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TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: British West Indies Airways
Prior to Caribbean Airlines's dominance of the Caribbean market in recent years, another Trinidad and Tobago carrier used to own the title of being one of the biggest island fliers. Its name was British West Indian Airways, or BWIA for…
March 19, 2015 12:01 pm ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: The Airline With a…
Pacific Southwest Airlines had humble beginnings in 1949. Kenny Freidkin founded the airline using a single DC-3. With knowledge from a previous attempt to start an airline and help from local travel agents, Freidkin began service between Oakland and San…
February 26, 2015 8:52 pm ET -
Flashback Friday: A History of Continental Airlines (Part 2)
EXTRA: Read part one of our look back at Continental The 90s brought major changes to Continental. Frank Lorenzo resigned as president, in 1990, after 18 years in charge. He also sold his controlling share to Scandinavian Air System (SAS).…
February 26, 2015 12:00 am ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: A Look Back at…
Continental, originally Varney Speed Services, started out like many airlines from the 1930s, carrying mail for the United States Postal service. With a focus on the Southwestern United States and new mail routes, Robert Six bought the Southwest division of…
February 5, 2015 9:01 pm ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Song Airlines
In the early 2000s, Delta and other legacy carriers had a major headache to deal with: budget carriers. Airlines such as Southwest and jetBlue had started to dominate the Florida and other leisure markets and steal passengers from Delta. After…