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DCA, BWI. 24 segments yielded a United coach ticket, 48 segments yielded a Star
Alliance round-the-world business class ticket.) Problems, including flights flying far below capacity, were identified in October 2004, less than six months following the airline's launch as the parent company attempted to avoid bankruptcy.
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Independence Air could not respond to United's promotional onslaught. (United's primary offer for free flights based on a sliding scale of flight segments to/from a Washington airport - IAD,
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to become the official airline sponsor of the team for three years. In the summer of 2005, the airline offered college students the GLiDE Summer Travel Pass. This move was meant not to bring in revenue, but to try to fill seats that otherwise would have flown empty. This promotional tool was not
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February 2005, the airline canceled the lease on more than 20
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January 2, 2006, that it would cease operations at 7:26 p.m. UTC-5 on January 5, 2006, following a flight from
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Independence Air's cessation of operations, a number of airlines expressed an interest in acquiring the airline's assets including:
1070:. September 18, 2000. Retrieved on January 31, 2011. "Grubb & Ellis has leased 76982 square feet of office space to Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings Inc in the Loudoun Gateway III complex in Dulles"
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Washington Dulles International Airport. However, the company never overcame a series of financial problems during its transition, and its decline started only six months after its launch.
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