[1] East West Airlines was promoted by Thakiyudeen Abdul Wahid, a native from Varkala Trivandrum district.

[3] The Indian Government granted scheduled domestic airline status to nine private air charter operators, including East West, in 1994.

[6] PLM Equipment first appealed to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to deregister the aircraft and then went to court.

In May 1996 the airline sought and was given DGCA permission to stop flying trunk routes due to a shortage of aircraft.

After the airline shut down operations, the Boeings were returned to their lessors;[7] while two Fokkers were stored at Mumbai Airport until 2006, when they were auctioned off by AAI to recover some of the fees it was owed by way of parking and landing charges.