Independent Air
Independent Air was granted a license for worldwide charters in 1984. The company purchased two 707's (N7232X and N7231T) from Trans World Airlines. The company permission to operate these aircraft was withdrawn in 1984 following new noise regulations. The company was exempted from the permission withdrawal following a succeful lawsuit. In 1985, the aircraft were fitted with hush-kits, making the aircraft to meet Stage 3 noise levels.
The airline mainly operated holiday charters and also flew charters for the US military.
In 1988 and 1989 the company flew charters between Florida and Jamaica, also dubbed the "Jamaica Shuttle". During the crash of Independent Air 1851, the company was operating flights between Boston and Ponta Delgada, Fort Lauderdale and Montego Bay, Denver and Montego Bay and Milan/Bergamo and Santo Domingo/Montego Bay. Following the crash of flight 1851, the Italian government banned low-cost carriers such as Independent Air from its skies and the service to the Dominican Republic was stopped.
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