American Spaceways

American Spaceways or ASW is an interplanetary operator of commercial flights based in the United States on Earth. The company was founded in 2004 and provides service between Earth and many planets including Coruscant, Cloud City, and Lothal.

History
Founded in 2004, the company first offered a route between New York City and the Terra Venture settlement on Mirinoi which was later extended to the and by 2008 had reached Coruscant. By 2014, service had been added to a number of other cities on Earth such as, , and as well as other planets such as Naboo, Cloud City, , and Eltar. Following the events of Operation Lothal Freedom, ASW began operating service between Lothal and Earth as many soldiers would be traveling between the two planets.

Incidents

 * In 2018, agents of Black Sun attempted to ASW Flight 434 after it departed from Lothal for New York via  and . This hijacking attempt was quickly foiled by traveling members of the Israel Defense Forces and the agents were arrested when the flight returned to Lothal.


 * Following this, ASW Flight 523 from Lothal to New York was hijacked by agents of Black Sun as revenge for the thwarted hijacking of Flight 434 and diverted to Nar Shaddaa where a number of passengers were offloaded, then to Garel where Remnant General Tevin Felth arranged for the release of women and children and finally back to Nar Shaddaa where the Spectres and Remnant forces under the command of Felth, Hera Syndulla, Ezra Bridger, and Admiral Michael Piett staged a massive rescue operation that left Black Sun's operation severely crippled as Remnant President Wanda Houston added the moon to the blockade already in place around Nal Hutta following a report that Grinta the Hutt's henchmen had attempted to kidnap and sell Josh Myers and Lucy Felth into slavery. During the ordeal, one hostage was executed along with a kidnapping victim from New York.


 * In 2030, ASW Flight 63 from Cloud City to crashed near  with 38 of the 44 passengers and crew on board surviving the crash. The Remnant sent Lieutenant Colonel Lucy Carpenter from Philadelphia to look into the crash, but she deferred to the expertise of Remnant General Marten Rawlkins and  General Steven Laramie who had arrived from  after dealing with an agent of the . The preliminary findings by Carpenter and Rawlkins pointed towards mechanical failure pending further investigation by the . Lucy later receives information from Cikatro Vizago while on Ord Mantell that indicates this accident might not have been an accident but rather an act of terrorism committed by The Hutts for unknown reasons.


 * In 2031, Flight 154 from Lothal to via Garel and Vica was attacked by TIE Fighters piloted by mercenaries hired by Unkar Plutt to take out a passenger on the flight over a load of First Order salvage that Plutt had stolen from Dagrun the Hutt only to have the passenger in question steal it from Plutt and return it to Dagrun. The pilot was able to send a distress signal that was answered by numerous Remnant ships including the Chimaera and Red Squadron. The ASW spacecraft was damaged beyond repair during the attack with the ship's injured passengers and crew being offloaded to the Chimaera after the attackers were dealt with. Two of the mercenaries were captured by Admiral Eli Vanto and interrogated by members of the Remnant Security Bureau which intended to seize the cargo being fought over by Dagrun and Plutt.