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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 airline is sometimes referred to as "Braniff II". [1]
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 International Airways Flight 352 was a scheduled domestic flight from William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, United States, to Dallas Love Field in Dallas; on May 3, 1968, a Lockheed L-188A Electra flying on the route, registration N9707C, broke up in midair and crashed near Dawson, Texas, after flying into a severe thunderstorm.
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]
Braniff (1983-1990), Braniff, Inc., the second airline, formed from portions of the assets of Braniff International which operated between 1983 and 1990, to use the same name of its predecessor. Braniff (1991-1992), the third airline to bear the Branniff name formed in 1991 that went out of business in 1992
Braniff co-founder Thomas Elmer Braniff was an insurance magnate and now the third major owner (Senator William A. Blakley was the second largest owner of Braniff after 1954) of Braniff was also an insurance executive. [8] Lawrence engineered a remarkable airline overhaul during his 16 years with Braniff International Airways. He retired on ...
Silver Convention penned a song titled "Ultra Ultra" specifically for Braniff to commemorate the carrier's new inflight service; this song they performed in Acapulco and at the Dallas concerts. The day after the Love Field concert, the group travelled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , to tape an interview for The Mike Douglas Show .
Braniff is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Braniff Bonaventure (born 1973), American football player; Alberto Braniff (1884–1966), Mexican airplane pilot; Kevin Braniff (born 1983), Northern Irish footballer; Paul Braniff (hurler) (born 1983), Irish hurler; Paul Revere Braniff (1897–1954), American ...