Carnival Air Lines (IATA: KW, ICAO: CAA, and Callsign: Carnival Air) was a charter and low-cost air division of Carnival Cruise Lines started in 1988 after Carnival Cruise Lines purchased Pacific Interstate Airlines. IATA airline designators are two-letter codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... Carnival Cruise Lines is a cruise line operating a large number of cruise ships. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The airline began operations in 1989, flying charters from San Juan and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, to several Caribbean destinations as well as Southern Florida on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines. It was the first airline to offer jet services to Aguadilla's airport. During its lifetime, Carnival was mainly a charter airline. Most of its charter services were performed to ferry passengers between its major cruise ports in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Aguadilla, and San Juan as well as to ferry passengers who had missed their cruise to the next port of call. They were also chartered to fly Southern Florida's professional sports teams to road games. Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (IATA: SJU, ICAO: TJSJ) is a public airport located in Carolina, 3 miles (5 km) southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. ... A North American Airlines Boeing 757 parked at the Rafael Hernández Airport, with Fed Ex and Tradewinds jets nearby. ... Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe; Dutch: Caraïben; Portuguese: Caribe or Caraíbas) is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts. ... The South Florida metropolitan area is an informal name for the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Miami Beach[1] metropolitan area. ... A charter airline is one that operates charter flights, that is flights that take place outside normal schedules, by a hiring arrangement with a particular customer. ...

In the mid-1990s, Carnival began limited scheduled services from San Juan to Miami and Orlando, Florida, and Islip, New York. In 1996, Carnival opened a route from Miami to Lima, Peru's Jorge Chavez International Airport. However, low demand and high competition on its scheduled routes caused the airline to cut down scheduled services the following year. Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA), is a major airport located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida between the cities of Hialeah, Doral, and Miami Springs, the village of Virginia Gardens, and the unincorporated community of Fountainbleau. ... Orlando International Airport (IATA: MCO, ICAO: KMCO) is an airport located in Orlando, Florida. ... FAA diagram of MacArthur Airport (ISP) A Southwest Airlines 737 departing Runway 24. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article is about Lima, Peru. ... Jorge Chávez International Airport (IATA Airport Code: LIM) is Perus main national and international gateway, serving over 4. ...

In September 1997, Pan Am Corp., a holding company formed by the reincarnated Pan Am, bought Carnival Air Lines in an attempt to bolster its fleet and operations into a new airline based on the old Pan Am. Before either airlines could fully merge, the holding company and its two independently operated airlines, Pan Am and Carnival, filed for bankruptcy protection and ceased scheduled flight operations in February 1998. The operating certificate used for the first reincarnated Pan Am was abandoned in favor of the acquired Carnival operating certificate. Pan Am, now operating with the Carnival certificate, quickly resumed limited charter operations while new owner Guilford Transportation Industries of Massachusetts acquired certain assets of the bankrupt companies after court approval. The new company emerged from bankruptcy in June 1998 and discontinued the use of the Carnival Brand name for the Pan Am name and logo instead. Guilford ceased operating Pan Am and relinquished its original Carnival airworthiness certificate on November 1, 2004. Operations were transferred to Boston-Maine Airways, which resumed 727 service under the "Pan Am Clipper Connection" brand from February 17, 2005. Pan American World Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal international airline of the United States from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991. ... Operating certificate is a category of license issued by a government agency allowing an individual or company to provide a controlled type of service. ... Guilford Transportation Industries (GTI) is a transportation holding company which controls Guilford Rail System, a regional freight railroad network that covers most of northern New England, and the resurrected Pan American Airways, with Boston-Maine Airways a charter and scheduled airline operating between the northeastern United States and Florida and... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boston-Maine Airways (BMA) (IATA: E9, ICAO: CXS, and Callsign: Clipper Connection) is an airline based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. It is a scheduled and charter passenger carrier operating as the Pan Am Clipper Connection. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Fleet

At its height, Carnival's fleet composed of Airbus A300, Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 aircraft. Airbus S.A.S. is a leading aircraft manufacturer based in Toulouse, France. ... The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range, wide-body family of aircraft manufactured by Airbus Industries between 1972 and the present. ... The Boeing 727 is a large, single-aisle (narrow-body) commercial jet airliner carrying as many as 189 passengers. ... The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular medium range - narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft. ...