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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 ...
In 1970 Air West was renamed Hughes Airwest which continued to serve Paso Robles with F-27s until 1974. Pacific, Air West and Hughes Airwest all listed San Luis Obispo in their timetables as being served via the Paso Robles Airport.
West Coast Airlines and its successors Air West, Hughes Airwest and Republic Airlines (1979–1986) served the airport for many years. In 1954, West Coast was serving Twin Falls with nonstop Douglas DC-3 flights to Boise and Burley/Rupert in Idaho with direct service to Pocatello and Idaho Falls as well as connecting flights to Portland, OR (PDX) and Boeing Field (BFI) in Seattle WA. [4]
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 ...
At this same time, one of the DC-9 jet flights to LAX operated continuing, no change of plane service to Fresno, San Francisco, Portland, OR and Seattle via intermediate stops at other Air West destinations. [12] Air West was renamed Hughes Airwest in 1970 following its acquisition by Howard Hughes. The DC-9 jet service was suspended in 1972 ...
Air West served Idaho Falls with Fairchild F-27s beginning in 1968, as well as did Hughes Airwest. Both airlines started this service in 1972. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] In the mid 1970s, Hughes Airwest updated all flights to Idaho Falls to Douglas DC-9-10 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jets, which flew direct to San Francisco ( SFO ) and Seattle (SEA) and ...
[8] [9] By 1968, one of the Air West F-27 flights serving the airport was operating a daily southbound routing of Redding - Santa Rosa - Oakland - San Francisco. [10] In the summer of 1972, Hughes Airwest was operating two nonstop F-27 flights every weekday to San Francisco. [11] [12] However, by 1975 Hughes Airwest was no longer serving Santa ...
Air West would then be renamed Hughes Airwest which in 1972 had ceased jet service into the airport but was still operating nonstop F-27 propjet flights to Phoenix with direct service to Los Angeles and San Diego via a stop in El Centro. [8] By 1980, Hughes Airwest had transitioned to an all-jet fleet and was no longer serving Yuma. [8]