Call sign: Northeaster

[thegetter]

*Northeastern International Airways (Call sign: Northeaster) was a low-fare airline established in 1980 and based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Between 1982 and 1985, the airline offered flights from the northeastern United States to Florida, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada

Northeastern International Airways was founded by Stephen Quinto and commenced operations on February 11th, 1982 between Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport using one Douglas DC-8-52 aircraft. In 1983, five Boeing 727-100s and four Boeing 727-200s aircraft were added, two of which were painted in a distinctive cloud color scheme. Northeastern again expanded in 1984, leasing several Airbus A300 aircraft in the beginning of that year.

During the first six months of 1984, the airline had the highest load factor of every airline in the United States - and the world - measuring 71.5 percent. In May of that year, it also became the 17th largest airline in the US as measured by revenue passenger miles.
The company was liquidated during 1986.

www.airliners.net/photo/Northeastern-International-Airways/Boeing-727-21/0618086/L/&sid=5f5f0603a6a5efadd05d036a46e93ae3
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www.airliners.net/photo/Northeastern-International-Airways/Boeing-727-21/0743495/L/&sid=5f5f0603a6a5efadd05d036a46e93ae3
www.airliners.net/photo/Northeastern-International-Airways/Boeing-727-264-Adv/0995524/L/&sid=5f5f0603a6a5efadd05d036a46e93ae3
www.airliners.net/photo/Northeastern-International-Airways/Douglas-DC-8-52/0615066/L/&sid=5f5f0603a6a5efadd05d036a46e93ae3
www.airliners.net/photo/Northeastern-International-Airways/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-8-62H/0933291/L/&sid=5f5f0603a6a5efadd05d036a46e93ae3

Happy Flying Everyone,
TheGetter!

*content from Wikipidia

[Klaus Hullermann]

I found a German-speaking webside which focuses on defunct airlines. It contains Northeastern, too. So I thought I put the weblink to this airline here in the forum. I hope I could provide you guys with information and nice photos.

Here's the weblink: www.airlines-airliners.de/

Klaus

[thegetter]

Klaus ,Big THANKS for this site,it has the photo of the very :oRARE Northeastern MD-82.
www.airlines-airliners.de/fotoserien2/northeastern/hb_ikl.jpg

After Northeastern's bankruptcy in 1994,it tried to add a single McDonnell Douglas MD-82 to its Certificate, but it never did manage to recover its operational stature throughout 1985. The company was liquidated during 1986.

TheGetter!

[Klaus Hullermann]

Glad I could help and add a great side for aviation/airline interested people.

Klaus

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I think that is pretty darn amusing livery:

www.airlines-airliners.de/hauptimages3/n357qs.jpg

Aharon

[thegetter]

Sept 30, 2012 14:26:34 GMT @eal017aharon said:

I think that is pretty darn amusing livery

Aharon

Even when taking a tumble!!!! ;D
www.airliners.net/photo/Northeastern-International-Airways/Boeing-727-21/0167791/L/&sid=ce0c9a018a00cfb25e9112c6bb9eb8d2
TheGetter!

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oy not that plane with darn amusing livery I like the idea of clouds livery on the plane. Hope Tony will paint blue and clouds livery. The other clouds livery with red does not look good.

Aharon

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

I like the idea of clouds livery on the plane ....

.... other clouds livery with red

It was a "rich/deep pink" rather than red shade .... whilst the other was a "deep (but not dark) blue" shade .... and which are quite well represented by "THE GETTER's" imagery

Liveries like these .... being among the BRANIFF type league of colourful airline identities .... "IF" they were done and represented here at all .... really need to represent each variation of cloud livery (in the case of NORTHEASTERN) rather than just one variation only .... in order to be worthwhile representation of the airline.

Mark C
AKL/NZ