Eastern Air Lines (2015)

Eastern Air Lines Group, Inc.[2] was an American low-cost airline[3] based in Miami, Florida, founded in 2015.

"[2] The ownership group, Eastern Air Lines Group, purchased the intellectual property, including trademarks, of the original Eastern Air Lines in 2009, and announced in early 2014 that it had filed an application with the United States Department of Transportation for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, which would be followed by certification with the Federal Aviation Administration.

[citation needed] On September 9, 2015, an Eastern Air Lines Boeing 737-800 came to the aid of stranded cruise ship passengers at St. Thomas.

[14] On June 5, 2016, Eastern Air Lines flew the body of Muhammad Ali from Phoenix, Arizona to Louisville, Kentucky on one of its 737s.

[15] Eastern Air Lines signed a three-year agreement in August 2015 to become the “Official Airline” for University of Miami Athletics.

Eastern also operated charters to the Caribbean and Latin America (Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Haiti).

An Eastern Air Lines Boeing 737-800 taxiing at JFK Airport in 2015