and was able to quickly get the company through certification flights In May 1987 the commuter started scheduled passenger flights The initial operation consisted of 21 employees the original seven Dornier 228 turboprop aircraft and eventually ended with 125 employees 28 Dornier aircraft and 13 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft Midway Connection operated to cities in the Midwest states including Wisconsin Milwaukee Madison Green Bay Oshkosh Michigan Traverse City Grand Rapids Muskegeon Lansing Kalamazoo Indiana South Bend Ft Wayne Indianapolis Lafayette Illinois Bloomington Champaign Moline Quad Cities Peoria and their home base Springfield Illinois and Ohio Toledo This Midway Connection service was a wholly owned subsidiary of Midway Airlines and although it was an independent operation it was completely operated as a feeder for the mainline operation via a code sharing agreement Dispatch and Maintenance for the airline was conducted in Springfield Illinois while reservations were supported through Midway Airlines in Chicago utilizing the SABRE reservations system Iowa Airways EditIowa Airways also operated Midway Connection code share service and in 1989 was flying nonstop between Midway Airport and Benton Harbor Flint and Kalamazoo in Michigan Dubuque in Iowa and Elkhart in Indiana with Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante turboprops 15 Accidents and incidents EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Midway Airlines had no aircraft accidents Midway Connection had only 3 minor incidents and 2 large bird strike incidents During initial FAA flight proving runs a cabin door on the Dornier 228 aircraft opened in flight and struck the tail of the aircraft The aircraft sustained minor damage and returned to Springfield Illinois The door was found in a field later that month During a passenger flight a repair of the previous tail damage came loose inflight and departed the aircraft The damage was found during inspection by the first officer for the next flight During engine start up procedures a parking brake was left engaged on a Dornier 228 aircraft The FAA determined that braking pressure had bled out from one of the main landing gear brakes The over riding parking brake valve prohibited the pilot from being able to actuate the pilot brakes causing the aircraft to yaw and strike one of the other nearby parked aircraft Midway Connection had two bird strike incidents involving geese The first incident involved a goose striking the inner wing between the engine and the fuselage During the incident the bird was also struck by the propeller and a portion of the carcass was thrown through the passenger window striking a passenger The second involved a goose striking one of the landing gear sponsons causing substantial damage to the fairing and structure Frequent flyer program EditMidway operated a frequent flyer program called FlyersFirst Upon cessation of service the program ended and mileage credits were not transferred to any other program 16 See also EditList of defunct airlines of the United StatesReferences Edit a b c d WebCite query result www webcitation org Archived from the original on August 5 2009 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Cite uses generic title help a b Midway Airlines Files for Bankruptcy MSA Malaysia Singapore Airlines Malaysian Airways Malayan Airways timetableimages com a b http www departedflights com October 15 1984 Midway Airlines system timetable Air Transport World Salpukas Agis June 17 1989 Eastern to Sell Operations in Philadelphia to Midway New York Times Retrieved April 10 2014 Jouzaitis Carol October 12 1989 Midway Fills Out Philly Slate Chicago Tribune Retrieved April 10 2014 Berg Eric N October 20 1990 Midway Air Leaving Philadelphia New York Times Retrieved April 10 2014 Dallos Robert E March 27 1991 Midway Airlines Seeks Chapter 11 Shield Los Angeles Times Retrieved April 10 2014 Salpukas Agis November 14 1991 Midway Air Shuts Down After Buyout Is Abandoned New York Times Retrieved April 10 2014 a b c d e f g h i Midway AirlinesFleet Planespotters Retrieved August 10 2019 N1056T Midway Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC 9 14 Planespotters Retrieved August 10 2019 http articles sun sentinel com 1985 08 14 business 8502020885 1 air florida plane sale gpa group bare URL http www departedflights com October 1 1990 Midway Airlines system timetable http www departedflights com December 15 1989 Official Airline Guide OAG Chicago Midway Airport flight schedules Press Releases WebFlyer The Frequent Flyer Authority www webflyer com External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Midway Airlines Wikimedia Commons has media related to Midway Connection routemapsonline com has several Midway timetables and route maps including timetable of routes purchased from Eastern Airlines Learmount David December 24 31 1988 Midway between the majors Flight International Vol 134 no 4145 Chicago Illinois pp 28 31 ISSN 0015 3710 Portals Companies Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Midway Airlines 1976 1991 amp oldid 1135627652, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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