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Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was an American airline that operated from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass program and other airline ...
Braniff pilots outside a "B-Liner" Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Houston Hobby Airport, 1940.In the background is a Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior.. Unable to remain out of the airline business for very long and with the new possibility of an air mail contract, the Braniff brothers started a new airline in November 1930 named Braniff Airways, Inc. Braniff Airways began service among Oklahoma ...
Braniff International Airlines, Inc. was a low-fare airline formed in 1991 from the assets of two earlier airlines that used the Braniff name. It was headquartered in the Dallas, Texas, area and owned by BNAir, Inc., a subsidiary of BIA-COR Holdings Inc., a Philadelphia investment group, formed by Paine Weber Group, and subsequent airline holding company. [3]
2013 - Acquired by US Airways, keeping the American Airlines name. Currently the world's largest carrier. 2019 - Purchased a 3% stake in China Southern Airlines; Braniff International Airways. 1982 - South American routes was purchased by Eastern Air Lines; Continental Airlines. 1934 - Begins as Varney Speed Lines; 1982 - Acquired Texas ...
In the latest Texas history story, Ken Bridges recalls the colorful history of Tom Braniff and the rise and fall of Braniff Airlines
Braniff Inc. was an American airline that operated flights from 1984 until 1989 and was partially formed from the assets of the original Braniff International Airways.The domestic air carrier was originally headquartered at Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas, and later Orlando, Florida.
The next year, the first Braniff Airlines was sold, but in 1930, the two started again, with Braniff Airways serving routes from Oklahoma City to either Tulsa or Wichita Falls.
In 1935, he bought Long and Harmon Airlines, a small airline based in Dallas that also had routes to Amarillo, Brownsville, and Galveston.