Historical Airlines Archives — Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/category/blog/commercial/historical_airlines/ Aviation News and History From An Informed Perspective Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:55:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://avgeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-avgeekerylarge1-32x32.jpg Historical Airlines Archives — Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/category/blog/commercial/historical_airlines/ 32 32 104229628 Meet the First Woman to Become a Commercial Pilot https://avgeekery.com/meet-the-first-woman-to-become-a-commercial-pilot/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:55:22 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33685 The journey into aviation was rough for women in the early years. They faced serious discrimination from male counterparts, and had to fight for their place in the sky. Many…

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]]> 33685 Planes of Paradise: 11 Extinct Airlines of Hawaii https://avgeekery.com/planes-of-paradise-11-airlines-of-hawaii-weve-forgotten/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:43:39 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33442 In light of last week’s surprise announcement by Alaska Airlines that it has acquired Hawaiian Airlines, we decided to take a look back at some of the Hawaiian airlines of…

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]]> 33442 Eight Years After the Farewell: US Airways’ Enduring Legacy https://avgeekery.com/us-airways-enduring-legacy/ Tue, 17 Oct 2023 04:59:15 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33102 When US Airways Flight 1939 touched down at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) on 17 October 2015, a storied chapter of American aviation history came to a poignant close. The symbolically…

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]]> 33102 Silver Falcons & Golden Falcons: Eastern Air Lines in the 1950s https://avgeekery.com/silver-falcons-golden-falcons-eastern-air-lines-in-the-1950s/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 01:31:14 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=32358 In an era before computers and before jets, Eastern Air Lines operated daily flights over an enormous network of routes – concentrated primarily east of the Mississippi River – bringing…

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]]> 32358 The Wings of Man: Eastern Air Lines in the 1960s https://avgeekery.com/the-wings-of-man-eastern-air-lines-in-the-1960s/ Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:20:23 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=32407 The Jet Age dawned for the western world in October 1958 with the introduction of both the Boeing 707 and the De Havilland Comet 4 (the first commercial jetliner—the Comet…

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]]> 32407 The Airline That Featured a Greyhound Peeing on a 727 https://avgeekery.com/greyhound-air-the-airline-that-left-its-mark-but-didnt-last/ https://avgeekery.com/greyhound-air-the-airline-that-left-its-mark-but-didnt-last/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:38:57 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=28363 Greyhound Airlines is one of those unique footnotes in North American aviation but it’s an interesting story in Canadian business competition. Back in the mid-1990s, the Canadian aviation market was…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/greyhound-air-the-airline-that-left-its-mark-but-didnt-last/feed/ 0 28363 She Broke the Color Barrier When She Became the First African-American Flight Attendant https://avgeekery.com/she-broke-the-color-barrier-when-she-became-the-first-african-american-flight-attendant/ https://avgeekery.com/she-broke-the-color-barrier-when-she-became-the-first-african-american-flight-attendant/#respond Thu, 19 May 2022 22:56:58 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=27955 Ruth Carol Taylor Blazed a New Trail in the Skies The composition of America’s flight attendant corps began to change after World War II. While many airlines (most notably Eastern…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/she-broke-the-color-barrier-when-she-became-the-first-african-american-flight-attendant/feed/ 0 27955 Northwest Orient Airlines: Proud Pioneers Faced With Many Challenges https://avgeekery.com/northwest-orient-airlines-proud-pioneers-faced-with-many-challenges/ https://avgeekery.com/northwest-orient-airlines-proud-pioneers-faced-with-many-challenges/#respond Mon, 09 May 2022 16:37:12 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=27860 Northwest Orient was a Pioneer in Pacific Travel But at Times It Was Far from the Most Loved Airline Airline aficionados remember Northwest Airlines and the red tails of its…

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