Tower Air
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| Founded | 1983 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2000 | ||||||
| Hubs | John F. Kennedy International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Ben Gurion Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 17 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Hangar #17 John F. Kennedy International Airport Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York | ||||||
| Key people | Morris K. Nachtomi (co-founder, owner, manager) | ||||||
| Website | www.towerair.com (defunct) | ||||||
Tower Air was a certificated FAR 121 U.S. charter airline that also operated scheduled passenger service from 1983 until 2000 when the company declared bankruptcy and was liquidated. Scheduled flights were initially offered over a New York – Brussels – Tel Aviv route in addition to charter flights to Athens, Frankfurt, Rome, and Zurich. Short-lived New York – Los Angeles flights were introduced with the addition of an ex-Avianca Boeing 747-100 in 1984. The airline was headquartered in Building 178 and later in Hangar 17 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Jamaica, Queens, New York City.