Holiday Airlines (US airline)
Holiday Airlines was an intrastate airline in the United States. Holiday operated scheduled passenger service with Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops in California primarily serving Lake Tahoe Airport from both the Los Angeles-Burbank-Long Beach-San Diego area in southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California during the 1960s and 1970s.[4][5] The company slogans were Fastest Fun in the West and The Great Chair Lift.[6]
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Founded | 1965[2] | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 1975[3] | ||||||
Focus cities | Lake Tahoe Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 3 |
The Holiday Airlines name was also used by a commuter air carrier in the northeast U.S. during the 1980s which operated small Beechcraft 1900 and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprop aircraft and used the two letter "JO" IATA airline code.[7][8]
Fleet
The Holiday Airlines fleet in California consisted of the following aircraft:
Destinations
The airline served the following destinations in California during its existence:[9][10]
- Burbank (BUR)
- Lake Tahoe (TVL) - focus destination
- Long Beach (LGB)
- Los Angeles (LAX)
- Oakland (OAK)
- San Diego (SAN)
- San Jose (SJC)
References
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- http://www.departedflights.com/LAX74intro.html
- "America's Airports: Tale of a Gem". www.aopa.org. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- "Lake Tahoe Airport's heyday is long past, but facility may soar again". www.tahoedailytribune.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- http://www.timetableimages.com, Holiday Airlines (1960s-70s) system timetables
- "History of Holiday Airlines". departedwings.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- http://www.airtimes.com/cgat/usb/holiday70.htm
- http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/jo1.htm
- http://www.departedflights.com/JO100587.html
- http://www.departedflights.com/HD041574.html
- http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/hd.htm