North American Airlines
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North American Airlines (IATA: NA, ICAO: NAO, and Callsign: North American) is an airline based at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City.
North American began operations in 1989, flying charter flights on Boeing 757 aircraft. The company grew during the 1990s, adding flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico, various spots in Mexico and other destinations. North American also started a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to JFK to complement El Al's existing LAX-JFK-Tel Aviv run and provide the Israeli airline with more passengers. North American also opened operations in Newark, New Jersey at that time.
Although North American is small in comparison to many other U.S. airlines, the company has operated flights to destinations on every inhabited continent. In addition to their original 757s, North American also operates Boeing 767s for long-range, high-density charter flights.
The company's scheduled services are currently limited to flights from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Georgetown, Guyana's Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) and Accra, Ghana (ACC) and from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) to Banjul, Gambia (BJL) and continuing to Accra, Ghana (ACC). North American's charter operations make up the bulk of its business: resorts such as Club Med and tour operators in Hawaii and the Caribbean charter North American's aircraft on a regular basis. North American also supplied the 757 used by George W. Bush during his 2000 presidential campaign.
North American Airlines discontinued service to Hawaii as of September 1, 2005. Currently, the JFK-ACC and BWI-BJL services are the only scheduled non-stop service between the U.S. and West Africa operated by a U.S. airline.
It will inaugurate nonstop service New York JFK-Lagos on Jul 17,2006. It will operate 3 flights a week using a Boeing 767-300ER.
As of February 2006, their website indicates that they operate 5 Boeing 757-200 aircraft, and 3 Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.
Incidents
- A Boeing 757-200 en route Georgetown(Guyana)-New York JFK ( flight NA092) was forced to make an emergency landing at Port of Spain's Piarco International (Trinidad) on Jun 4, 2006 after the pilot reported a problem with the aircraft's air-conditioning system.
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