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Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was a United States trunk carrier, a scheduled airline that operated from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass ...
Oklahoma City was the airline's first headquarters, and Oklahoma City-Tulsa the first route, when the airline began flying on June 28, 1928. Keith Tolman, "Braniff International Airways" Archived 2010-01-19 at the Wayback Machine , Oklahoma Historical Society Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived April 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (accessed 2012-12-10).
May 30, 2018 · The deregulation of the airline industry in 1978 created new opportunities for Braniff but also laid the groundwork for its ultimate demise. Faced with a newly open and rapidly changing airline landscape, Braniff’s executives decided the best course of action was to expand aggressively, adding 31 destinations over two years, according to the Texas State Historical Association.
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Apr 10, 2022 · The airline was the first big casaulty of the deregulation era, making headlines around the world when its 71-strong rainbow fleet ceased operations on May 12, 1982. Braniff failed in spectacularly glamourous and stylish beauty (they loaded so much caviar onto Concorde flights that cabin crew would take leftovers home and feed it to their cats).
BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL The World’s Most Colorful Airline. Braniff has provided the world with revolutionary design in art, fashion, and design. Our nearly 100 years of assets by masters such as Halston, Alexander Calder, Emilio Pucci, and Alexander Girard have contributed to a new era of Braniff’s history.
Sep 19, 2020 · They expanded routes at a time of soaring fuel costs and cutthroat fare wars. Expenses rose while revenues sank. The airline has already accumulated a debt of nearly $1 billion, owed to 26 banks, 11 insurance companies and various aircraft makers. Braniff simply ran out of cash, couldn't meet payroll and ceased air carrier operations in May 1982.
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Color pictorial map of Americas on sheet 54x43.5 folded into self wrapped covers 22.5x13.5. Shows the routes flown by Braniff International airways in the United States, Central and South America. Shows connection lines and certified routes. Includes legend, flags, and illustration of Braniff plane. On verso text and 5 maps showing routes to Houston, Texas - Balboa, Panama; Balboa, Panama ...
