Mark Morro
Mark Morro(w) is an American investor and TV and radio producer. He is the co-founder of the former American regional airline, Wings West Airlines (now American Eagle).[1][2]
Background[edit]
In 1979, Morro founded Wings West Airlines with Bill Herish, which was established as a low-cost regional airline and became a publicly traded company in 1983.[3][4] In 1984, Wings West Airlines, under the American Eagle name, via an agreement with American Airlines.[5][6] In the same year, a Wings West Beechcraft Model 99 collided with a private Rockwell Commander 112TC aircraft, killing 17 persons.[7][8]
In 1990, Morro was one of the 26 general partnership investors in the acquisition of the bankruptcy of Fairchild Aircraft for $62 million.[9] In 1996, the company acquired the German aircraft company Dornier Luftfahrt, which manufactured regional airline jets, fuselage, and wings for Airbus jets.[10][11]
In 1994, Morro became the CEO of Air21, a Fresno-based start-up.[12][13][14] In 1996, another crash in Everglades by ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 resulted in negative news coverage. A planned Air21 public offering was canceled by Wall Street when a TWA 747 crash followed the Glades crash off of Long Island shortly after that.[3][15]
In 1996, the Air21 board agreed to a merger with an investment banker, David Walsh, and his company Pacific Southwest Airlines. Morro stepped down in December 1996 when Walsh was appointed as the CEO as a deal requirement.[16][17][18]
Morro created two syndicated TV series, The Coastal Gardener and Garden Travels, which aired on 200 stations.[19][20]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Blue Monday at John Wayne : Customers Bid Adieu to Airspur Employees". Los Angeles Times. 1985-02-26. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ Gray, Paul (1996-04-22). "HOW HIGH CAN THEY FLY?". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 mid-Missouri, taking flying lessons in; Wichita, joining AirlineGeeks in 2013 Now living in; Kansas; engineering, Ian is in college majoring in aerospace; University, minoring in business administration at Wichita State (2017-04-28). "TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Air21 – AirlineGeeks.com". AirlineGeeks.com – LIVE. LOVE. AVIATION. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ Ap (1984-08-26). "F.A.A. SAID TO HAVE GOT COAST DANGER WARNING". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "American Eagle Airlines to become Envoy on April 15".
- ↑ "MEMBER CARRIERS RESHUFFLED BY AMR EAGLE". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ Feaver, Douglas B. (1984-08-25). "Airliner and Small Plane Collide". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Aircraft Accident Report" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. August 24, 1985. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Aviation Daily | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Fairchild Dornier 728 - Aerospace Technology". www.aerospace-technology.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "AIR 21 TAKES FIRST F28s | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Air 21 Names Peter Robertson Public Relations Manager | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Air 21 Takes Fifth Jet Aircraft | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "MORRO STARTS NEW LINE | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ 1997-01-08T00:00:00+00:00. "Air 21 ceases services". Flight Global. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Air 21". departedwings.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Air 21 Chairman Mark Morro | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Banker Agrees to Acquire Air 21". Los Angeles Times. 1996-12-20. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Gardening guru". Monterey Herald. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ Dave Egbert's Garden Travels: Fairchild Tropical Garden, Dale Chihuly by Mark Morro. Search this book on
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