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Ozark Air Lines was incorporated on 1 September 1943 in Missouri by Laddie Hamilton, Barak Mattingly and Floyd Jones with $100,000 in paid-up capital. [2] Ozark flew from Springfield, Missouri, [3] and, in January 1945, it began flights between Springfield and St. Louis on Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwings, replaced by Cessna AT-17 Bobcats in the late 1940s.
Ozark Air Lines Flight 982 was a regularly scheduled flight on December 27, 1968, originating from Sioux Falls Regional Airport to O'Hare International Airport connecting through Sioux Gateway Airport that crashed shortly after takeoff. [1]
Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 was a regularly scheduled flight from Nashville, Tennessee, to St. Louis, Missouri, with four intermediate stops. On July 23, 1973, while landing at St. Louis International Airport, it crashed, killing 38 of the 44 persons aboard. A severe downdraft, associated with a nearby thunderstorm, was cited as the cause.
Until 2002-03, American Airlines MD-80s flew to Saint Louis after its acquisition of TWA in the early 2000s; TWA succeeded Ozark, which started flying to Moline in 1950. (Moline's first jets were Ozark DC-9s in 1966.) United Boeing 727s and 737s flew non-stop to Denver until 1995; United flights to Moline began in the 1930s.
TWA's hub grew again in 1986 when the airline bought Ozark Air Lines, which operated its hub from Lambert's B, C, and D concourses. In 1985, TWA had accounted for 56.6% of boardings at STL while Ozark accounted for 26.3%, so the merged carriers controlled over 80% of the traffic. [42]
2008 - Merged into Delta Air Lines. Became world's largest airline by passenger traffic in 2008 under the Delta name. Ozark Airlines. 1943 - Ozark Air Lines is founded, then ceases operations in late 1940s; 1944 - Parks Air Transport (Parks Air Lines) is founded; 1950 - Ozark Air Lines resumes operations; 1950 - Purchased Parks Air Transport ...
At 5:49 p.m., Ozark Air Lines Flight 965, was en route to Lambert Field and was transferred to St. Louis Approach Control. It was daylight and clear weather conditions prevailed, with high, thin, broken clouds and 15 mi (24 km) visibility reported, but surface winds were strong, bearing 170° at 15–20 knots (17–23 mph; 28–37 km/h).
In 1947, Mid-Continent Airlines began flying to Ottumwa; in 1956, successor Braniff Airlines was replaced by Ozark Air Lines. [14] Ozark Air Lines ended service to Ottumwa in 1979, replaced by Mississippi Valley Airlines until 1983. In 1985, Ottumwa Industrial Airport was served by Great Lakes Aviation, that service ending in 2001. Ottumwa has ...