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Dec 18, 2020 · The company went through a few changes in management, but many factors including pilot strikes, few passengers, declining value of service, and many others lead the airline to cease operations...
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Dec 11, 2021 · Rest assured that our pilots were not planning to strike and the only possible reason that this rumor may have occurred was because of a possible strike of Pan Am pilots. We were...
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This is the history of Braniff International Airways.Paul R. Braniff, Inc.On April 26, 1926, Paul Revere Braniff incorporated Braniff Air Lines, Inc., with t...
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- Rapid Growth and Expansion
- A Trendsetter in More Ways Than One
- Fighting Rising Fuel Costs
Braniff International Airways was founded in 1930 by brothers Paul R. and Thomas E. Braniff in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. What started off as a small regional carrier providing passenger transport soon became a burgeoning airline after securing contracts for air mail routes. The airline’s initial fleet of two Lockheed Vega aircraft expanded to consis...
In 1964, Harding Lawrence – who was previously with Continental Airlines– took on the role of CEO of Braniff International Airways. At just 44, he was one of the youngest airline chief executives in the US, and his modern approach brought about a significant change to the airline. Enlisting the help of advertising experimentalists Jack Tinker & Par...
Between 1978 and 1979, fuel costs doubled. This became a real problem for Braniff as, for the first time in aviation history, fuel costs were greater than the cost of labor. Coupled with interest rates that peaked around 20% in the US, the airline soon found itself in a troubling amount of debt. Furthermore, the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 had...
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Paul Braniff, now in his 40s, would serve as a pilot during World War II, while his brother, too old for the military at this point, controlled the airline and his other business interests...
Paul Braniff, travelled to Washington, D.C., to petition for a Chicago-Dallas airmail route. The United States Postal Service granted Braniff their first airmail route soon after and the new route was inaugurated in May 1934, which effectively saved the company from failure.
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Aug 8, 2023 · On August 6, Flight 250 was getting ready to depart from New Orleans when Pilot Don Pauly received a weather briefing from the meteorologists in New Orleans. Pauly was a very experienced pilot, having over 24 years of experience and 20,768 flying hours under his belt.
