Mohawk Airlines
US airline 1945–1972 that merged into Allegheny / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohawk Airlines was a local service carrier operating in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, mainly in New York and Pennsylvania, from the mid-1940s until its acquisition by Allegheny Airlines in 1972. At its height, it employed over 2,200 personnel and pioneered several aspects of regional airline operations,[2] including being the first airline in the United States to hire an African American flight attendant, in 1958. The airline was based at Ithaca Municipal Airport near Ithaca, New York, until 1958, when it moved to Oneida County Airport in Whitestown, New York.[3][4]
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Founded | 1945; 79 years ago (1945) as Robinson Airlines | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 1972; 52 years ago (1972) | ||||||
Fleet size | See fleet About 42 aircraft in service at acquisition by Allegheny Airlines in 1972 [1] | ||||||
Destinations | Albany, Buffalo, Binghamton, Erie, Glens Falls, Ithaca, New York, Newark, Hartford, Harrisburg, Montreal, Rochester, Syracuse, Toronto, Utica, Washington | ||||||
Headquarters | Ithaca, New York After 1958, Utica, New York | ||||||
Key people | Cecil Robinson Robert Peach | ||||||
Employees | 2,200 |
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