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Airline firms with certificated air carriers, headquartered, directed and operated from Texas. The following is a list of individual passenger, charter, and cargo airlines - U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) United States Department of Transportation (DOT) Certificated airlines, their parent company firms, consortium firms, private equity firms, or other business operating schemes ...
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When it changed its name to Texas International Airlines in April 1969, [15] the company ran newspaper ads showing a Tinker Toy airplane flying along treetops. The copy read "No More Tinker Toys. No More Treetops. We are now Texas International Airlines." As Texas International, the airline standardized on the DC-9 and Convair 600. The last ...
Founded as Air Southwest and commenced operations in 1971 as Southwest Airlines; largest airline in the world based on number of passengers served per year. Spirit Airlines: NK NKS SPIRIT WINGS Fort Lauderdale Atlantic City Atlanta Detroit Las Vegas Chicago–O'Hare Dallas/Fort Worth Baltimore Orlando Houston–Intercontinental: 1980 Founded as ...
Western Air Express Flight 7: near Newhall: California: Boeing 247D: The aircraft went off-course in poor visibility and struck a ridge. December 27, 1936 12 0 0 United Airlines Trip 34: near Newhall: California: Boeing 247D: The pilot flew too low during approach and struck terrain. August 5, 1936 8 0 0 Chicago and Southern Flight 4: St. Louis ...
Founded in 1967 as a Texas intrastate airline, Southwest Airlines started operating from Dallas Love Field which remains the company's corporate headquarters and major operating base. The company is a major airline in the United States, it operates on a low-cost carrier model and exclusively uses Boeing 737 jets.
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In 1969 the airline was founded to serve the Houston area with "cross-town" flights. [5] Houston Metro Airlines constructed their own 2,500 foot, short take-off and landing airstrip along with a passenger terminal building and maintenance hangar adjacent to Clear Lake City, Texas near the NASA Johnson Space Center.