Ryan International Airlines

Infobox Airline
airline = Ryan International Airlines

logo_size = 300
fleet_size = 18
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IATA = RD
ICAO = RYN
callsign = RYAN
parent = Ryan Aviation Corporation
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founded = 1972
headquarters = Rockford, Illinois, USA
key_people =
hubs = Chicago/Rockford International Airport (RFD) Rockford, Illinois
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website = http://www.flyryan.com/

Ryan International Airlines is an American FAR 121 airline with domestic, flag, and supplemental authority.Based in Rockford, IL, the US Postal Service was once their main customer, flying Boeing 727 on scheduled cargo flights. Ryan flies non-scheduled and charter passenger services for excursion and tour packagers, along with cargo flights for other companies.

History

The airline was established in Wichita, KS in 1972 and started operations on 3 March 1973. It was previously known as Ryan Aviation and was repurchased by Ronald Ryan in 1989. It began flying for the US Postal Service under subcontract to Emery Worldwide Airlines in 1989. Passenger charter services began in 1983 from Atlantic City, Minneapolis/St Paul, Cleveland and Cincinnati. In 1992 Ryan started a South Pacific operation, flying fresh fish and general freight to Guam, Saipan and surrounding islands. The airline was wholly owned by Ronald RyanFlight International 12-18 April 2005] until 2004. Ryan operated a number of AirTran Airways Atlanta to West Coast flights in 2003 and 2004; these flights have since been replaced with AirTran's own Boeing 737s. [cite news | title=Courting the Rare Big Order for Planes | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04EFDE1E3BF934A15755C0A9659C8B63 | work=The New York Times | date=2003-07-27 | accessdate=2007-12-26 | first=Edward | last=Wong] The company headquarters moved to Rockford, IL in 2006.

ervices

As of January 2005 Ryan International Airlines operated the following services :
*Domestic scheduled destinations: Atlanta, Chicago, Dayton, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Orlando, St. Louis, Missouri and San Francisco.
*International scheduled services: Guadalajara, Huatulco, Mexico City, and Monterrey.
*International charter service to Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and Georgetown, Guyana for TravelSpan Vacations, and various international destinations as part of vacation packages for Apple Vacations [http://www.travelspan.com/home/index.asp] . [http://www.amralstravel.com/AboutUS.asp]

Fleet

The Ryan International Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 8 September 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=RD&al_op=1] :

*1 Boeing 737-200
*1 Boeing 737-300
*2 Boeing 737-400 (which are operated for JPATS)
*3 Boeing 757-200
*2 Boeing 767-300
*9 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (which are operated for JPATS)

External links

* [http://www.flyryan.com/ Ryan International Airlines]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=RD&al_op=1 Ryan International Airlines Fleet]

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