Grounded: JetTrain

This episode of Grounded looks at JetTrain, a low-fare airline based in Pittsburgh operating a tiny fleet of DC-9s. Initially launched as AirTrain the airline was forced to rebrand to prevent confusion with AirTran when they entered the Florida market. JetTrain were one of a number of US airlines to launch in the 1980s & 1990s, and like most of them ended up a failure with JetTrain ceasing operations within a year.
**PRODUCTION NOTES**
Given how JetTrain lasted less than a year and grew to a fleet of just three aircraft there are very few photos of their aircraft, 12 in fact, of which 2 are when the aircraft are either in for maintenance or after they ceased operations. Fortunately this episode is a short one so it shouldn't get too visually repetitive. There are no known images available of the airline when it was called "AirTrain" though as far as I know the livery was the same, just different titles.
Yes that really is me in the drivers seat, it's a Class 47 diesel locomotive (my favourite type) and numbered 47643 which was visiting from Scotland for anyone that's interested in trains.
A couple of other airlines are mentioned in this episode that have been covered in previous episodes, these are;
Kiwi International Air Lines
Kiwi was founded and ran by its employees, at its peak the airline operated 15 Boeing 727s. The Newark based airline lasted a very turbulent six & a bit years, during which it was grounded several times by the authorities and bankrupted twice.
This episode is here; • Grounded: Kiwi Interna...
Eastwind
Eastwind were one of many low fare airlines to form in the 1990s, based in Trenton, New Jersey they eventually relocated to Greensboro. Operating a small fleet of 737s the airline hit financial trouble and infamously abandoned passengers at one airport on Thanksgiving citing "Indefinite Delay".
This episode is here; • Grounded: Eastwind Air...
Compass Airlines
Australia's first low fare airline and the first airline to take advantage of the deregulation of the airline industry in Australia. The airline lasted just over a year following the government and competing airlines conspiring against them.
This episode is here; • Grounded: Compass Airl...
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