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FLORIDA AIR LINES
Florida
Airlines was one of the largest commuter carriers in Florida during the
1970s and claimed to have the largest DC-3 fleet in the world in 1976.
The airline purchased Air South
and Shawnee
Airlines
in 1975 and operated both as subsidiaries. Florida Airlines shut down
in 1980, but was briefly resurrected a year later, conducting flights
as an Air
Florida Commuter carrier for a few months before going out of
business a second time. Florida Airlines was reorganized as Southern
International in August 1981.
Route map from September 1, 1974.
Florida Air Lines DC-3 at the airline's Sarasota base in 1975.
Beginning in 1976, Florida Air Lines advertised itself as "The Connection" and applied the titles on several aircraft.
When Shawnee Airlines shut down in 1977, three of their hot-pink-and-yellow Martin 404s went to Florida Air Lines.
The Martin 404s eventually replaced the DC-3 fleet. N144S, "Sanibel Island", is pictured at Atlanta in 1979.
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Updated December 18, 2010