Northeast Airlines

Northeast Airlines

IATA ICAO Callsign NE NEA Northeast
Founded	April 30, 1965 (1965-04-30) (as Air Northeast)
Commenced operations	June 7, 1965
AOC #	NEAA707B
Hubs	Brest Charleston King of Prussia Port Charles Port Celebration Vancouver Zaragoza
Focus cities	Clairton Frankfurt Kingston Providence
Frequent-flyer program	Northeast Miles
Subsidiaries	Northeast Air Northwest Cargo Northeast Connections Northeast International Northeast Vacations, LLC
Fleet size	745
Destinations	129
Company slogan	“The Easy Way to Fly!”
Headquarters	Port Charles, Alexandria
Key people	Benjamin King (Chairman) Thomas Staggs (CEO)
Revenue	AP$ 25.682 billion (2019)
Operating income	AP$ 3.407 billion (2018)
Net income	AP$ 2.777 billion(2019)
Total assets	AP$ 30.856 (2019)
Total equity	AP$ 10.777 billion (2019)
Employees	61,590 (2019)
Website	www.flynortheast.com.ap

Northeast Airlines Inc., commonly referred to as Northeast is one of the major airlines of Alexandria-Prussia. The company is headquartered in Port Charles, Alexandria and is one of the world’s largest low-cost carriers.

The airline was established on April 30, 1965 by Erik Von Martin as Air Northeast Co and adopted its current name Northeast Airlines Inc., in 1980 when it began operating between the states of Alexandria and New England. The airline has over 80,000 employees as of October 2019 and operates about 5,000 departures a day during peak travel season.

History

Northeast Airlines Inc. was founded in 1965 by Erik Von Martin and James King. In 1967 four other airlines took legal action against the company for its planned strategy to undercutting their prices by flying only within Alexandria and thus being exempt from various central government regulations. The lawsuits were settled in 1980 when the company began flying between Alexandria and New England.

In 1975, Southwest began operating flights to various additional cities within Alexandria, and in 1980s it began flying to adjacent states of New England and Prussia. Service to the Carolina, Georgia, Northwest Providence and Prussian Columbia started in the 1990s when the company acquired Trans Airlines.

In 2010 the company announced that they would acquire Northwind Air for AP$3.9 billion. Northeast received final approval from the Alexandria-Prussia Department of Justice on April 22, 2011. The transaction was completed on April 27, 2011. The greatest impact on Northeast, was access to Vancouver International, international service and the addition of landing slots at Kingston International and Starling City-Edward Queen International Airport.

The purchase added 30 additional destinations previously not served by Northeast including cities in the Caribbean, Vancouver, an Northwind hub and at the time, the largest U.S. city not served by Northeast.

In 2018 the Northeast acquires assets and routes from the bankrupt Brittany Express based out of Brest, Brittany, Indora. The company paid estimated AP$250 million for the 27 routes and 1,000 employees. As a result of the acquisition Northeast Airlines entered the European and South Africa market.

In 2019 the company reorganize into 5 groups Northeast Air (medium- and long-haul domestic routes), Northeast Cargo (freight shipment), Northeast Connection (short-haul routes), Northeast International (international medium- and long-haul routes, excluding all mainland and Caribbean Indorian routes, as they are handed by Northeast Air domestic) and Northeast Vacations (handles reservations for plane tickets and vacation packages).

On January 24, 2020 it was announced that co-founder and current Chairman and CEO James King was stepping down from the company and would be succeeded by Thomas Staggs as CEO and James son Benjamin King took over for him as Chairman.

Destinations and Bases

To date Northeast schedules to flights to 129 destinations in all of Alexandria-Prussia, the Caribbean, Europe and South Africa. Northeast does not use the standard hub and spoke system of other major airlines. The airline preferers the point-to-point system, combined with a rolling hub model in its base cities.

Hubs

• Brest
• Charleston
• King of Prussia
• Port Charles
• Port Celebration
• Vancouver
• Zaragoza

Focus Cities

• Clairton
• Frankfurt
• Kingston
• Providence

Fleet

Southwest Airlines fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Airbus A220-100	20	57	120	Operated by Northeast Connections
Boeing 737-700	504	—	143	Operated by Northeast Air
Boeing 737-800	207	—	175	Operated by Northeast Air and International
Boeing 737 MAX 8	34	246	189	Operated by Northeast Air and International
Boeing 747-8F	8	—	—	Operated by Northeast Cargo
Boeing 787-9	13	7	344	Operated by Northeast International
Total	745	276

Passenger Experience

According to the Department of Transportation (DOT) Northeast ranks number one (lowest number of complaints) of all AP airlines for customer complaints. Northeast Airlines has consistently received the fewest ratio of complaints per passengers boarded of all major AP carriers that have been reporting statistics to the DOT since 1987.

Northeast employees are known for their colorful boarding announcements and crews that burst out in song, which is quite popular among passengers. The company is also one of the few airlines in Alexandria-Prussia that still allow 2 free checked bags when flying. The company also provides free snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverages can be purchased at additional cost to the passengers.

On transatlantic flights Northeast provides a complimentary meal evening for all passengers. Guests in the Economy Class can pay to grade to the premium meal if they choose. Passengers in Business Class automatic get the premium meal choices.

Freedom Economy Interior

On May 05, 2016, Northeast introduced its newest interior, called the Freedom Interior. It includes the widest seat to fit a Boeing 737 that provides additional space for passengers and also includes a new galley. The seat is being delivered on all new A220-100, 737 MAX and 787-9 aircraft's. All current aircraft equipped with the previous design will be retrofitted with new bulkheads and jet black seat cushions.

Freedom Premier+ Interior

Premium+ class is only offered on Northeast's Boeing 787 aircraft's. The seats are configured in a 2-3-2 layout with AC power outlets, with 55 inches (140 cm) of pitch in aircraft configured with 32 or 35 Premium seats, or 46 inches (120 cm) of pitch in aircraft configured with 56 Premium+ seats.

Northeast Miles

Northeast Mile is the frequent flyer program for Northeast Airlines. Miles do not expire but accounts may be deactivated by Southwest in certain cases or if they haven't been used or activate within 2 year period.

Corporate Affairs

Headquarters

The Northeast Airlines headquarters is located on the grounds of Port Charles International Airport in the Hillsborough neighborhood of Port Charles, Alexandria.

On June 2, 2016, Northeast broke ground on its new office and training facility known as Flyer. The newest addition to the corporate campus is composed of a 420,000 square foot six story office building, and 380,000 square foot adjoining structure called the LEAD (Leading Education and Aircrew Development) Building which serves as the new aircrew training facility. The LEAD Building has capacity to house and support 22 flight simulators. The building opened on May 3, 2018.

Employment

As of September 30, 2019, Southwest Airlines has 60,590 active full-time equivalent employees.