22 Facts About Eastern Airlines

American Airlines obtained many of Eastern's routes from Miami to Latin America and the Caribbean, while Delta Air Lines, Eastern's main competitor at Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta, acquired many of Eastern's Lockheed L-1011 aircraft.

Eastern Airlines pioneered hourly air shuttle services between New York City, Washington, DC, and Boston in 1961 as the Eastern Airlines Air Lines Shuttle.

The only scheduled trans-Atlantic service Eastern Airlines provided was Miami to London Gatwick, commencing on July 15,1985, which was discontinued in 1986 and replaced with codeshare flights from Atlanta via British Caledonian Airways.

Eastern Airlines Air Lines was a composite of assorted air travel corporations, including Florida Airways and Pitcairn Aviation.

In 1956 Eastern bought Colonial Airlines, giving the airline its first routes to Canada.

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Eastern Airlines was the first US carrier to fly the Airbus A300 and the launch customer for the Boeing 757.

Internationalization began as Eastern Airlines opened routes to markets such as Santo Domingo and Nassau, Bahamas.

In 1967, Eastern purchased Mackey Airlines, a small air carrier primarily operating in Florida and the Bahamas as part of this expansion.

Eastern Airlines bought the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and Airbus A300 widebody jets; the former would become known in the Caribbean as El Grandote.

The President of Eastern Airlines was one Sam Higginbottom, who never wavered and thereby acquired some criticism.

Under bankruptcy, Eastern Airlines launched a "100 Days" campaign, in which it promised to "become a little bit better every day".

In 1975, Eastern Airlines was headquartered at 10 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.

In 1983 Eastern Airlines became the launch customer of Boeing's 757, which was ordered in 1978.

At that time, Eastern Airlines was paying over $700,000 in interest each day before they sold a ticket, fueled, or boarded a single aircraft.

At the time, Eastern Airlines was the largest corporate employer in the Miami area and remained so after the cuts.

That same year, George Berry, the Georgia Industry and Trade Commissioner, asked Eastern Airlines to consider moving its headquarters from Miami to Atlanta.

Eastern Airlines tried to remain in business in an attempt to correct its cash flow, but to no avail.

Ultimately, Eastern Airlines stopped flying at midnight on Saturday, January 19,1991.

The Eastern Airlines shutdown eliminated many airline industry jobs in the Miami and New York City areas.

Eastern Airlines Partner was operated by a Caribbean-based airline, Leeward Islands Air Transport, with turboprop service between Eastern Airlines's San Juan hub and Antigua, St Kitts and St Maarten.

Eastern Airlines worked closely with another Caribbean-based airline, Caribair.

On January 12,2020, after nearly two decades of being officially defunct, the first flight of the renewed Eastern Airlines landed at JFK airport, heralding a new era for the brand name.