TAG Airlines
TAG Airlines was a small airline serving primarily Downtown Cleveland, Ohio with Downtown Detroit, Michigan from 1957 until 1970.
History
It was founded by William Knight in Cleveland, Ohio as Taxi Air Group in 1955, was then sold to Ross Miller, merged with Illini Airlines in 1957 and definitely renamed.[1] Its slogan was "The World's Busiest Airline", and it served airports that were 5–15 minutes from the downtown areas, mainly in Detroit, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio. The business closed not long after one of its de Havilland Doves crashed into frozen Lake Erie in January 1970, killing all nine people aboard. The cause of the crash was found to be a fatigue crack in a fitting in the wing root resulting in failure of the right wing.[2]
Destinations[3]
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cleveland, Ohio (Burke Lakefront Airport)[4]
- Columbus, Ohio
- Detroit, Michigan (Detroit City Airport)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Akron, Ohio[5]
Chicago, Illinois (Meigs Field)[6]
See also
References
- ^ "TAG Airlines". Stanwing. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Searchers continue hunt for 9 victims, Lake Erie plane crash", Lima Daily News (January 29, 1970). Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ^ TAG Airlines timetables, 1961 and 1965
- ^ Tag Airlines timetable May 1, 1961
- ^ "Airline to Fly Into Akron Port", Akron Beacon Journal (March 21, 1958).
- ^ Tag Airlines timetable May 1, 1961
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