Mall Airways

Mall Airways

IATA ICAO Call sign FH - -
Commenced operations	1973;52 years ago (1973)
Ceased operations	September 1989; 35 years ago (1989-09)
Fleet size	See Fleet below
Destinations	See Destinations served below
Headquarters	Albany, New York, United States

Mall Airways Beechcraft Model 99 (N299CA) stored at Calgary/ Springbank Airport

Mall Airways was an American regional airline which operated throughout the northeastern United States and eastern Canada from 1973 to 1989. The carrier operated a mixed fleet of Beechcraft 1900, Piper Navajo Chieftains, Beech 99 Airliners, and also occasionally utilized a Beech King Air 90 as a back-up aircraft. The airline was based in Albany, New York, and was acquired by Business Express Airlines in September, 1989. ^[1] Business Express retained both BE1900C, N15394 and N15503.

In 1988, the airline was forced to suspend its ground operations by the Federal Aviation Administration after the FAA found that the airline had unkept operations records. ^[2] NTSB records suggest that this was in relation to fraudulent pilot training records. ^[3]

Destinations served

• Connecticut
  • Hartford (Bradley International Airport)
• New Jersey
  • Newark (Newark Liberty International Airport)
  • Atlantic City, New Jersey
• New York
  • Albany (Albany International Airport)
  • Binghamton (Greater Binghamton Airport)
  • Buffalo (Buffalo Niagara International Airport)
  • Elmira (Elmira-Corning Regional Airport)
  • Islip (Long Island MacArthur Airport)
  • Ithaca (Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport)
  • New York (LaGuardia Airport)
  • Rochester (Greater Rochester International Airport)
  • Syracuse (Syracuse Hancock International Airport)
  • White Plains (Westchester County Airport)
• Ontario, Canada
  • Toronto (Toronto Pearson International Airport)
• Pennsylvania
  • Erie (Erie International Airport) ^[4]
• Quebec, Canada
  • Montreal (Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport)
• Rhode Island
  • Providence (T.F. Green Airport)
• Virginia
  • Washington, DC (suburbs) (Dulles International Airport)

Fleet

• Beechcraft 1900
• Beech King Air 90
• Beechcraft Model 99
• Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain

Incidents

• On April 26, 1983, Gene B. Katz from White Plains, New York, attempted to steal a Mall Airways plane from Albany County Airport. Katz kicked down a plexiglass door and entered the plane. Katz was later subdued by three sheriff's deputies. ^[5]

• On September 9, 1984, two part-time employees of the airline, set fire to the offices of Mall Airways following their burglary. The two men stole about $4,000 from the airline and used the arson to cover up the burglary. The arson itself cause $1.6 million in damage. ^{[6] [7]}

• On February 26, 1979, a Mall Airways flight from Elmira to Albany with two passengers of board lost power during the flight. The pilots, who were Air Force veterans and members of the Air National Guard, worked with air traffic controllers on the ground and two other Mall Airways pilots in a Piper Navajo to land their Piper Aztec safely. ^{[8] [9]}

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United States

External links

1. Odato, James M. (4 August 1989). "Mall Airlines Merges with Business Express". Schenectady Gazette . Schenectady, New York. p. 33. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
2. "Mall Airways Arranges for Some Flights". Schenectady Gazette . 2 December 1988. p. 35. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
3. "NTSB Order No. EA-3749: Thomas C. Richards, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Complainant, v. Glenn A. Valentine, and Edward A. Rand, Respondents" (PDF). United States of America National Transportation Safety Board. 15 December 1992. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
4. "ERI81intro".
5. "Man Tried to Take Plane From Airport, Say Police". Schenectady Gazette . 27 April 1983. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
6. "2 Sch'dy Youths Are Charged in $1.5M Arson". Schenectady Gazette . 21 September 1984. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
7. "Sch'dy Pair Admits Arson at Mall Airways". Schenectady Gazette . 8 February 1985. p. 35. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
8. Goldstein, Stephen (28 February 1979). "Three Aerial Drama Pilots Fly With Air National Guard". Schenectady Gazette . Retrieved 21 April 2025.
9. "Pilots, Controllers Honored For Crippled Plane Rescue". Schenectady Gazette . 3 August 1979. Retrieved 21 April 2025.