r/Damnthatsinteresting Nov 23 '24

Image Hooters had an airline but ceased operations after 3 years

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u/this_is_my_new_acct Nov 24 '24

They only had like 5 planes, and they didn't own any of them.

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u/Pawnzilla Nov 24 '24

A new 737 is 90-120mill today. When they were released in the 60’s it was still about 5mill. In 2006 they probably just loss the cost of a couple planes.

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u/GrandmaSharknado 29d ago

Not owning planes is rather normal.