Kiwi International Air Lines
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| Commenced operations | September 21, 1992 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | March 24, 1999 | ||||||
| Hubs | Newark | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 15 at Peak; 4 (March 1999) | ||||||
| Destinations | 6 (March 1999) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Hemisphere Center, Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||
| Key people | Robert Iverson (President 1992-1995), Jerry Murphy (President 1995-1998), Charles C. Edwards (Owner, 1997-1999) | ||||||
| Employees | 1500 at peak | ||||||
Kiwi International Air Lines was a Part 121 American airline that operated from September 21, 1992 to March 24, 1999. It had its headquarters in the Hemisphere Center in Newark, New Jersey adjacent to Newark Liberty International Airport.
Kiwi International Air Lines was founded by a group of Eastern Air Lines pilots in a plan to re-employ former Eastern pilots, flight attendants, managers, and other contract and non-contract employees who had lost their jobs when Eastern Air Lines went into bankruptcy in 1989. The former airline pilots originally formed a group and called themselves Kiwis because they were no longer flying, just like the flightless Kiwi birds. In its brief history, the airline flew 8 million passengers without incident.