Tennessee Airways

Tennessee Airways

IATA ICAO Call sign ZN TEN Tennessee
Founded	1978; 47 years ago (1978)
Ceased operations	1990; 35 years ago (1990)
Hubs	McGhee Tyson Airport
Headquarters	Knoxville, TN

Tennessee Airways was an airline that was conceived as a regional airline to provide service to cities throughout the Southeastern United States. The airline was in service between 1978 and 1987 and was based out of Knoxville, Tennessee.[1]

Stuart Adcock was president and major shareholder. He was somewhat of a hands-on executive, sometimes flying the planes and cleaning them after flights.[2]

Destinations

• Tennessee
  • Chattanooga (Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport)[1]
  • Knoxville (McGhee Tyson Airport) - primary hub [1]
  • Memphis (Memphis International Airport) - primary hub [1]
  • Nashville (Nashville International Airport)[1]
  • Tri-Cities (Tri-Cities Regional Airport)[1]
• Alabama
  • Huntsville (Huntsville Municipal Airport)[1]
• Georgia
  • Atlanta (William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport)[1]
• Kentucky
  • Boone County (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport)[1]
  • Lexington (Blue Grass Airport)[1]
  • London (London-Corbin Airport)*[1]
• North Carolina
  • Charlotte (Douglas Airport)[1]
  • Greensboro (Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point Airport)[1]
  • Pinehurst (Moore County Airport)*[1]
• South Carolina
  • Greer (Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport)[1]
• Virginia
  • Fairfax County (Washington Dulles International Airport)[1]

Those airports marked with an asterisk (*) no longer have commercial airline service.

Fleet

• Embraer EMB 110
• Piper T1020 (PA-31-350T1020)

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United States

References

1. "Tennessee Airways". AirTimes: A Collector's Guide to Airline Timetables. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
2. "The Telegraph - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

External links

• Tennessee Airways Timetables at Airtimes.com