Metro Airlines
Defunct US airline (1969–1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Metro Airlines, originally Houston Metro Airlines, was a commuter airline that was originally headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States,.[1] Metro subsequently moved its headquarters to north Texas. The airline had an operational base located on the grounds of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and also had offices on the airport property and in Grapevine, Texas.[2][3][4] Metro evolved into an airline holding company with the acquisition or creation of a number of different airlines, including as the banner carrier (commercial aviation) operating feeder services for Eastern Airlines as Eastern Metro Express which was based in Atlanta, GA and Metroflight which operated American Eagle service from the Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1993, and the assets were acquired by AMR Simmons Airlines.
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Founded | 1969 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | May 1993 | ||||||
Operating bases | Clear Lake City STOLport Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | ||||||
Alliance | American Eagle | ||||||
Subsidiaries | See Metro holding company acquisitions and subsidiaries below | ||||||
Fleet size | See Turboprop fleet below | ||||||
Destinations | See Destination sections below | ||||||
Headquarters | Houston, Texas, United States Grapevine, Texas, United States |