Mohawk Airlines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fletcher, Robert SPK" <Robert.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:05 PM Subject: Re: National Airlines > 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 >