page_title: Mackey Airlines
section_title: Reformation and later operations
hierarchical_section_title: Mackey Airlines / History / Reformation and later operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Beech 99 N699JM of Mackey International Air Commuter at Fort Lauderdale International in 1971
context_page_description: Mackey Airlines, Inc., later known as Mackey International Airlines, was a United States airline which primarily served Florida and The Bahamas. At one point, the airline also operated Douglas DC-8 jetliners in scheduled passenger service between Florida and Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
context_section_description: "Colonel Joe" soon began a new company, Mackey International Airlines. It was equipped with secondhand Convair 440 and Douglas DC-6 piston engine airliners. A Mackey International Air Commuter subsidiary operation was equipped with Beech 99 19-seat turboprop aircraft. In 1977, Mackey's headquarters located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was the target of a bombing attributed to Cuban anti-Castro activity in the United States. Mackey International Airlines ceased operations in 1981.
caption: Mackey International Air Commuter Beech 99 Airliner at Fort Lauderdale in February 1971.
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