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Founded | 1990 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 1993 | ||||||
Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
Website | https://www.compass-virtual.net/faq.html |
Compass MK II was an airline that was supposed to be Southern cross airlines but chose to trade under the compass brand. [1]
Aircraft | In fleet | Notes |
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McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 3 | - |
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 2 | 2 more ordered, but not delivered due to the demise of the airline |
In 1997, chairman Douglas Reid was convicted of theft and false accounting amounting to $10 million in relation to the collapse. He received a record 10-year jail sentence. [1]
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