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Florida Express
Florida low-cost carrier (1984-1988)
Florida Express was an airline headquartered in Orlando, Florida, United States. Orlando International Airport (MCO) served as the airline's hub with a point-to-point linear route system in the eastern U.S. and Florida. Established in 1984, the air carrier operated a small fleet consisting exclusively of British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven twin jet aircraft and employed approximately 385 employees in 1985.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Florida Express was an airline headquartered in Orlando, Florida, United States. Orlando International Airport (MCO) served as the airline's hub with a point-to-point linear route system in the eastern U.S. and Florida. Established in 1984, the air carrier operated a small fleet consisting exclusively of British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven twin jet aircraft and employed approximately 385 employees in 1985. It was incorporated in Delaware on January 24, 1983 and received its economic certificate from the Civil Aeronautics Board exactly a year later on January 24, 1984. First flight was January 26, 1984 and it was co-founded and led by Gordon Linkon, a former Midway Airlines president and Frontier Airlines executive. The airline completed an initial public offering on October 16, 1985, raising $13mm. The airline's toll-free phone number was 1-800-FAST-JET.2
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Fleet
1987-88 World Airline Fleets (copyright 1987) lists the Florida Express fleet as follows:
The 203AE series aircraft were originally delivered to Braniff International Airways, the US trunk carrier that ceased operation in 1982, a separate but related carrier from the Braniff that bought Florida Express.
Destinations
As of January 1984:
As of April 1986:
From Wikipedia’s article on Florida Express, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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Links
- WikipediaFlorida Express
- WikidataQ5461342
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- 1WikidataFlorida Express on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaFlorida Express on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsFlorida Express photo by Pete Macklin, CC BY 2.0