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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.
Sep 19, 2020 · Paul R. Braniff in his company uniform circa 1929. There'd be no mistaking the pilot in command on his flights. The year was 1928 and two brothers named Braniff joined forces to create what would eventually become one of the world’s leading airlines.
Thomas Elmer Braniff created a Mexico-based airline, Aerovias Braniff, in 1943. Service began in March 1945, after the carrier received its operating permits from the Mexican government. Aerovias Braniff operated from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, to Monterrey and Mexico City.
Apr 25, 2013 · The original Braniff airline operation was known as Tulsa–Oklahoma City Airways. It was started by Thomas E. Braniff, an insurance salesman and financial executive. Teaming up with his brother, Paul Revere Braniff, they offered passenger service throughout Oklahoma.
May 13, 1982 · Braniff had taken advantage of airline deregulation to expand dramatically in 1978 and 1979 from a carrier that served principally the Middle West, Texas and Latin America.
Apr 10, 2022 · In lieu of ownership, a concept emerged for domestic Concorde services in the United States, to be operated by both British Airways and Air France planes, fresh in from the Atlantic, on the 1,172 mile (1,886 kilometer) route from Washington to Braniff’s home base at the new Dallas/Fort Worth airport.
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Sep 10, 2022 · By 1988, when BIA-COR Holdings, Inc. became the carrier’s new owner after a stock purchase agreement concluded with Dalfort Corporation, the third Braniff had become the 13th largest US airline in terms of revenue passenger miles (RPMs), serving 40 domestic destinations, as well as Nassau in the Bahamas.
