Air Grassland

Air Grassland (currently doing business as airgrassland.gj; real company name Luvte Gwjereln h.m.c), also known as Luvte Gwjereln in Grasslandic, is an airline and the flag carrier of Grassland. It was founded on the 11th of May 1947 following World War II.

History
It was first founded as Luvte Gwjereln lc on the 11th of May, 1947 and its first flight took place that July, from Snawil Airfield in Geird to in, using a GAC 12P, a modified bomber plane called The Fly. It got its second plane in August, a GAC 14. Air Grassland was made flag carrier of occupied Grassland in 1948. During this time, it made regional flights inside Grassland, but also flights to Norway and even Sweden, until 1949, when East and West Grassland split. When the monarchy was brought back into Grassland, Air Grassland was recreated as Luvte Gwjereln h.m.c. The airline moved to Bueisos, and stopped flying to Norway. It normally made flights to Western European countries like the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and West Germany using its brand new fleet of 2 GAC 18s, and 2 Lockheed 12s. Around this same time, they bought 5 DC-3s.

In 1959, they bought 3 Boeing 707s, bringing Air Grassland into the jet age. In September, 1962, Air Grassland flew its first trans-atlantic flight, from Jerwen to, with stopovers in and. It regularly flew this route with its 707s and also with some Lockheed L-749 Constellations that were leased from. They bought 10 GAC 140s for European routes. They began flying to further cities in Europe like Rome, Palma de Mallorca and Paris. In 1976, Air Grassland began a commuter service, Air Grassland Express, to service flights in Grassland, with a starting fleet of seven Fokker F27 Friendships. It bought a fleet of 20 Boeing 737s for European routes, and gave its GAC 140s to Air Grassland Express. It then bought 5 Boeing 747s for the transatlantic routes. In 1986, Air Grassland bought Grasscargo, using it as its cargo division. After an incident in 1992, Grasscargo was renamed to Air Grassland Cargo, which led the founder of Grasscargo to create a new airline with an almost identical name. This led Air Grassland to threaten legal action. In 1987, West and East Grassland unified and to commemorate, they flew the Fly from Snawil to Trondheim for a final time. Air Grassland Express began routes to Trondheim, Oslo, and on 15 brand new Fokker 50s. Around this time, Air Grassland replaced its old 737-100s and -200s with 737-500s. Grassland City Airport was also now a hub for Air Grassland.

Accidents and incidents
In 1957, Air Grassland Flight 22 from Bueisos to Hamburg crashed off of the coast of Denmark after an engine failure, killing everyone on board.

On the 3rd of June, 1979, Air Grassland Flight 422 from Didue Airport to Edinburgh experienced an engine failure a few minutes after takeoff. The aircraft landed in a corn field, and there were no fatalities.

In early 1987, Air Grassland Express Flight 120 from Bueisos to Jerwen was shot down after the autopilot was left on and it veered into East Grassland airspace, during the midst of a revolution. The plane was hit in the wing, and it made an emergency landing which caused the aircraft to blow up, killing 32 of the 58 on board.

On the 7th of December, 1991, Grasscargo Flight 261 from Amsterdam Schiphol crashed on approach to South Usuwi Airport, killing all 3 on board.

On the 1st of May 2002, Air Grassland Express Flight 37 from Grassland City Airport to Usuwi Airport experienced a birdstrike and landed on the M1 motorway.

On the 11th of January, 2011 Air Grassland Flight 100 from Grassland City to Lisbon crashed into the Bay of Biscay after the intoxicated pilot turned off the autopilot.