Mainline Airways
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Mainline Airways was an alleged fraud run in 2003 by an American college student, whom authorities said pretended to be an airline company offering cheap tickets between Honolulu and Los Angeles, without the ability to actually provide the flights. The founder was Luke Thompson of Pennsylvania, a then-college sophomore at Babson College in Massachusetts.
The program ended in June 2003 after Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly obtained a restraining order to halt ticket sales and filed a lawsuit. A settlement was reached in 2004, providing refunds to those who had paid money through the web site. The settlement also provides that no party admits wrongdoing or liability.
According to IRS tax records, Mainline Airways posted a substantial loss in 2003 including forfeiting a $20,000 deposit on an aircraft charter contract.