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Holiday Airlines was an intrastate airline in the United States. Holiday operated scheduled passenger service with Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops in California primarily serving Lake Tahoe Airport from both the Los Angeles-Burbank-Long Beach-San Diego area in southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California during the 1960s and 1970s.[4][5] The company slogans were Fastest Fun in the West and The Great Chair Lift.[6]

Holiday Airlines

IATA ICAO Callsign HD [1] HOL HOLIDAY
Founded	1965[2]
Ceased operations	1975[3]
Focus cities	Lake Tahoe Airport
Fleet size	3

The Holiday Airlines name was also used by a commuter air carrier in the northeast U.S. during the 1980s which operated small Beechcraft 1900 and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprop aircraft and used the two letter "JO" IATA airline code.[7][8]

Fleet

The Holiday Airlines fleet in California consisted of the following aircraft:

• 3 Lockheed L-188 Electra

Destinations

The airline served the following destinations in California during its existence:[9][10]

• Burbank (BUR)
• Lake Tahoe (TVL) - focus destination
• Long Beach (LGB)
• Los Angeles (LAX)
• Oakland (OAK)
• San Diego (SAN)
• San Jose (SJC)

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United States

References

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