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This is a list of destinations taken from the Air West system timetable dated July 1, 1968, when the merger to form Air West became effective. [43] Cities served with jets are noted in bold . Air West was operating Boeing 727-100 , Douglas DC-9-10 , and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jets, as well as Fairchild F-27 turboprops and small Piper Navajo ...
Scheduled commercial passenger service began at the airport in the late summer of 1960 with the arrival of West Coast Airlines, [4] a forerunner of both Air West and Hughes Airwest. According to various West Coast Airlines system timetables during the 1960s, the airline was serving Sun Valley with Douglas DC-3 and Piper Navajo twin prop ...
On July 1, 1968, West Coast merged with Pacific Air Lines and Bonanza Air Lines to form Air West, which became Hughes Airwest in 1970. In 1968, West Coast operated Douglas DC-9s, Fairchild F-27s, Douglas DC-3s, and Piper Navajos. The DC-3s were not transferred to Air West and were retired; the Navajos continued for a short time.
The airport was renamed Howard R. Hughes Airport in 1938. Howard Hughes was responsible for several improvements to the airport, including its first control tower, built in 1938. [ 9 ] The airport's name changed back to Houston Municipal because Hughes was still alive at the time and regulations did not allow federal improvement funds for an ...
By summer 1980, Hughes Airwest had become all-jet and was flying nonstop DC-9s to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Boise and Pasco with direct DC-9s to Denver, Tucson, Redding, Redmond, Klamath Falls, and Yakima. [12] In 1970 Alaska Airlines flew the Boeing 707 to Eugene for flights to Russia via Portland, Seattle and Anchorage.
Air West was renamed Hughes Airwest in 1970 following its acquisition by Howard Hughes. The DC-9 jet service was suspended in 1972 but reinstated during 1974 through 1975. By 1976 Hughes Airwest reverted to operating all F-27 propjet service from the airport to Los Angeles and Santa Ana with direct service to Phoenix via a stop in Yuma.
Guaymas Airport was inaugurated in 1972, and its operations were integrated into the Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA) holding company. In that same year, Hughes Airwest initiated a non-stop service to Tucson four days a week with a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 aircraft.
At the time of the Air West merger, Pacific's fleet included 11 Fairchild F-27s, five Martin 4-0-4s, [16] and three Boeing 727-100s, one of which was still leased out, but returned to Air West in late 1968. [22] The last of the Martins were not carried forward into the Air West fleet and were disposed of in August 1968. [16] [41]