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== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:SkyLiners hangar GIA-1.png|thumb|SkyLiners hangar at GIA, viewed from a departing Boeing 767.]] | |||
SkyLiners was founded in 1908 when 19 year old Jayne Nibblesby, a desperate engineer and entrepreneur, first heard about the historic first flight of the Wrogne Brothers. Upon hearing the news, Jayne came up with the idea for a type of paid transport using flying machines. This idea would eventually become commercial airlines. Nibblesby founded the commercial airline Bad Air in 1920 out of Detroit with a fleet of hastily kitbashed airplanes and serviced flights to wherever the customer wished. The flights were far from safe, sporting no seatbelts or seats and more often than not ran out of fuel before clearing the homemade runway. | |||
At the beginning of World War 2, the U.S. Army took an interest in the now much larger Bad Air commercial airline's custom airplanes after noticing their surprisingly large range and durability. Coincidentally, the Japanese military took a similar interest in the custom airplanes. Nibblesby secretly sold the patent to both militaries without either side noticing, and made 240 million U.S. dollars off of it. | At the beginning of World War 2, the U.S. Army took an interest in the now much larger Bad Air commercial airline's custom airplanes after noticing their surprisingly large range and durability. Coincidentally, the Japanese military took a similar interest in the custom airplanes. Nibblesby secretly sold the patent to both militaries without either side noticing, and made 240 million U.S. dollars off of it. | ||
On December 7th 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy performed a devastating strike on Hawaii's Pearl Harbor using Nibblesby's aircraft, sparking a huge controversy for the company and resulting in the U.S. military halting progress on the 24 under construction Bad Air brand airports around the United States. Construction would resume, however, after no evidence of the patent being sold to | On December 7th 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy performed a devastating strike on Hawaii's Pearl Harbor using Nibblesby's aircraft, sparking a huge controversy for the company and resulting in the U.S. military halting progress on the 24 under construction Bad Air brand airports around the United States. Construction would resume, however, after no evidence of the patent being sold to Japan was found. | ||
During the 1950s, competition with other airlines started to heighten as Bad Air expanded to other countries and the tourism industry took full form. Unwanted tensions started piling on Nibblesby and Bad Air due to the competition and ultimately concluded with Jayne Nibblesby's gruesome assassination on November 7th 1964. The body was found mutilated beyond recognition cycling through the baggage system of Tokyo Haneda | During the 1950s, competition with other airlines started to heighten as Bad Air expanded to other countries and the tourism industry took full form. Unwanted tensions started piling on Nibblesby and Bad Air due to the competition and ultimately concluded with Jayne Nibblesby's gruesome assassination on November 7th 1964. The body was found mutilated beyond recognition cycling through the baggage system of Tokyo [[wikipedia:Haneda Airport|Haneda Airport]] Terminal 3. Many theories as to who committed the murder have been created by the public, although no killer was ever found. | ||
After the CEO's | After the CEO's death, the airline was rebranded to SkyLiners under the new management of Nibblesby's assistant, Kirā Watashi. Watashi would go on to being the company's most profitable CEO, generating over 17 billion dollars per year during the 1970s and 1980s (inflation adjusted). | ||
By the late 1980s, SkyLiners was the largest airline in the United States, Leading the Face Race by almost half with Vision Airlines. | By the late 1980s, SkyLiners was the largest airline in the United States, Leading the Face Race by almost half with Vision Airlines. | ||
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== Destinations == | == Destinations == | ||
=== Hubs === | === Hubs === | ||