#Onthisday in 1967, Air Southwest Company was founded by Herb Kelleher and in 1971, its name was changed to Southwest Airlines Company.
#avgeek#southwestThis tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1967, Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) was founded by the late Herb Kelleher in Texas. Have you ever flown on Southwest Airlines? This tweet was posted on March 15, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1971, #Southwest Airlines began operation in Texas. DYK since starting service, Southwest has the distinction of almost exclusively operating the Boeing 737 family. This tweet was posted on June 18, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1988, the last PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) flight departed San Diego at 10:35 PM & landed as a USAir flight in Las Vegas. This tweet was posted on April 08, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1988, the last branded #PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) flight departed San Diego and landed in Las Vegas as a #USAir flight. What is your favorite PSA memory? #avgeekThis tweet was posted on April 08, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1988, the last branded PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) flight departed San Diego and landed in Las Vegas as an USAir flight. What is your favorite PSA memory? #avgeekThis tweet was posted on April 08, 2019.
#Onthisday in 2019, the first flight landed at SFO’s new Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Nine gates opened with Southwest Airlines and JetBlue flights arriving and departing from the terminal. Have you been to SFO’s newest terminal? #HarveyMilkTerminal1#SFOHistory#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on July 23, 2020.
Based in San Francisco, the 3,800-employee carrier served numerous destinations up & down the California corridor, from San Diego to Crescent City, along with cities throughout the Southwest and Northwest, and even several tourist destinations in Mexico. #DefunctThursday#AirWestThis tweet was posted on March 17, 2022.
Eastern was the first to inaugurate service of the Lockheed L-188 Electra in January 1959. The regional airline PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), based in San Diego, purchased three of the aircraft, which proved ideal for the carrier’s West Coast routes. #WingWednesdayThis tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.
Following the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act, in 1979 Allegheny Airways changed its name to US Air. In the next decade, US Air acquired Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) and Piedmont Airlines. #DefunctThursday#USAirwaysThis tweet was posted on December 29, 2022.
Hats off (& more?) to you lovers on Valentine's Day! Pacific Southwest Airlines had just the hat for you: http://t.co/HpqaRtpzThis tweet was posted on February 14, 2012.
In 1949, Kenny Friedkin, a flight trainer and test pilot, formed Pacific Southwest Airlines or PSA. The airline began weekly round-trip flights between San Diego and Oakland with a single leased Douglas DC-3. #DefunctThursday#PacificSouthwestAirlines#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
NOW PLAYING: "Swindon: A Portrait of Youth" by Robin Mason. Mason’s snapshot of multiple perspectives on growing up in the #UK was created from telephone interviews conducted in 2017 with #teenagers in #Swindon, a town in Southwest #England. #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/FUzUjl8PRrThis tweet was posted on July 23, 2018.
Now-defunct Pacific Southwest Airlines' colorful '60s era poster for San Francisco holds up well: http://t.co/y7ZhRcFUThis tweet was posted on August 29, 2012.
Onthisday in 1971, Southwest Airlines began intrastate operations in Texas. The “Love Bird” service out of Dallas Love Field offered 12 daily round-trip flights to Houston and 6 round-trip flights to San Antonio on Boeing 737s. Have you ever flown on @SouthwestAir? #avgeekThis tweet was posted on June 18, 2019.
Pacific Air Lines began as a business endeavor to train pilots during World War II. Based in San Francisco, the airline began commercial commuter passenger operations as Southwest Airways in 1946. #DefunctThursday#PacificAirlines#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.
Since starting service, Southwest has the distinction of almost exclusively operating the Boeing 737 family, except for a brief period when the airline operated Boeing 727s. #avgeek#southwestThis tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
Southwest Airways began commercial commuter passenger operations in 1946. This 1948 photo shows post-war SFO. #TBTThis tweet was posted on February 25, 2016.
The films take us from a celebration of Native American culture in the American Southwest to a walk through a Slovakian streetscape, and from the passion of a Haitian-born street dancer to an animated meditation on the potential for a romantic connection. https://t.co/L4nkcbBQBpThis tweet was posted on March 29, 2021.
The initial “Love Bird” service out of Dallas Love Field offered twelve daily round-trip flights from Dallas to Houston and six round-trip flights from Dallas to San Antonio on Boeing 737-200s with $20 one-way fares. #avgeek#southwestThis tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
The regional airline #PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), based in San Diego, purchased three #Lockheed L-188 #Electra, which proved ideal for the carrier’s West Coast routes. #AviationEvolutionsThis tweet was posted on July 11, 2018.
This exhibition featured objects from California Airlines such as PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), Air California (later AirCal), and Pacific Air Lines, Air West, and Hughes Airwest. Do you remember this exhibit? What’s your favorite California regional airline? #CatchOurStyleThis tweet was posted on September 09, 2021.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2015, we presented “Catch Our Style: California Regional Airlines 1950s–1980s” which featured objects from airlines such as PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), Air California, and Pacific Air Lines. https://t.co/OogQHquVtN #TBTSFOM#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on December 03, 2020.
Valentine's Day summed up by Southwest Airlines: http://t.co/3oU6UbpkThis tweet was posted on February 14, 2012.
Wishing everyone the happiest, healthiest, and most joyful of New Years! May your dreams take flight in 2022.
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Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), holiday greeting
Gift of the William Hough Collection
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#HAPPYNEWYEARThis tweet was posted on December 31, 2021.
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postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Lockheed L-1011 TriStar; 1974
Gift of William Rys, Jr.
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PSA stewardesses serve cocktails in a Lockheed L-1011 cabin mockup 1972
PSA 1972 Annual Report
SFO Museum
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.047This tweet was posted on October 20, 2022.
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postcard: Southwest Airways, Martin 202, San Francisco International Airport (SFO); c. 1957
Gift of Trudy and Henry Sandoval
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photograph: Pacific Air Lines, Boeing 727-100; 1960s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2012.167.027This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.
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1. postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Douglas DC-3; 1940s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
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2. postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Douglas DC-4; 1960
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.547This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
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promotional information: Southwest Airlines; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
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postcard: Southwest Airlines, Boeing 727-291; c. 1980
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.614This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
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3. photograph: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Lockheed L-188 Electra; 1959
Gift of Christopher and Lacey Laborde
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4. postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Douglas DC-9-31; 1970
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.534This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
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postcard: Boeing 727; 1963
Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
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photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Boeing 727; 1968
Transfer
2011.068.008.001This tweet was posted on July 21, 2021.
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postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Boeing 727-100; c. 1970
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.537This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
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negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) jetway and aircraft; 1968
Transfer
2011.032.1917This tweet was posted on July 21, 2021.