Airline Name
Arrow Air (Arrow Air Incorporated)
(Apologies for the low quality.)IATA: JW / ICAO: APW / CALLSIGN: BIG A
Founded, and commenced operations in 1981 (May 26th), ceased operations in 2010 (Jun. 30th)
(Liquidated after financial troubles)
Country of Origin
USA / United States of America ()
Main Hub(s): Miami International Airport (MIA)
Aircraft Types Used (from those available in WoA)
(For this airline, some types are available in WoA, some not.)Aircraft operated (already in-game):
Boeing 757 (-200F, -200CF, B752F/B752CF) - 4 former (1/3 for both variants, respectively).
(Pictured below: Boeing 757-200F N868AN - now known as EC-NQJ)(Pictured below: Boeing 757-200CF N688GX - later broken up)
Aircraft operated (not in-game):
Boeing 707 (-320C, B703) - 11 former.
(Pictured below: N707PD - later broken up, known as EL-AKU at end of its life)Now, here’s an interesting “hybrid” livery with Singapore Airlines colors (maybe leased from them?):
(Pictured below: N707SH - later scrapped, known as 9G-JNR at end of its life)Boeing 727 (-200, -200F, B722) - 10 former (5 for both variants).
NOTE: Arrow Air supposedly operated the 727-100 variant in limited numbers - more specifically, 2 727-100Cs, and 1 727-100F - from 1982 to 1984, and 1992 to 1994 for both types respectively.
However, when I looked up the aircraft type, all the media I found of the type involved ex-Flying Tigers aircraft, with no definitive markings to prove that they were part of Arrow Air - only photographer notes and specifications.
Because of this, I’ve elected not to add the aircraft type here, but if there is any media of Arrow’s 727-100s with some form of markings showing they’re part of the airline, and you happen to find it, I would greatly appreciate it if you added it on in a reply.Anyways, moving on to the 727-200s:
(Pictured below: Boeing 727-200 PP-SNG - now known as HP-1937UCG, status unknown)Next, here’s a very interesting color scheme - when I looked into the aircraft’s history, I determined that it was likely because the aircraft was leased to Arrow Air by another airline known as Pride Air. It also happened to have quite the final sendoff…
(Pictured below: Boeing 727-200 N408BN - later destroyed in the 1995 movie “Bad Boys”)(Pictured below: Boeing 727-200F N8834E - now known as N281FL, status unknown)
Douglas DC-8 (-54CF, -55CF, -62, -62F, -62CF, -63F, -63CF, -73CF, DC85/DC86/DC87) - exact number of aircraft operated not available/not clear.
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-54CF N108RD - later scrapped, known as N56FA at end of its life)
While I was looking for images, I managed to find this interesting bare metal livery on a similar airframe:
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-54CF N109RD - later broken up)Moving onto the -55CFs now:
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-55CF N4809E - later scrapped, known as N6161M at end of its life)Here’s the same airframe with a slight difference in the “Arrow Air” text placement and size (no idea why, this doesn’t seem to have stuck):
(Pictured below: Ditto, same aircraft as above)(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-62 N8973U - later scrapped, known as 9G-PEL at end of its life)
You might have noticed the registration and could probably guess that it’s a leased-out United aircraft. Well, this next “hybrid” livery makes its legacy quite a bit more prominent:
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-62 N8969U - later scrapped)On the topic of hybrid liveries, there was also this one, appearing to bear Surinam Airways stripes:
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-62 N1809E - later damaged beyond repair)Next, the DC-8-62 freighters:
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-62CF N798AL - now known as N41CX)(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-62F (converted) N1804 - later damaged beyond repair in 2002)
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-62F N791AL - status unknown)
And here’s the same airframe with another example of the later livery:
(Pictured below: Ditto, same aircraft as above)(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-63CF N441J - later broken up)
As you might expect or guess by now, these later DC-8s had multiple livery variations, so once again here’s an example of the later livery:
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-63F (converted) N906R - later broken up)However, there’s more to it than just the “early” and “later” liveries for this aircraft type, there was this interesting one I found too (possibly intended as a special livery?):
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-63F (converted) N345JW - later scrapped)Next, a basic bare white livery - of course with some markings - that I figured that I should include anyways:
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-63CF N441J, again)And last but not least, the final livery worn by the airline’s fleet around the mid-2000s:
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-63F (converted) N661AV - later broken up)And finally, the DC-8-73CF:
(Pictured below: Douglas DC-8-73CF N919JW - later scrapped, known as N605AL at end of its life)Unlike the other DC-8 variants which usually had at least two livery variants (such as “early” and “late”), this aircraft did not seem to have more than just the livery shown in the image - likely because of its relatively short tenure with the airline, operating from May 1983 to October 1984, before it went to German Cargo.
With the DC-8s done though, I am now able to move on to…
Lockheed L-1011 (-200F, L101) - 3 former (some sources claim 4, but 1 was not taken up).
(Pictured below: N307GB - later broken up)McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (-10, -10F, -30F, -30CF, DC10) - exact number of aircraft operated not available/not clear.
NOTE 2: In a similar situation to the 727-100s from earlier, Arrow Air did supposedly have at least 2 DC-10-40s (or 3, sources vary). However, all media I found of them showed all fully unmarked with nothing to indicate they were part of Arrow Air. As such, I’ve also decided not to include them here, but as I said - if there’s any media showing them with any form of Arrow Air markings, then feel free to let me know.
(Pictured below: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N917JW - later broken up, known as N104WA at end of its life)
Interestingly, there were quite a few livery color variants with this specific aircraft type, which I’ll display next:
(Pictured below: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N904WA - now known as N559FE)(Pictured below: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N902JW - later broken up, known as N573SC at end of its life)
Now moving onto the other variants:
(Pictured below: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F (converted) N68041 - later scrapped)(Pictured below: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F (converted) N450ML - later scrapped)
(Pictured below: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF N524MD - later broken up)
(As a final note: this airline required quite a lot of research, as you might have guessed. However, if there’s anything you’d like to include or you feel like I missed, you know the drill, add it on in a reply if you’d like.)
Why should this airline be added?
I’m sure this airline doesn’t need much more explanation - it has a lot of historical significance, a unique, varied fleet, from DC-8s, 727s to DC-10s, and to top it all off, it can count as a standard map contract operator, given that its 757PCFs were listed as the last active aircraft at the time of its closure past 2010 - alongside some other aircraft, such as most of the DC-10-10Fs and DC-10-30Fs/CFs. (along with a few DC-8s, if I’m not wrong?)Furthermore, the 727s, most DC-8s, L-1011s and early DC-10-10s, if eventually added, would make for great event aircraft, capable of visiting most airports, such as all of North America (IAD, SXM, MSY, SAN), alongside likely all current airports in Europe (ZRH, LHR, LEJ, etc.), and even some airports like SCL and GRU in South America, which were actually a part of the airline’s routes, at least according to Wikipedia (see below if you’re interested).
So, I believe this airline should be added as it has a very unique fleet of aircraft, would make for great events or special contracts capable of appearing at airports in North/South America, as well as airports in Europe, and would, in theory, be accessible as a standard map contract operator, primarily through its 757-200CFs and some DC-10s (again, if added), given that it operated into 2010.
Sources:
Arrow Air’s Planespotters.net Page (1981-2001 Fleet Details)
Arrow Air’s Planespotters.net Page (2002-2010 Post-Merger Fleet Details)
Arrow Air’s Wikipedia Page