| Airline: | Interstate Airlines |
| Iata: | I4 |
| Icao: | FWA |
| Callsign: | FREEWAYAIR |
| Founded: | 2005 |
| Ceased: | 2009 |
| Fleet Size: | 16 |
| Headquarters: | Maastricht |
| Key People: | Roberto Stinga |
| Website: | http://www.interstateairlines.com/ |
Interstate Airlines was a charter airline based in Maastricht, Netherlands. It operates wet lease services within Europe. Its main base was Maastricht Aachen Airport.[1]
There was also a U.S.-based Interstate Airlines which was a cargo air carrier operating Boeing 727-100, Douglas DC-8-62 and Lockheed L-188 Electra freighter aircraft.
The airline based the Netherlands was founded by Nico Hemmer and Roberto Stinga - former founder and CEO of Air Exel and V Bird - and started operations in July 2005. It has 25 employees (at March 2007).[1] It went bankrupt in 2010.[2]
The Interstate Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of 8 January 2009)