Orange Airlines

About
Orange Airlines, aka. (Orange Transatlantic Airlines) was an air carrier company in the United States of Megaton and Columbia, it was considered as one of the worlds largest international air carriers in the 80s, it continued to function from 1925 to its eventual bankruptcy in 2003, it was also credited as being one of the first airlines to create innovations that changed aviation, and had a widespread use of jet aircraft, jumbo jets and the newly created CRS.

In the events of New Shingleton, it was facing difficulties due to the 1973 oil crisis decades prior, and became one of the victims for the New Shingleton Incident in late 1989 as one of their flights were shot down by so called Crimsonian terrorists.

History
Orange Airlines was founded in early 1926 as a shell company as part of a concern of the growing influence of an airline which was the first to ever exist and land within the United States of Megaton and Columbia, In the mid 30s, the Post Office requested bids on a contract to deliver mail till 1932.

The airline expanded internationally and gained landing rights within the Dominion of St. Ark, The government further helped by insulating it from its competitors, seeing the airline as the "chosen instrument" for USMC-based international air routes. The airline was benefiting from a virtual monopoly on foreign routes.

Interwar Period
The Orange Airlines company began expanding their networks within Southern Columbia with their newly bought seaplanes, it carried nicknames that symbolized the company,

However, Orange Airline's early history didn't go well as in the late 30s the rise of the far-right taking power within Central Mesothemia led to the outbreak of the Second Great War, the company was forced to give out its planes to the USMC military due to shortages of aircraft parts.

Orange Airlines in the outbreak of the Second Great War led to the freezing of it's assets, not functioning until the end of the Second Great War, as the company nearly went bankrupt, eventually all of it's property that have been stolen during the war was given back.

Post-war Expansion
Orange Airline's height and further expansion began post-war in mid 1950s, as more routes opened and connected through Western Mesothemia, however due to the Communist Bloc in Eastern Mesothemia, their routes were limited.

Orange Airlines used an aircraft called the DA-20, a small aircraft produced by the Denver Aircraft Company, it bought over 120 of these planes and used them for their routes.

Jet Age
Although Orange Airlines contemplated purchasing planes from the United Kingdom, they resorted to buying planes from Boeing, and thus became one of the first airlines to obtain the Boeing 707, placing an order for 25 in the mid 50s, and bought 22 planes from the Denver Aircraft Company.

In the Jet Age, Orange Airlines became a massive and growing airline, in the late 50s the Orange Airlines Worldport was constructed and opened 2 years afterwards, it also became the launch customer of the massive scale Boeing 747, placing a 800 million dollar order in the late 60s, During the next days, Orange Airlines flew several 747s to major airports, but a near accident nearly devastated the reputation of Orange Airlines.

Orange Airlines Building
The Orange Airlines Building was designed and began construction in 1969, comprising of 60 floors and commissioned a computer company to build a large computer that booked airline and hotel reservations, which was installed in 1971. It also held large amounts of information about cities, countries, airports, aircraft, hotels, and restaurants.

Eventually, because of it's downturn and the eventual 1975 Oil Crisis in the United States of Megaton and Columbia, Orange Airlines had no other choice but to sell the building for 72 million dollars in 1998 to a company based in Denver, the Orange Airlines Building was stripped most of its interior and was completely rebuilt and repurposed, it also became a victim of one of the terrorist attacks in 2003.

Peak
At it's peak in the early 70s and late 60s, Orange Airlines carried 7.3 million passengers worldwide, its 252 jets flew to 73 countries over a scheduled route network of 81,410 unduplicated miles, During that period the airline was profitable and its cash reserves totaled $2 billion. It made a major influence to aviation in the United States of Megaton and Columbia, it decommissioned its Denver Aircraft fleets during its peak.

During the peak of Orange Airlines, this also ended the era of the airlines mass usage of small planes, and in the late 60s economy class was introduced including first class. However, Orange Airline's peak did not last as in mid 1975 an oil crisis throughout the United States of Megaton and Columbia devastated the country and forcing the population to resort to energy and fuel saving vehicles, including aircraft.

1975 Oil Crisis
Orange Airlines had invested millions of dollars into a large fleet of Boeing 747s expecting the increase of air travel, because of the introduction of wide body airplanes and more competition from other airlines promising better opportunities, their expectations did not happen, which forced Orange Airlines to lose millions of dollars in investment.

The situation worsened when in the mid 70s the 1975 Oil Crisis occured and devastated the United States of Megaton and Columbia, the overcapacity worsened and fuel prices skyrocketed during this crisis leaving Orange Airlines vulnerable with its high overheads as a result of a large decentralized infrastructure. High fuel prices and its many older, less fuel-efficient narrow-bodied airplanes increased the airline's operating costs. Federal route awards to other airlines further reduced the number of passengers the airline carried and its profit margins.

Because of the oil crisis and the massive operation costs of the Boeing 747s, they resorted to using outdated Denver Aircraft planes and refitted them to fit to modern standards including equipment, however due to the aging Denver Aircraft planes, these planes were vulnerable to catching fire and constant crashing, which earned Orange Airlines a bad reputation.

The 1975 Oil Crisis eventually ended but caused immense damage to the airline and the loss of 300 million dollars by the company within a month, but eventually in 2 years the airline avoided bankruptcy and its operations being ceased as a task was implemented trimming the network by 25%, slashing the 40,000-strong workforce by 30% and cutting wages, introducing stringent economies and rescheduling debt, and reducing the size of the fleet this enabled Orange to avert financial collapse and return to profitability in 1977.

Downturn
Orange Airlines was still in a crisis as the bad reputation earned by the public due to its sudden plane crashes and incidents by old and outdated Denver Aircrafts, eventually some of these Denver Aircrafts ceased operations in 1979 and were only left operating in cold regions due to the few capabilities of the old Denver Aircrafts, it stil did not solve the bad reputation and the last few Denver Aircrafts operating within the cold regions were vulnerable to catching fire and having mechanical problems.

Because of Orange Airlines financial problems, it had to sell some of its routes and outdated aircraft in order to solve the financial problem, however this did not solve the problem and the airline's financial problems worsened, this financial problem contributed and led to the ending of Orange Airlines and its eventual downfall.

1979 St. Ark Federation crisis
The St. Ark Federation during the early and mid 70s was Orange Airline's main focus, as Orange Airlines spent millions of dollars investing within the seperate branch in the St. Ark Federation, however, millions of dollars of investment within the branch contributed to the loss of millions from Orange Airlines, as the Federation Civil War in 1979 and the eventual coup d'etat completely destroyed their fleet inside the St. Ark Federation.

During the Federation Civil War, most planes owned by Orange Airline's and several properties owned by them were confiscated by the military government, because of the sudden attacks carried by SANDF, most of these properties and planes were destroyed, contributing to the loss of millions of investment by Orange Airlines, and the loss of any potential success within the country, by the early 80s all fleets residing within the Federation were destroyed.

Fleet Restructuring
Despite the airlines financial situation, in 1985 the president of Orange Airlines went ahead with an order for new aircraft models produced by newly created aircraft companies in Mesothemia, aimed to balance the market between Columbian and Mesothemian made aircraft, the company ordered the new aircraft models in narrow-bodied aircraft due to the budget cuts by the finacial situation.

These advanced aircraft were operationally superior to the outdated Boeing 747s and 727s used and operated by Orange Airlines, however this was intended to make the airline more competitive to other airlines such as Nuovo Airlines, a St. Ark Federation airline, somewhere in late 1986 the newly created aircraft models began replacing outdated planes, and were used for Caribbean networks later the same year.

The outdated Boeing 747s were replaced by narrow aircrafts, but part of the Boeing 747 fleet remained intact and was widely used in the St. Ark Federation, and the Democratic Republic of Sidan, the majority of its short-haul domestic routes continued to be flown with outdated and completely dangerous Denver Aircrafts until the airline's demise.

Accidents & Incidents
Orange Airline's had a massive history of plane accidents and hostage crisis, but most of these were not as fatal, the most fatal plane accidents began appearing and rising constantly since the beginning of the 70s and the eventual oil crisis in the United States of Megaton and Columbia, and the majority of the hostage crisis that occured were mostly by alleged Crimsonian terrorists.

The first fatal incident began during its eventual rise in the late 60s, and most of these plane crashes and accidents were by Denver Aircraft planes, which had a bad reputation of crashing constantly.

January 3rd 1962

A Denver Aircraft 20 plane was struck by lightning near the city of Kriadavia,

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1989 New Shingleton Incident
The most devastating incident and a fatal impact to the development of Orange Airlines was the 1989 New Shingleton Incident in the St. Ark Federation, as a Orange Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft crashed after breaking into pieces after a missile strike caused by alleged Crimsonian terrorists, this caused a major blow to the company and paralyzed the development of Orange Airlines.

What began as a normal and busy day, the Orange Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft took off a runway at the Steven Ogg International Airport, throughout 30 minutes after their takeoff, the Orange Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft began to broke in pieces in the middle of the Scattered Islands after a missile strike by Crimsonian terrorists, the aircraft broke into 3 pieces and crashed into the sea, this killed over 300 passengers and an additional 50 people in Steven Ogg International Airport.

In the aftermath of the incident, Orange Airlines apologized to the families of the victims, agreeing to pay compensation for the incident and the incompetence of the company, because of this they lost millions of dollars after the incident and destroyed the airline's reputation in the St. Ark Federation, at this point Orange Airlines began declining and 7 years later another incident would cause a major blow to the airline.

1996 Adeville Incident
The 1996 Adeville Incident was a massive catastrophic event in the United States of Megaton and Columbia before the 2002 Columbia Attacks, as another Orange Airlines 747 aircraft suddenly broke into pieces and crashed on the town of Adeville in the state of New Mexico, this also further contributed to the downfall and worsening the airline's financial problems.

Months prior to the incident, Orange Airlines had to deal with the aftermath and fallout from the New Shingleton Incident in 1989, because of this, Orange Airlines had to limit their budget on maintaining their massive and small aircrafts, which led to the airplanes being neglected over the years, eventually this decision contributed to the beginning of the Adeville Incident.

The previous year before 1996, Orange Airlines Flight 2912, a Boeing 747 aircraft, had suffered minor scratches and damages after landing on the runway, leaving a massive crack in the tail, repair was made to the damage but because of decisions and policies made by the airline, the tail repairment was poorly managed, which would eventually contribute to the complete destruction of the aircraft.

Years later in 1996, Orange Airlines Flight 2912 took off from Miami and would eventually land in the city of Los Angeles, the flight was going smooth and normal until the tail went haywire, however this was not a major problem, however an hour had passed and near the town of Adeville, Orange Airlines Flight 2912 had malfunctioned, and then tragedy struck as the aircraft began breaking into pieces and landing on the town of Adeville, nearly killing thousands of people and destroying 40% of its buildings in the town.

During the aftermath, Orange Airlines apologized to their actions and the families of lost victims in the flight, promising a 2 million dollar compensation for the lives lost in the accident, this further accelerated Orange Airline's financial problems and further destroyed the reputation of the airline, eventually, another disaster would put the final nail in the coffin for the airline.

2002 Columbia Attacks
By the 2000s, Orange Airlines was on the verge of financial collapse after the 1996 Adeville Incident 7 years prior, they had lost over millions of dollars from compensation and maintenance and they had lost good reputation by the public opinion, however the incident was not as devastating for the fate of the airline until 7 years later, tragedy struck in 2002.

In late 2002, an Orange Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft called Flight 1205 including 4 of its aircraft was hijacked and taken over by terrorists, eventually striking towers and many monuments in the United States of Megaton and Columbia killing nearly 5,000 people in the process, this eventually caused many officials within the United States of Megaton and Columbia to interfere with foreign affairs across the global world.

As for Orange Airlines, this heavily devastated the airline completely, it had been forced to undergo routine checks by the USMC government and forced to pay heavy compensation for families for the loss of their loved ones, however it began a financial problem and eventually, Orange Airlines would face bankruptcy, and eventually their last flight and its dissolvement.

Bankruptcy
Orange Airlines was forced to file for bankruptcy protection on 2002, many of the airlines had purchased the remaining profitable assets of Orange Airlines, including its remaining Mesothemian routes, the Shuttle operation, 45 jets, and their special terminal for $616 million. They also injected $100 million becoming a 45 percent owner of a reorganized but smaller Orange Airlines for many locations. Two months later they had assumed all of Orange Airline's remaining transatlantic traffic rights.

In late 2002, a former Denver Aircraft executive was hired to be the new president of Orange Airlines and CEO, As part of this restructuring, they had relocated its headquarters in New York to the city of Miami, however, Orange Airlines continued to sustain heavy losses, revenue throughout late 2002 fell short of what had been anticipated in the reorganization, and lost $3 million a day this undermined the traveling public's confidence in the viability of the reorganized Orange Airlines.

Last Flights
The last flight was held in early 2003 and involved Orange Airlines Flight 1456, a Boeing 747 aircraft flying from New York City to the city of Miami, this was the last flight for the airline, people saw the last flight as the end of an area for aviation and the beginning of new airlines to come.

Liquidation of Orange Airlines
Orange Airlines officially ceased operations in early August 2003, following a decision by the CEO and other senior executives not to go ahead with the final $25 million payment Orange Airlines was scheduled to receive in the weekend. As a result thousands of employees from Orange Airlines had lost their jobs, thousands of whom had worked in the New York City area and were preparing to move to the Miami area to work at their new headquarters.