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June 30 2014; Newark EWR. Arriving at Gate B56 on the inaugural service from Newport News PHF. Welcome back PE!!

N745VA | Boeing 737-405 | PEOPLExpress (Vision Airlines)

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Via Wikipedia

People Express Airlines (branded PEOPLExpress) is an airline that began operations on June 30, 2014 from Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport. The airline was publicly launched during a press conference at the Newport News airport on February 13, 2012, though its organization began in April 2011 when Michael Morisi, an official at the original People Express Airlines and chief operating officer for the revived company, began bringing together a group of people to start the company.[1][2] People Express has received financing from private investors and Newport News area businesses.[3]

Service was initially anticipated to begin late-2013, but several delays caused the launch date to push back to mid-2014.[4] People Express had initially intended to acquire Xtra Airways in order to expedite the airline's certification process, but the deal was never finalized due to issues identified during the due diligence process.[5] On October 5, Jeffrey Erickson, former Atlas Air President and CEO was announced as PEOPLExpress' first CEO.[6]

At a press event on May 30, 2014, PEX announced that flight operations would commence on June 30, 2014. Flights are operated by Vision Airlines doing business as PEOPLExpress. [7]

A velha e clássica PE

Boeing 747-243B (N604PE # cn 19731/120)
London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), June 1983

Eduard Marmet ©

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Amigos:

A People Express original foi a primeira verdadeira low cost/no frills dos EUA, nascida após a desregulamentação.

Tb chegou a oferecer tarifas low cost no Atlântico Norte com 747 (embora a pioneira nesse mercado tenha sido a Laker Airways).

Foi tb uma grande usuária de B737-130 ex-DLH, chegando a ter 17 unidades do tipo.

Abaixo, a frota da companhia no último ano de sua operação (1986 - fonte: JP Airline Fleets International 86), qdo foi absorvida pela Continental Airlines:



Abs,

Marcelo Magalhães