#Onthisday in 1929, the first Fairchild 71 was delivered to Pan American Airways. This rare photo of NC9726 was taken shortly after the aircraft was delivered to Pan American; it was then transferred to the PAA subsidiary airline Mexicana de Aviacion. #AvGeek #PanAm #Fairchild71
This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.
By 1978, the airline had expanded its service to San Francisco, recorded a decade of annual profits and attained a reputation for quality and reliable service. In 1981, the airline introduced the wide-body Douglas DC-10-15 on its high-density routes. #DefunctThursday #Mexicana
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
During the 1990s, #Mexicana took over some of AeroMexico's routes to Canada and South America and introduced the Airbus A320. In 2010, after nearly 85 years of operation, the company filed for bankruptcy in the United States and Mexico and ceased operations.
#DefunctThursday
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
In 1959, it changed its name to Mexicana and introduced a new logo. Three British-produced de Havilland Comet 4Cs were purchased during this time and Comet service was inaugurated to Los Angeles on July 4, 1960. #DefunctThursday #Mexicana
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
Mexicana de Aviación S.A.'s luggage label from the mid-1930s is fit to be framed! http://t.co/v5Z5JY5zPY #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 02, 2014.
One more for #SmileDay to get the weekend started properly - a 1930s Mexicana de Aviación brochure: http://ow.ly/6R1Xw Happy Friday!
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2011.
This Mexicana Airlines poster displays both the progression of their fleet and also aviation technology. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 25, 2016.
📸 1/2:
poster: Mexicana de Aviación and Pan American World Airways, Mexico; 1950s
Gift of Wallace L. Dean
1995.72.05
photograph: Mexicana Airlines, de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C; c.
1960s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.676
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
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model airplane: Mexicana Airlines, McDonnell Douglas DC-10;
1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
1999.061.024 a b
slide: Mexicana Airlines Airbus A320-200 , San Francisco International Airport (SFO); 1993
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2015.074.219
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
🧵: Founded in 1924 by George Rihl, Compañía Mexicana de Aviación was Mexico’s flagship airline. In 1929, the airline was acquired by Pan American Airways. #DefunctThursday #Mexicana
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.