Hooters Air goes bust, ceases regular flights
By Associated Press
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. ? Hooters Air, which featured scantily clad women in orange short-shorts and tight T-shirts on flights, will be grounded beginning next month except for private charters out of Winston-Salem, N.C.
Bob Brooks, the airline's founder, and president Mark Peterson told The Myrtle Beach Sun News that the company will focus on charters for tour groups and sports teams.
"The flying industry is in a terrible mess. ... I've got a fair amount of money, but I don't have enough to fix this animal," Brooks said. "Now I think the best thing we can do is basically put it to bed, at least for right now, until the industry changes."
Hooters Air, which last summer served 15 destinations including nonstop flights to Nassau, Bahamas, has been suspending and canceling flights since the Christmas holidays. Airline industry analysts have said problems for the Myrtle Beach-based airline range from a highly competitive low-fare airline industry to rising fuel prices.
" Brooks ? chairman of the international restaurant chain known for its chicken wings and its female servers ? bought Pace Airlines in 2002 and launched its first scheduled flights from Myrtle Beach to Atlanta in March 2003.
By Associated Press
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. ? Hooters Air, which featured scantily clad women in orange short-shorts and tight T-shirts on flights, will be grounded beginning next month except for private charters out of Winston-Salem, N.C.
Bob Brooks, the airline's founder, and president Mark Peterson told The Myrtle Beach Sun News that the company will focus on charters for tour groups and sports teams.
"The flying industry is in a terrible mess. ... I've got a fair amount of money, but I don't have enough to fix this animal," Brooks said. "Now I think the best thing we can do is basically put it to bed, at least for right now, until the industry changes."
Hooters Air, which last summer served 15 destinations including nonstop flights to Nassau, Bahamas, has been suspending and canceling flights since the Christmas holidays. Airline industry analysts have said problems for the Myrtle Beach-based airline range from a highly competitive low-fare airline industry to rising fuel prices.
" Brooks ? chairman of the international restaurant chain known for its chicken wings and its female servers ? bought Pace Airlines in 2002 and launched its first scheduled flights from Myrtle Beach to Atlanta in March 2003.
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