Piedmont Airlines? BOB FLETCHER US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MILITARY DESIGN SECTION 10th FLOOR S.W. SACRAMENTO DISTRICT 1325 J STREET, SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA, 95814-2922 Phone (916) 557-7235 -----Original Message----- From: damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:56 AM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: National Airlines In answer to Bob's question ("Can we name the fallen flag Airlines?"), here's the larger airlines I can think of off the top of my head that were alive in the 50s & 60s that are no longer with us. These are airlines that held a Certificate of Public Convenience by the Civil Aeronautics Board. (Only USA airilnes listed). Braniff (orignal) - went bankrupt Capital - merged into United Texas International - eventually merged into Continental Eastern - eventually merged into Continental National (the original one) - Merged into Pan Am Pan Am - bankrupted, out of business TWA - merged into American Western - merged into Delta Northeast - merged into Delta PSA - merged into USAir (before or after name changed from Allegheny?) Lake Central - merged into Allegheny (now called US Airways) Air Cal - merged into American Seaboard World - merged into Flying Tigers Flying Tigers - merged in FedEx Mackey - merged into Eastern Pacific Northern - merged into Western Reeve Aleutian - out of business Alaska Coastal - not sure if merged or out of business Ellis - not sure if merged or out of business (don't believe this is the full name of the airline) ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ Wien - out of business (Intre Alaska airline? <----------------------------------------------------??????????? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________ West Coast/Pacific/Bonanza - 3 way merger to former Air West (the only 3 at once merger that I know of) Hughes AirWest - merged into Republic (this is the same airline as Air West above) Southern - merged into North Central to form Republic Republic - Merged into Northwest Ozark - merged into TWA Panagra - merged into Braniff Mid Continent - merged into Braniff? Frontier - merged into PeopleExpress (PeopleExpress is no longer with us but David Technically speaking, the USA doesn't have "flag carriers," which I take to mean airlines owned solely or largely by a nation's government to display the flag abroad. Pan Am, however, did come close to being a flag carrier