Sky Trek International Air Lines
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Sky Trek 727-200 in 1997 | |||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1996 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2000 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 Boeing 727-200 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Richmond, Virginia, then Ewing Township, New Jersey. United States | ||||||
| Key people | Robert Iverson(Chief Executive Officer) | ||||||
Sky Trek International Air Lines was an Federal Air Regulation Part 121 Supplemental Charter Airline headquartered originally in Richmond, Virginia and later Ewing Township, New Jersey flying 5 Boeing 727-200s configured for 162 passengers, operating on behalf of package vacation charter companies and large ad hoc charter brokers.
Principal customers included Apple Vacations, Go Go Tours, Liberty Travel, and World Technologies. Started in 1996 by Robert Iverson and a small group of executives from Kiwi International Air Lines, the company flew primarily to the Caribbean, including Nassau, Aruba, Saint Martin, and Antigua. Other destinations included Cancún, Mexico and Laughlin, Nevada. Ad hoc charters provided short notification lift during the NCAA basketball tournament and subservice to other airlines. Fully refurbished planes were leased primarily from Pegasus and were maintained according to the Boeing Maintenance Document. Captains were primarily from Eastern Air Lines via Kiwi. Utilization averaged slightly above 200 hours per month per plane. Iverson stepped down as Chief Executive Officer in 1999 in a negotiated tunover to new majority stockholders who wanted to emphasize ad hoc charters over long-term seasonal business. They changed the name to Discovery Airlines shortly before it went bankrupt. The planes were removed from service and repainted. Sky Trek declared bankruptcy and ceased operations in 2000.