Southeast Airlines

Southeast Airlines was established in 1993 as Sun Jet International and was founded by Tom Kolfenbach.^[1] It was a low fare public charter airline which operated scheduled passenger service in the United States, headquartered in Largo, Florida, flying to various vacation/leisure destinations using eight McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 and two McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft. It abruptly ceased operations on November 30, 2004, citing high fuel costs as a reason for the decision.^[2] The airline's jets featured the "Sun King" logo previously used by the original National Airlines which appeared on the tails of its aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

Commenced operations1999; 27 years ago (1999)

Ceased operationsNovember 30, 2004;
21 years ago (2004-11-30)

Operating basesYoungstown-Warren Regional Airport

Frequent-flyer programSmile Miles

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Southeast Airlines

IATA ICAO Call sign SL SNK —
Commenced operations	1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Ceased operations	November 30, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-11-30)
Operating bases	Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Smile Miles
Fleet size	10
Destinations	13
Headquarters	Largo, Florida, United States

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The Southeast Airlines name was also used by another U.S. air carrier that was based in Miami (MIA) using the two letter "NS" airline code which in 1966 was operating scheduled nonstop passenger service between Miami and Key West with Fairchild F-27 turboprop aircraft.^[3] During the late 1970s, this version of Southeast was operating scheduled passenger service with Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft between Miami and several destinations in the Turks and Caicos Islands including Grand Turk, Providenciales and South Caicos, and by 1979 was operating scheduled passenger service with a Boeing 720 jetliner nonstop between Miami and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico as well as with Fairchild F-27 turboprop aircraft nonstop between Miami and Tampa.^[4][5][6][7] This version of Southeast ceased operations during the early 1980s and also operated several Boeing 707 jetliners as well as a Boeing 727-100 cargo freighter jet during its existence.^{[citation needed]}