IMPERIAL AIRLINES, LAUNCHED BY a Bermuda-based consortium of private investors at the start of 1994 to serve the luxury-charter market, expects to begin operations on 15 February with a 14-day trip for an unnamed client from Washington DC to the Far East. The airline operates a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-52, purchased from Holidayair of Calgary, Canada, and refitted to accommodate 74 passengers and eight-cabin crew, in a one-class "business" configuration. The company, which plans to park its fleet at London Stansted Airport in the UK - where it has a maintenance agreement with FLS - intends to purchase a second aircraft before the end of March.
Source: Flight International
