AIRLINE HISTORY DEFUNCT - Kiwi International Air Lines was a American airline that operated from September 21, 1992 to March 24, 1999.

Photo: Flyingphotos - Newark, USA

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. The airline operated a fleet of Boeing 727-200 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft. In its brief history, the airline flew 8 million passengers without incident.

IATA - ICAO

Call sign - KP

KIA - KIWI

Commenced operations - September 21, 1992

Ceased operations - March 24, 1999[1]

Hubs - Newark

Secondary hubs:

Atlanta

Chicago–Midway