Evergreen International Airlines
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- For the airline owned by the Evergreen Group, see EVA Air.
| Evergreen International Airlines | ||
|---|---|---|
| Image:Evergreen Airlines logo.svg | ||
| IATA EZ | ICAO EIA | Callsign EVERGREEN |
| Founded | 1960 | |
| Hubs | Rickenbacker Int'l Airport John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport Columbus Metropolitan Airport | |
| Secondary hubs | Hong Kong International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 14 (3 orders) | |
| Destinations | ||
| Parent company | Evergreen International Aviation | |
| Headquarters | McMinnville, Oregon | |
| Key people | Delford M. Smith | |
| Website: http://www.evergreenairlines.com/ | ||
Evergreen International Airlines is a cargo airline based in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. It operates contract freight services, offering charters and scheduled flights, as well as wet lease services. It operates services for the U.S. military and the United States Postal Service, as well as ad hoc charter flights. Its main bases are Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, Ohio, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York and Columbus Metropolitan Airport, with a hub at Hong Kong International Airport. [1]
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[edit] History
The airline was established by Delford Smith (founder and owner) and began operations in 1960 as Evergreen Helicopters. It acquired the airline certificate of Johnson Flying Service and later became Evergreen International Airlines. The holding company Evergreen International Aviation, formed in 1979, wholly owns the airline.[1]
It also owns and operates the not-for-profit Evergreen Aviation Museum, home of the Spruce Goose. One of Evergreen's Boeing 747 airplanes starred in the 1990 action film Die Hard 2.
Evergreen and Atlant-Soyuz Airlines of Moscow, are to establish a new joint venture, operating scheduled cargo services between the United States and China, via Russia and Western Europe.[2]
[edit] Destinations
Evergreen International Airlines operates the following freight services as of August 2006:[citation needed]
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Anchorage, Columbus and New York, Chicago, Ill.
- International scheduled destinations: Nagoya, Japan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, China and Prestwick.
[edit] Fleet
The Evergreen International Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of November 2007:[citation needed]
| Aircraft | Total | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Boeing 747-100SF | 3 | |
| Boeing 747-200C | 4 | |
| Boeing 747-200SF | 6 | |
| Boeing 747SR(SF) | 1 | |
| Boeing 747-400 BCF | (3 orders) | |
| Gulfstream GIV | 1 |
The Airline also operates the first two of four Boeing 747 LCF oversized freighters for Boeing. The "Dreamlifter" is the logistic support aircraft for Boeing's global B787 Dreamliner production. [3]
It is scheduled to operate the SOFIA Boeing 747SP aircraft for NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA (on the silicon valley near San Jose). [4]
It has completed final modifications on a Boeing 747-200 aircraft modified to be a Supertanker to fight fires. The airline has received final approval from the FAA, which arrived in the last week of October 2006.[5] With this it will be adding a giant aircraft to its current fleet of fire fighting aircraft. This Supertanker will offer at least seven times more drop capability as compared to the current largest airtanker. Its capacity to carry a large volume of Fire retardant will considerably decrease the time taken in fighting large fires. [6]
In August 2007 Evergreen announced that it has ordered 3 Boeing 747-400 BCF to upgrade its commercial operations, with deliveries in summer 2009.[7]
[edit] Retired fleet
As of August 2006, Evergreen International Airlines previously operated the following aircraft:[citation needed]
| Aircraft | Total | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Boeing 727-100F | 1 | |
| Boeing 747-100F | 2 | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 | 2 | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30CF | 1 | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30RC | 4 |
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- March 18, 1989: Flight 17, a DC-9 was on a cargo flight from Kelly Air Force Base outside San Antonio to Tinker Air Force Base outside of Oklahoma City, with a stop at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth. As the plane was departing, the cargo door on the plane opened; the pilot immediately requested emergency return to Carswell. As the plane was approaching on base leg, the cargo door fully opened, which caused the plane to yaw to the left and right, and then roll, until crashing near Saginaw in an inverted position. Both pilots onboard were killed. The investigation found that when closing the cargo door, the copilot did not close it fully, but since the locked and latched indicators were applied incorrectly, the copilot thought the door was fully locked.
[1]
Lee waves were believed responsible for the in-flight separation of the #2 engine on an Evergreen Boeing 747-121, registration: N473EV, near Anchorage, Alaska in 1993.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, pp. 79-80.
- ^ "Joint venture", Airliner World, August 2007, p. 13.
- ^ Boeing News Release
- ^ The SOFIA Boeing 747SP
- ^ Giant jet unlikely to attack California fire
- ^ Supertanker Contract Could Land Firefighting Jet in Area
- ^ "Evergreen orders 747-400BCFs" Flight Global, 14/08/07
- ^ NTSB Report DCA93MA033
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