Eastern Airlines returns with a rebrand

[AisleSeat]

During its heyday, Eastern Airlines was one of the original big four USA domestic carriers, before folding in 1991. This January, it is returning to the skies, beginning with a route to Guayaquil, Ecuador out of JFK. It’ll also serve Georgetown, Guyana and Jinan, China.

Eastern Airlines Is Back (Again) With a New Strategy

The once storied carrier tries a different approach.

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[docjames]

Didn’t it have a (relatively short lived) return as a charter airline (including a trip off the end of the runway at LGA)?

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[AisleSeat]

Didn’t it have a (relatively short lived) return as a charter airline (including a trip off the end of the runway at LGA)?

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There's a link in the article about that (same site from 2016)

Eastern Air Lines Is Staging a Comeback After 25 Years on the Ground

Thursday, May 29, 2015 was an ordinary day at Miami International Airport, except for Flight 3145. After the Boeing 737-800 lifted off, flight attendants began serving soft drinks and plantain chips. The plane's destination, 42 minutes away, was Havana, Cuba. Surprising? So was the carrier. It...

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[BAM1748]

The name Trump is in there somewhere I think.

 

[HS-TQE]

Like the various other poorly-run (Mk II, Mk III, etc) incarnations of classics like Eastern and Pan Am, I can't see this one surviving long either.