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Mississippi Valley Airlines war eine regionale Fluggesellschaft in den Vereinigten Staaten. Sie wurde 1968 gegründet und operierte im Mittleren Westen. Ihre Heimatbasis war der Quad City Airport. Im Jahr 1985 fusionierte sie mit der Air Wisconsin.[2]

Einzelnachweise

1. JP airline-fleets international, Edition 85; Hinweis: Die Gesellschaft hatte bereits einen dreistelligen ICAO-Code erhalten, allerdings wurden dreistellige Codes erst 1987 zum offiziellen ICAO-Standardsystem.
2. Daten über die Fluggesellschaft Mississippi Valley Airlines im Aviation Safety Network (englisch), abgerufen am 24. März 2018.

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Mississippi Valley Airlines (IATA--XV) was a regional air carrier serving the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It was founded by Herb Lee, Norm Elsy and Charles A. ("Chuck") Draine[1] as Gateway Aviation, and had its headquarters in La Crosse, Wisconsin.[2] Chuck Draine served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.[3] It began scheduled flight operations on July 22, 1968 between La Crosse Municipal Airport and both Chicago (O'Hare International Airport) and Milwaukee (General Mitchell International Airport).[4] The carrier changed its name to Mississippi Valley Airways in October 1969. It became Mississippi Valley Airlines (MVA) and moved its headquarters to Quad City Airport in Moline, Illinois in January 1982.[5][6] The airline merged into Air Wisconsin on May 17, 1985 in a $10 million share exchange transaction. At the time of the merger, Mississippi Valley Airlines was the United States' eighth-largest regional airline in terms of ridership.[7]

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