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Mackey International

US scheduled airline (1968–1981)

Mackey International (MI) was a US airline, initially flying under commuter regulations until it was certificated in 1978 as an international scheduled airline by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now-defunct Federal agency that, until 1979, tightly regulated almost all commercial US air transportation. MI's founder was aviation pioneer Joseph C. Mackey, who earlier founded Mackey Airlines, a small certificated international carrier which flew similar routes until sold to Eastern Air Lines in 1967.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 11, 1968Founded1
  • HeadquartersFort Lauderdale1

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Douglas DC-8-51, Mackey Airlines JP6377214
Photo: Jon Proctor, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons3

Mackey International (MI) was a US airline, initially flying under commuter regulations until it was certificated in 1978 as an international scheduled airline by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now-defunct Federal agency that, until 1979, tightly regulated almost all commercial US air transportation. MI's founder was aviation pioneer Joseph C. Mackey, who earlier founded Mackey Airlines, a small certificated international carrier which flew similar routes until sold to Eastern Air Lines in 1967.2

Timeline

  1. Oct 19, 1981Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Jul 11, 1968Founded Founded1

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