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Adverse publicity from an ill-planned ad campaign, along with stiff competition on the California corridor from other airlines ultimately led Pacific to seek out a merger with Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West in 1968.
#DefunctThursday #PacificAirlines
This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.
Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the #Lockheed L-1011 #TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 16, 2018.
Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the Lockheed L-1011 #TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970. Did you ever fly on a #Lockheed #L1011 TriStar? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 18, 2019.
Aeroflot commenced regular domestic operations #onthisday in 1923 in the Soviet Union. One of the oldest airlines in the world, the company started as DOBROLET, before changing its name to Aeroflot in 1932. Have you ever traveled on Aeroflot? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 15, 2019.
Aeroflot, one of the oldest airlines in the world, was founded in Russia in 1923. #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on May 31, 2016.
After China’s civil war (1945-1949), CAT relocated to the island of Taiwan in 1950, and evolved from a relief cargo airline to a government contractor and commercial carrier. In 1953, the airline formally became the flag carrier of the Republic of China. #CAT #DefunctThursday
This tweet was posted on April 28, 2022.
After World War II, Qantas Empire Airways was nationalized and began rapidly expanding its route system. International routes with Douglas DC-4 airliners were established to Manila, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. #FlyingSouthernCross
This tweet was posted on January 12, 2023.
After a long battle with the C.A.B. & Pan Am, TWA was awarded an airline route to Europe in 1945. #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on October 20, 2015.
After its multi-million dollar computerized reservation system broke down over the Fourth of July weekend in 1968, causing a public relations fiasco, billionaire mogul Howard Hughes, in stepped to acquire the troubled airline. In 1970, the renamed Hughes Airwest began operations.
This tweet was posted on March 24, 2022.
After many years of redesigning, the much-improved, lengthened, D.H. 106 Comet Mk. 4 was delivered to BOAC in 1958. Shortly after, the airline inaugurated regular transatlantic jet service from London to New York with one refueling stop in Newfoundland. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on June 16, 2021.
After the Allied victory in August 1945, the airline secured a system of eight primary routes throughout China all the while struggling against a backdrop of increasing civil war. #DefunctThursday #CNAC
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2022.
Air Afrique was multinational African airline, based in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. Founded #onthisday in 1961, the airline began as a joint venture of Air France and Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) and eleven former French colonies. #AirAfrique #AvGeek #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on March 28, 2023.
Air Illinois was a regional airline based in Carbondale, that started operation in 1970 and filed for bankruptcy in 1984. Did you ever fly on Air Illinois? #avgeek #traveltuesday #graphicdesign
This tweet was posted on December 03, 2019.
Air Jamaica was the national airline of #Jamaica from 1966 to 2015. Did you ever fly on Air Jamaica? #TravelTuesday #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 03, 2018.
Air Jamaica was the national airline of Jamaica from 1969 to 2015. On April 1, 1969, the airline established service from Kingston—Jamaica's capital—to New York and Miami. Did you ever fly on Air #Jamaica? #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on February 19, 2019.
Airline calendars often presented stunning imagery of aircraft in service, like this #PanAm #Boeing 314 in Hong Kong Harbor. #YearsFlyBy
This tweet was posted on March 17, 2017.
Airline fashion from the mid-1970s largely paralleled popular tastes in women’s workplace attire. #FashionInFlight
This tweet was posted on August 31, 2016.
Airline handbags are practical by design. Front flap messenger shoulder bags have been most popular, as they can leave the hands free.
This tweet was posted on October 26, 2016.
Airline insignia from 1920-1980 are on view at the Intl Term's #Aviation Museum in Emblems of the Airways. Learn more: http://t.co/TRqsPjEP
This tweet was posted on February 06, 2013.
Airline insignia from the 1920s-80s are on view in the Aviation Museum's exhibit, "Emblems of the Airways" http://t.co/oflsg6g0 #avgeek
This tweet was posted on January 08, 2013.
Airline route maps have been printed since the 1920s. Check out our online database of route maps: https://t.co/0g3kXvbu8u #avgeek
This tweet was posted on October 16, 2016.
Airline ticketing counters of the 1950s were straightforward, with branding kept to the basics: http://t.co/y47BLo2YOv
This tweet was posted on December 17, 2013.
Airlines carefully conceived their chinaware, flatware, and glassware for presentation, utilization, storage, and durability. Manufacturers often created tableware bearing the airline’s service mark or logo, as well as other unique patterns. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx
This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.
Airlines distribute various promotional & functional items, such as baby bibs. What is your favorite item that you've received on a flight?
This tweet was posted on February 09, 2017.
Airlines have customarily used landmarks to advertise their destinations. How many San Francisco landmarks can you recognize? #TWA #SanFrancisco #1960s
Image: TWA (Trans World Airlines) stationery card, San Francisco, early 1960s. Gift of Daniel Kusrow 2018.061.052
This tweet was posted on July 12, 2019.
Airlines have long embraced the use of #plastics for everything from meal service sets to flight bags… http://t.co/8AO3RRTUL5
This tweet was posted on July 23, 2013.
Airlines touted the L-1011’s twin aisle, wide-body passenger comforts, ease of operation, and reduced environmental impact. The galley was placed in the luggage compartment, and meals were brought up via elevators. #wingwednesday #avgeek
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
Airlines use swizzle sticks as additional promotion to create collectible souvenirs for passengers.
This tweet was posted on February 11, 2016.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) began as Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transports Company #onthisday in 1952. Now in its 70th year, ANA has grown to become the largest airline in Japan. Have you ever flown on ANA? #avgeek #AllNipponAirways #ANA #Japan
This tweet was posted on December 27, 2022.
Almost overnight, Well's campaign transformed #Braniff International from a respectably conservative, mid-sized Texas airline to an international icon of American youthful creativity and prosperity that captured the age like no other campaign had done before. #AdvertisingBraniff
This tweet was posted on March 18, 2018.
Although Alaska Airlines can trace its roots back through various incarnations to the early 1930s, it officially began operating as Alaska Airlines on June 6, 1944. The iconic Eskimo on Alaska's aircraft tails was first introduced in 1972. Have you ever flown on #Alaska?
This tweet was posted on June 06, 2018.
Amazing eclipse photo from the Philippines is an airline logo waiting to happen: http://t.co/wuQZX6wx (via @MailOnline) #aviation
This tweet was posted on May 21, 2012.
American Airlines advertised Airlite Syracuse China as having taken 30 months of experimentation to create.
This tweet was posted on February 26, 2016.
American Airlines has painted one of their 737s in the classic AirCal livery just like in this timetable from 1985.
This tweet was posted on December 18, 2015.
American Airlines has painted one of their 737s in the classic AirCal livery. Check out the photos here: https://t.co/8MvBJ6PA0F
This tweet was posted on December 18, 2015.
American Airlines thoughtfully included a 'cloud atlas' in their 1939 system map: http://t.co/FTOM8A6Kxy #routemap
This tweet was posted on November 18, 2014.