Econo Air



"<...> Because at Econo Air, We're Working Hard to Win Back Your Trust." - Captain Rusty Grizwold (possible company slogan)

Appearance: Vacation (2015 Movie) Based in: Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America (possibly)

Econo Air is a fictional American low-cost regional airline, seen in Vacation. Econo Air was shown to have connections with Global Airlines higher-ups, possibly, Econo is on good terms with the airline. The airline is based off of real world airlines, like EasyJet and United Airlines.

Reputation
According to Econo Air Pilot Captain Rusty Grizwold, the airline once had a good reputation, before loosing trust of it's customers, possibly due to safety violations. An example being: not retiring old pilots and hiring people that are barely capable of flying an airplane, like Co-Pilot First Officer Harry, who has Dementia and was supposed to be retired. Loosing passengers' baggage, may also be a reason.

Flight ?
Departure: South Bend International Airport, South Bend, Indiana Destination: Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois Flight Length: 18 Minutes (cruising)

Econo Air Flight ? was a routine flight from South Bend to Chicago. The flight was going as regular, before te controls were passed on to Co-Pilot First Officer Harry, so that Captain Rusty Grizwold could go to the bathroom. Because First Officer Harry has Dementia, he unknowingly took the plane up to 60,000 Feet, way above the cruising altitude and encountered severe turbulence, once Captain Rusty Grizwold returned to the cockpit, the airplane was leveled and successfully landed in Chicago Midway, off screen.

Events in Vacation
It was planned, that after the road trip to San Francisco, the family would return home via airplane to Chicago with Global Airlines, but the kids flew back to Chicago alone, while Rusty and his wife flew to Paris, France, possibly on a Global Airlines flight, witch Rusty managed to get two seats on with his employment at Econo Air, which has connections with Global Airlines.

Fleet
The only seen aircraft, operated by Econo Air is a Boeing 777-200, (and NOT a Boeing 767 as erroneously captined in the screenshot below), although, according to Pilot Captain Rusty Grizwold, the airline, also operates an Airbus A318 fleet.

Trivia

 * The Econo Air Tail Logo is seen to be upside down.