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Pacific Southwest Airlines: The World’s First Low Cost Airline

12Sep

By Christopher Harrow1 Comment

Airlines

Pacific Southwest Airlines: The World’s First Low Cost Airline

Pacific Southwest Airlines was the world's first low cost airline, paving the way for a new kind of air travel. Due to this, it was one of the most successful and largest airlines of its day. Eventually, PSA and the idea of low cost carriers grew so much that USAir, the precursor to US Airways, bought PSA. Subsequently, USAir tried to curtail PSA's powers by making it a regional airline. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Formation Kenny Friedkin had been interested in aviation since he was eight years old, after going to an air show for the first time in 1923. As with many young boys of his era (and since 1903!), he wanted to be a pilot. At the age of 17, Friedkin financed his own pilot's lessons and gained his pilot's license a few wee...

Mohawk Airlines: Revolutionary in More Than One Way

18Sep

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

Airlines

Mohawk Airlines: Revolutionary in More Than One Way

Mohawk Airlines was perhaps the most revolutionary airline of its time. Although its name has since been forgotten by most of the public, it is remembered by avgeeks for changing the industry in so many ways! Most people would think that the airlines that changed the world fifty years ago are the same airlines that, today are some of the oldest and largest airlines. In reality, they aren't- they're just the ones who made it popular. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Formation On December 7 1941, the US was shaken after an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the US Navy at Pearl Harbor. This incident led to the declaration of war by the US on Japan. This situation, inadvertently started up several airlines. You see, just after the decl...