Tennessee Airways Explained

Airline:	Tennessee Airways
Iata:	ZN
Icao:	TEN
Callsign:	Tennessee
Founded:	1978
Ceased:	1990
Hubs:	McGhee Tyson Airport
Headquarters:	Knoxville, TN

Tennessee Airways was an airline that was conceived as a regional airline to provide service to cities throughout the Southeastern United States. The airline was in service between 1978 and 1987 and was based out of Knoxville, Tennessee.^[1]

Stuart Adcock was president and major shareholder. He was somewhat of a hands-on executive, sometimes flying the planes and cleaning them after flights.^[2]

Destinations

• Tennessee
  • Chattanooga (Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport)^[1]
  • Knoxville (McGhee Tyson Airport) - primary hub ^[1]
  • Memphis (Memphis International Airport) - primary hub ^[1]
  • Nashville (Nashville International Airport)^[1]
  • Tri-Cities (Tri-Cities Regional Airport)^[1]
• Alabama
  • Huntsville (Huntsville Municipal Airport)^[1]
• Georgia
  • Atlanta (William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport)^[1]
• Kentucky
  • Boone County (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport)^[1]
  • Lexington (Blue Grass Airport)^[1]
  • London (London-Corbin Airport)*^[1]
• North Carolina
  • Charlotte (Douglas Airport)^[1]
  • Greensboro (Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point Airport)^[1]
  • Pinehurst (Moore County Airport)*^[1]
• South Carolina
  • Greer (Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport)^[1]
• Virginia
  • Fairfax County (Washington Dulles International Airport)^[1]

Those airports marked with an asterisk (*) no longer have commercial airline service.

Fleet

• Embraer EMB 110
• Piper T1020 (PA-31-350T1020)

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United States

External links

• Tennessee Airways Timetables at Airtimes.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tennessee Airways . AirTimes: A Collector's Guide to Airline Timetables . 2007-09-30 .
2. Web site: The Telegraph - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com. 18 December 2023.