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Remembering Hughes Airwest: Howard Hughes’ Other Airline

29Jan

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

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Remembering Hughes Airwest: Howard Hughes’ Other Airline

Though best known for being the brains behind the Hughes Aircraft Company or his holdings in TWA, Howard Hughes had another airline: Hughes Airwest, a wholly different airline to that of TWA. Where TWA had been a legacy carrier, Hughes Airwest (originally founded as simply Air West) was one of the original low cost carriers. Its slogan of "Top Banana in the West" and brightly colored yellow aircraft were instantly recognizable wherever they went and helped it become a seventies icon! In part due to this, the airline was acquired by the then new Republic Airlines in October 1980, who themselves were acquired by Northwest Airlines in 1986, who in turn merged with Delta in 2010, keeping the Delta name. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Background ...

26Aug

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

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Comair: Delta’s Forgotten Airline

Over the past few weeks, we've looked at Delta's previous subsidiaries, including Delta Express and Song Airlines. However, not Comair, the Delta Connection airline owned by Delta. However, in September 2012, Delta closed the airline down, with the industry never being quite the same again! But why did Delta close them down? What legacy did it leave? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Formation Delta, as with most major airlines of its day focused on the high density and high revenue routes. If you wanted to fly New York to London, there were hundreds of flights available to you. However, with that, there were only a handful of airlines that flew on lower density routes. Several airline entrepreneurs saw the potential in this and establis...

Delta Express: How Delta Tried to Beat Southwest And Lost… The First Time.

8Aug

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

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Delta Express: How Delta Tried to Beat Southwest And Lost… The First Time.

The rise of low cost airlines has devastated airlines like Delta. As such, Delta tried to beat Southwest at their own game, using Delta Express to do so. However, this failed, but why exactly did this happen? Many of the lessons that Delta learned from the failure of Delta Express allowed them to start Song Airlines, their second low cost airline. An airline that also failed too... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Before Southwest Before Southwest was founded, Delta, as with many other legacy carriers, was one of the most profitable airlines. The Golden Age of Aviation led to Delta being extremely luxurious and quite profitable. Before and during WWII, Delta operated air mail flights as well as operating scheduled passenger flights, with the ...

Western Airlines: How California Ruled The Sky

22Jul

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

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Western Airlines: How California Ruled The Sky

Before the rise of low-cost airlines, there were eight major airlines in the US, Western Airlines being one of them. At its height, Western regularly traded places for being the largest airline in the US. However, this did not last. Eventually, Western was bought out by Delta and became one of their many acquisitions. But what was Western Airlines like to fly on? How safe was Western to fly on? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Formation Following the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903, and the beginning of the mass production of aircraft, saw the beginning of air mail airlines. Many of the oldest airlines in the world started out transporting mail from place to place. In 1925, the US Government and the United States Postal Service (USP...

Song Airlines: How Delta Tried to Beat Southwest… and Lost

8Jul

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

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Song Airlines: How Delta Tried to Beat Southwest… and Lost

The rise of low-cost airlines has been devastating to legacy carriers like Delta. However, Delta tried to beat them at their own game, through Song Airlines. However, Song Airlines was a major flop, and after only a few years of operation, was forced to stop operating. But why did that happen? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Before Southwest Before Southwest was founded, Delta was one of the most profitable airlines in the US, not to mention the world. Delta, as with most other airlines of the era, operated flights to be at the height of luxury all the time. Prior to WWII, Delta had operated mainly air mail flights, transporting mail to and from major cities along the East Coast before eventually moving in to transcontinental air mail. A...

20Jun

By Salomón MarcoNo Comments

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15 Oldest Airlines in the World

With Delta recently celebrating it 95th birthday, this got me thinking, what are the oldest airlines in the world? Some of these airlines are quite shocking- you'd never have guessed that they're so old. Others are controversial- years of mergers, acquisitions, privatizations and deregulations have led to several "birth" dates. And others are just common knowledge! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. LOT LOT is the flag carrier of Poland, it is one of the oldest airlines in the world, and the oldest in Poland. Legally, it is incorporated as Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT, however, it is more commonly known as LOT. LOT was formed in December 1928 after the Polish government nationalized several pre-existing airlines in Poland. Their fir...

30May

By Charles YongzhengNo Comments

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13 Most Hated Airlines in the World

Airlines, just as with any service, some are loved and others are hated. However, some are more hated than others. So what are the most hated airlines? These airlines are in no specific order. Often, they receive poor reviews from passengers and business travelers alike. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 13. Air Europa Air Europa is the main contender the the Iberia throne. Air Europa hopes to become the flag carrier of Spain one day, however, it has as of yet, not managed to do that. Air Europa is often considered to be one of the most hated airlines due to its staff. Where most airlines try to give their passengers the best user experience possible, Air Europa has been known not to do that. Air Europa has been known to have major alterc...