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- In 1930 Paul and Thomas Braniff founded Braniff Airways, Inc. The two petitioned the US Postal Service for a Chicago-Dallas airmail route in 1935, making Braniff Airways the first company to hold that route, and allowing them to eventually grow into a major airline company.
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March 8 to 9, 1949. Braniff becomes the first airline to operate nonstop daylight flights between Lima, Peru, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which is the longest nonstop flight in the world. The first flight departed Chicago on March 8, and then departed on March 9, from Lima to Rio de Janeiro.
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In the spring of 1928, insurance magnate Thomas Elmer Braniff founded an air carrier, maintenance, aircraft dealer and flight school organization with his brother Paul, called Paul R. Braniff, Inc., which did business as Tulsa-Oklahoma City Airline.
Apr 25, 2013 · Free of the burden of their original venture, Thomas and Paul Braniff started up a new airline called Braniff Airways, Incorporated. They slowly expanded through the Midwest. In a bid to get the Chicago – Dallas airmail route, Paul Braniff presented the airline's case in Washington DC.
In 1935, Braniff became the first airline to fly from Chicago to the U.S.–Mexico border. Paul Braniff left the airline in 1935 to pursue other interests and to tour South America for Braniff's eventual service to the region, but Tom Braniff retained control of the carrier and hired Charles Edmund Beard to run day-to-day operations.
Sep 19, 2020 · Close to collapse in 1934, Braniff was rescued by the award of a government airmail contract between Oklahoma City and Chicago. The range of the Douglas DC-6 enabled Braniff to significantly expand its route system throughout South America.
In 1935, it was the first airline to fly from Chicago, Illinois to the U.S.-Mexico border. This is probably where its slogan, "From the Great Lakes to the Gulf", originated. Paul Braniff left the airline in 1935 to pursue other interests, and Tom Braniff hired Charles "Chuck" Beard to run the airline's day to day operations.
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A large aviation holding company that was hoping to build an air and rail network from coast to coast purchased Paul R. Braniff, Inc., in 1929 and in 1930 the company was absorbed by the successor to American Airlines.
