BREAKING: ICE charter Eastern Air Express, a subsidiary of Eastern Airlines, has been awarded a massive contract to operate DHS's "deportation fleet."
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BREAKING: Eastern Airlines gets contract to fly DHS 'deportation fleet'
Eastern Air Express, a subsidiary of ICE charter airline Eastern Airlines, has been awarded a contract to operate a fleet of Boeing 737 jets acquired by the Department of Homeland Security to conduct ...
gillianbrockell.com
August 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
BREAKING: ICE charter Eastern Air Express, a subsidiary of Eastern Airlines, has been awarded a massive contract to operate DHS's "deportation fleet."
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
Donald Trump acquired the Eastern Airlines Shuttle in 1989 with $365 million in loans. By 1990, the airline had already defaulted on its debt and was returned to creditors.
Spirit Airlines, you’re in good hands.
Spirit Airlines, you’re in good hands.
April 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Donald Trump acquired the Eastern Airlines Shuttle in 1989 with $365 million in loans. By 1990, the airline had already defaulted on its debt and was returned to creditors.
Spirit Airlines, you’re in good hands.
Spirit Airlines, you’re in good hands.
January 30, 2025
January 30, 2025
Last night, just before 9:00 Eastern time, an American Airlines jet originating in Wichita, Kansas, carrying 64 people and a U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:35 AM
January 30, 2025
TIL Eastern Airlines was still around
BREAKING: ICE charter Eastern Air Express, a subsidiary of Eastern Airlines, has been awarded a massive contract to operate DHS's "deportation fleet."
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
BREAKING: Eastern Airlines gets contract to fly DHS 'deportation fleet'
Eastern Air Express, a subsidiary of ICE charter airline Eastern Airlines, has been awarded a contract to operate a fleet of Boeing 737 jets acquired by the Department of Homeland Security to conduct ...
gillianbrockell.com
August 13, 2026 at 11:24 PM
TIL Eastern Airlines was still around
COLLABORATORS: WHO HELPED ICE AIR THIS WEEK
Akima Global Services (inflight guards), Avelo Airlines, CSI Aviation (flight scheduling), Eastern Airlines/Eastern Air Express, GEO Group (ground transport, inflight guards),
Akima Global Services (inflight guards), Avelo Airlines, CSI Aviation (flight scheduling), Eastern Airlines/Eastern Air Express, GEO Group (ground transport, inflight guards),
We flight trackers saw a slowdown in ICE flights earlier this week that we thought might be because of the government shutdown.
No such luck.
A round-up of the week: hardghistory.ghost.io/this-week-in...
No such luck.
A round-up of the week: hardghistory.ghost.io/this-week-in...
This Week in ICE Flights, Nov. 1-7 Edition
ICE Air seemed to be slowing down at the beginning of the week, with fewer planes doing fewer flights each day, leading activist flight trackers and me to wonder if the government shutdown was finally...
hardghistory.ghost.io
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
COLLABORATORS: WHO HELPED ICE AIR THIS WEEK
Akima Global Services (inflight guards), Avelo Airlines, CSI Aviation (flight scheduling), Eastern Airlines/Eastern Air Express, GEO Group (ground transport, inflight guards),
Akima Global Services (inflight guards), Avelo Airlines, CSI Aviation (flight scheduling), Eastern Airlines/Eastern Air Express, GEO Group (ground transport, inflight guards),
🧊✈️ ICE AIR CHARTER FLEET🧵
Most ICE flights are operated by Avelo Airlines, GlobalX, Eastern Air Express, Omni Air International, and Key Lime Air.
Here's a list of planes flying for ICE ⤵️
Most ICE flights are operated by Avelo Airlines, GlobalX, Eastern Air Express, Omni Air International, and Key Lime Air.
Here's a list of planes flying for ICE ⤵️
November 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🧊✈️ ICE AIR CHARTER FLEET🧵
Most ICE flights are operated by Avelo Airlines, GlobalX, Eastern Air Express, Omni Air International, and Key Lime Air.
Here's a list of planes flying for ICE ⤵️
Most ICE flights are operated by Avelo Airlines, GlobalX, Eastern Air Express, Omni Air International, and Key Lime Air.
Here's a list of planes flying for ICE ⤵️
NEWS: This is Eastern Airlines' first ICE flight to the African continent; it is very likely a third-country removal.
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May 28, 2026 at 12:59 AM
NEWS: This is Eastern Airlines' first ICE flight to the African continent; it is very likely a third-country removal.
gillianbrockell.com/ice-charter-...
gillianbrockell.com/ice-charter-...
An Eastern Airlines reservation center in 1970
April 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
An Eastern Airlines reservation center in 1970
Robin Hood and Little John go on a lovers' holiday
Eastern Airlines Disney World (1976c) animated at Gus Jekel's FilmFair
Courtesy TVDays
Eastern Airlines Disney World (1976c) animated at Gus Jekel's FilmFair
Courtesy TVDays
December 9, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Robin Hood and Little John go on a lovers' holiday
Eastern Airlines Disney World (1976c) animated at Gus Jekel's FilmFair
Courtesy TVDays
Eastern Airlines Disney World (1976c) animated at Gus Jekel's FilmFair
Courtesy TVDays
Computer operators work at Eastern Airlines’ reservation center in Miami, 1970.
#airlines #airplanes #reservation #technology #oldtimes
#airlines #airplanes #reservation #technology #oldtimes
February 13, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Computer operators work at Eastern Airlines’ reservation center in Miami, 1970.
#airlines #airplanes #reservation #technology #oldtimes
#airlines #airplanes #reservation #technology #oldtimes
Final update for now with info on the most alarming part of the original statement of work, which asked the charter airline contractor to also help DHS establish foreign "detention centers" in "host countries."
Will update if Eastern answers the f*cking question.
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
Will update if Eastern answers the f*cking question.
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
August 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Final update for now with info on the most alarming part of the original statement of work, which asked the charter airline contractor to also help DHS establish foreign "detention centers" in "host countries."
Will update if Eastern answers the f*cking question.
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
Will update if Eastern answers the f*cking question.
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
(it was a privately chartered Eastern Airlines 767-300 from Quebec)
March 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
(it was a privately chartered Eastern Airlines 767-300 from Quebec)
Eastern Airlines print advertisement for the Walt Disney World Resort.
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Eastern Airlines print advertisement for the Walt Disney World Resort.
Enjoying the ads for Middle Eastern airlines though
Seems like a good time to fly to the Middle East
Seems like a good time to fly to the Middle East
June 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Enjoying the ads for Middle Eastern airlines though
Seems like a good time to fly to the Middle East
Seems like a good time to fly to the Middle East
Team never throw delightful little things away
September 29, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Team never throw delightful little things away
Another HUGE chapter in American commercial aviation. Eastern airlines.
November 12, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Another HUGE chapter in American commercial aviation. Eastern airlines.
Many airlines have suspended flights to some Middle Eastern destinations, but others are adapting and using new routes.
US bombs Iran: Are airlines stopping flights to Middle East?
Many airlines have suspended flights to some Middle Eastern destinations, but others are adapting and using new routes.
bit.ly
June 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Many airlines have suspended flights to some Middle Eastern destinations, but others are adapting and using new routes.
Second update published, one more to come...
If you're going "Eastern Airlines? Like the airline I took took to Miami when I was a little kid?" I answer that question here:
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
If you're going "Eastern Airlines? Like the airline I took took to Miami when I was a little kid?" I answer that question here:
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
August 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Second update published, one more to come...
If you're going "Eastern Airlines? Like the airline I took took to Miami when I was a little kid?" I answer that question here:
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
If you're going "Eastern Airlines? Like the airline I took took to Miami when I was a little kid?" I answer that question here:
gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
March 31, 2025
✅Walk dog
✅Work out
✅Check weight/bp
✅Morning coffee
✅Eastern Airlines mug
✅Walk dog
✅Work out
✅Check weight/bp
✅Morning coffee
✅Eastern Airlines mug
March 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
March 31, 2025
✅Walk dog
✅Work out
✅Check weight/bp
✅Morning coffee
✅Eastern Airlines mug
✅Walk dog
✅Work out
✅Check weight/bp
✅Morning coffee
✅Eastern Airlines mug
February 27, 2025
✅Walk dog
✅Work out
✅Check weight/bp
✅Morning coffee
✅Eastern Airlines mug
✅Walk dog
✅Work out
✅Check weight/bp
✅Morning coffee
✅Eastern Airlines mug
February 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
February 27, 2025
✅Walk dog
✅Work out
✅Check weight/bp
✅Morning coffee
✅Eastern Airlines mug
✅Walk dog
✅Work out
✅Check weight/bp
✅Morning coffee
✅Eastern Airlines mug
Eastern Airlines still exists? I thought it went out of business 35 years ago.
August 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Eastern Airlines still exists? I thought it went out of business 35 years ago.
This is the Eastern Airlines ICE flight that will be carrying 24-year-old Khalil. Passengers have been shackled at the ankles, wrists and waist for at least 21 hours so far. ~2 hours of flight time left, and there may be another third-country removal stop, possibly Ghana.
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August 29, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This is the Eastern Airlines ICE flight that will be carrying 24-year-old Khalil. Passengers have been shackled at the ankles, wrists and waist for at least 21 hours so far. ~2 hours of flight time left, and there may be another third-country removal stop, possibly Ghana.
bsky.app/profile/bill...
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Time to boycott Eastern airlines
March 11, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Time to boycott Eastern airlines
Terrorist Igor Girkin(Strelkov),a former Russian FSB officer&veteran who played a key role in the occupation of Crimea&led militant groups during Russia’s war in eastern 🇺🇦,was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by a Dutch court for involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17⤵️
September 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Terrorist Igor Girkin(Strelkov),a former Russian FSB officer&veteran who played a key role in the occupation of Crimea&led militant groups during Russia’s war in eastern 🇺🇦,was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by a Dutch court for involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17⤵️
Today marks 42 years since Eastern Airlines took delivery of the first 757. An advanced airliner and a game changer. My love for the 757 knows no bounds
December 22, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Today marks 42 years since Eastern Airlines took delivery of the first 757. An advanced airliner and a game changer. My love for the 757 knows no bounds