What must i do to start my own major airline?

Answer 1

To start an airline you need to get some planes and if you want it to be a major airline you'll be looking at buying from Boeing and Airbus both of whom will charge you a bit of money for the aircraft.

You could try leasing the aircraft as well which will mean you pay more over the long term but you spread the payments out. It would also require you to convince a leasing company that you're a good risk for them to take.

Buying secondhand aircraft also might work although with current high oil prices old inefficient aircraft might not be the best things to buy.

Then you've got to get a staff together which if you've got the money to buy or lease a whole heap of planes (even if secondhand) shouldn't be too much of a problem, you'll need pilots and flight attendants but you'll also need the people to run your ticket counters and to run the day to day functions of the business. Maintenance personnel may also be needed although you can outsource maintenance (but keep a close eye on whoever you outsource to and it may be cheaper to do maintenance in house if you have a lot of aircraft (you want a major airline right?)).

Then you've got to get permission to land at airports which should be possible, major airports with a lot of slot limitations might not let you land there but smaller airports should not be too much of a problem and most of them will still serve a lot of passengers and have much less delay anyway. International flights might not be possible from the less major airports but if you've just started out you won't be doing any international flights for a while.

Then you have to convince the government regulators that your airline will be safe. If you get good equipment, have a good training programme for your staff and make sure your maintenance is up to scratch you should be able to convince them to let you fly (you might manage it even if things aren't safe but I don't think you should even consider that course of action). Getting ETOPS approval will take a while but you won't be making any ETOPS flights for a while anyway.

You will also need a bit of luck.

Answer 2

Theres a book by the first CEO of Southwest Airlines how he started with nothing and the airline is now the most successful in the U.S. still making money and hiring despite bankruptcies and layoffs

Answer 3

1) Get a lot of cash
2) Get a lot of training
3) Write a policy book for 5 years showing compliance with FAA reg's
4) Sweat bullets waiting for approval.

Think of this.........
If you had the money to start an airline, why work?

Answer 4

marry the daughter of a major airline owner and don't sign a prenup.

Answer 5

Minimum investment of at least USD 500 Million. Suggest that you draw investors and take a cut instead.

Answer 6

Take a flyin leap

Answer 7

i think Delta is for sale. got 800 million in you checkbook