Northeastern International Airways
Northeastern International Airways (IATA: QS, ICAO: QSA, call sign: Northeaster) was a low-fare airline established in 1980 and based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.Between 1982 and 1985, the airline operated scheduled passenger flights in the northeastern United States, Florida, California and Oklahoma, and also served Kansas City, Missouri; Las Vegas, Nevada; Little Rock, Arkansas; and New Orleans, Louisiana where the airline operated a small hub during the summer of 1984.[5] During the summer of 1984, the airline operated 66 daily flights to seventeen cities in ten states, with sixteen aircraft and 1,400 employees.According to the airline's system timetable dated May 1, 1984, Northeastern International was operating a small hub at the New Orleans International Airport (MSY) with nonstop and/or direct no change of plane jet service to Boston (BOS), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Hartford/Springfield (BDL), Kansas City (MCI), Las Vegas (LAS), Little Rock (LIT), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), New York Kennedy Airport (JFK), Oklahoma City (OKC), Orlando (MCO), St. Petersburg/Clearwater (PIE), San Diego (SAN), Tulsa (TUL) and West Palm Beach (PBI).The airline also announced a plan to cut its operations to sixteen (16) daily flights from Florida to Chicago, Philadelphia and New York, using three Boeing 727 aircraft.