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TAG Airlines was a small airline serving primarily Downtown Cleveland, Ohio with Downtown Detroit, Michigan from 1957 until 1970.

History

It was founded by William Knight in Cleveland, Ohio as Taxi Air Group in 1955 (67 years ago) (1955), was then sold to Ross Miller, merged with Illini Airlines in 1957 and definitely renamed.[1] Its slogan was "The World's Busiest Airline", and it served airports that were 5–15 minutes from the downtown areas, mainly in Detroit, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio. The business closed not long after one of its de Havilland Doves crashed into frozen Lake Erie in January 1970 (52 years ago) (1970-01), killing all nine people aboard. The cause of the crash was found to be a fatigue crack in a fitting in the wing root resulting in failure of the right wing.[2] Tag started operations with single pilot Piper Aztec aircraft in 1964 to Columbus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Huntington WV.

Destinations[3]

• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Cleveland, Ohio (Burke Lakefront Airport)[4]
• Columbus, Ohio
• Detroit, Michigan (Detroit City Airport)
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Akron, Ohio[5]
• Chicago, Illinois (Meigs Field)[6]

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United States

References

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