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[airline55]

Detroit, MI (1/15/80) - Liberty Airlines Grp. Announced the launch of its initial four routes using three, three-year-old DHC-7 aircraft serving New York JFK, Chicago O'Hare, and Toronto from its primary base in Detroit. An additional service connects YYZ (Toronto) to JFK (New York) once daily, with an additional flight on monday for international business travelers.

The airline will take delivery of its first Jet, a Boeing 727-200, early next month before launching longer-range service.

Long range, Liberty Airlines Grp. expects to begin terminal construction in Detroit, continue constructing a developed route network in expectation of declaring DTW a hub, and introduce international flights as well as additional brands to compliment the existing Liberty Airlines.

[airline55]

Detroit, MI (2/24/80) - Liberty Airlines has aquired the first Boeing 727 for fleet expansion. Three additional 727-200s have been ordered, scheduled for delivery over the next two months. All aircraft were leased new from Boeing for and initial three years with options to purchse or extend the leases. Once delivered, the aircraft will be used to expand to midwestern cities west of Detroit, and potentially to replace the three DHC-7 aircraft currently operated by Liberty Airlines.

Expansion will continue from Detroit until the airline is capped at the number of gates by airport regulations, at which time point-point service between other US cities will be announced until full plans can be developed for a terminal at DTW.

[airline55]

Detroit, MI (8/18/80) - Liberty Airlines and Boeing today announced a massive aircraft deal which will add fifty new aircraft to the Liberty fleet. Fourty of the new planes are the Liberty Airlines workhorse, the Boeing 727-200. Ten of the aircraft are the 747-200 Jumbo Jet, which will be used to launch transoceanic flights in the near future. All aircraft were ordered on a three-year lease, with options for extension or purchse at any point. This purchase was a major part of the Airline's expansion plan, which will include opening both a terminal and a hub at Detroit in the coming months, as well as making serious adjustments to the domestic route structure.

The Airline is in further talks with both Douglas and Lochkeed over a higher-capacity, domestic airliner.

[airline55]

Detroit, MI (9/11/80) - Liberty Airlines Grp. announced today it will begin construction of a new, 50-gate terminal at Detroit Metro Airport next month. Three drawings of the new facility's three-story check-in hall have been released, while the exact design of the rest of the complex remains a mystery to the press. The terminal will feature a main building with an attached, 10-gate concourse for large jets and international flights, as well as an additional 40-gate complex connected to the main building by an underground tram.

[Moldova96]

Very Nice terminal. Like the personalisation of it.

[Tintinfan]

Very Nice terminal. Like the personalisation of it.

I agree there. Did you make it airline55?

[airline55]

Yes, that is of my own design + creation...perhaps with a little influence from T5 at LHR. Google Sketchup + kerkythea rendering program to make it look like that.

[airline55]

Detroit, MI (1/15/81) - Liberty Airlines has announced an additional aircraft purchase. The airline, which has thus-far focused on Boeing Aircraft, while working to phase out its DHC-7s, has entered into agreement to lease a single Douglas DC-9 as an experiment to service low-capacity North-American routes. The Airline currently maintains a fleet of 727s, but these are considered too large for many routes within the United States and Canada.

In addition, the airline is pursuing a second hub on the North American continent, potentially in Hawaii or San Francisco to service Asian and Oceanic flights. Although Hawaii is better suited to this kind of Pacific gateway, it could create a complicated route structure, requiring Liberty to service flights from Honolulu to major US cities, a more expensive proposition than if the hub were to be located in Los Angeles or San Francisco, which could be serviced to US destinations by existing 727s.