Southern Airways - February, 1974

Since my last post had a North Central Airlines timetable, I thought I'd follow it up with a Southern Airways timetable. Of course, North Central bought Southern and became Republic Airlines. You can click here to view how these airlines ultimately became part of Delta.

North Central Airlines - September, 1974

North Central Airlines bought Southern Airways to become Republic Airlines in 1979. Republic then merged with Northwest Airlines in 1986 and Delta Air Lines merged with Northwest in 2008. Any questions?

Continental Airlines - February, 1977

Continental didn't change their timetable format in many years; this one is very similar to a 1979 timetable I posted here.

Continental was running Pub Flights at the time, which are noted in the timetable and featured in the commercial below.

 

Jetstream International Airlines - June, 1985

The only thing about "international" in Jetstream is the fact they had a Canadian phone number.

From Wikipedia:

In September 1985, the airline affiliated itself with Piedmont Airlines.  Jetstream International Airlines was acquired by Piedmont in August 1986 and became a wholly owned subsidiary shortly thereafter. In 1987, Jetstream once again moved its corporate headquarters to Dayton, Ohio.

Following the USAir acquisition of Piedmont in November 1987, JIA began operating as Allegheny Commuter from the USAir hub in Philadelphia In July 1988, JIA became a wholly owned subsidiary of USAir and operated in the colors of US Air Express, later US Airways Express. In 1989, JIA began feeder service to USAir's Indianapolis hub.

AirCal - September, 1984

From Wikipedia:

AirCal, along with its equipment, routes, and facilities, was eventually acquired piecemeal by AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines, in 1987. American continued to fly many of the former AirCal aircraft from a new hub at San Jose International Airport (SJC) until American transferred the bulk of its San Jose operations to Reno Air in the mid-1990s. American also continued to operate former AirCal Boeing 737-300 aircraft into the Lake Tahoe Airport before turning over all Lake Tahoe service to their regional affiliate, American Eagle. American would later acquire Reno Air in 1999, and San Jose was an American Airlines hub until the early 2000s (and a downturn in the economy). All eight former AirCal Boeing 737-3A4s were later operated by Southwest Airlines. AirCal also had ordered a ninth 737-3A4, but it was never delivered. Eventually, this aircraft found its way into the Southwest Airlines' fleet as well. As of August 2010, Southwest retired most of the former AirCal fleet, with N679AA being the only remaining Boeing 737-300 series aircraft still in service.

I didn't know that AirCal and Muse Air worked together - the Midland/Odessa and New Orleans schedules show connections to San Francisco through LAX.

Britt Airways - April, 1985

Couldn't have said it better myself.  From rzjets:

The Britt Airways Chicago operation grew with Metroliners, F-27s, and FH-227s. Two BAC 1-11s were eventually added for scheduled and charter work. On November 1, 1985, the airline began Piedmont Commuter flights from the Dayton hub. This only lasted until September 1, 1986, since during the same year, the airline was acquired by PEOPLExpress. With Texas Air's acquisition of PEOPLExpress, Britt became a Continental Express carrier on February 1, 1987 for its Chicago services, and an Eastern Express carrier on the same day, serving the Philadelphia hub. Britt moved south in September, feeding Continental at its Houston hub. The Philadelphia Eastern Express operation became a Cleveland Continental Express operation by the end of 1987. Its Chicago slots were sold to American Eagle in 1989. On September 1, 1990, the operations of Britt, Rocky Mountain Airways, and Bar Harbor Airlines were combined into one carrier, Continental Express.

 

Air Virginia - April, 1981

From rzjets:

By the mid-1980s it had a route system that stretched from Newark to North Carolina and west to Ohio, and its fleet had grown to include several Swearingen Metros and a few BAe 748s. On May 15, 1985 it changed its name to AVAir and became an American Eagle carrier. It later moved its base to the Raleigh/Durham airport as it became the American feeder there. On January 15, 1988 the airline filed for bankruptcy and suspended operations. Flights resumed on February 3, with financial help from AMR subsidiary Nashville Eagle. In May, certain asset of AVAir were sold to Nashville Eagle, which took over the Raleigh operation, and AVAir ceased operations.

I think at one point, New York Air also added Air Virginia as a partner.

Aloha Airlines - February, 2004

In 2004, not too many airlines were publishing route maps and comprehensive timetables. Since Aloha's main hub was Honolulu, I included all of the routes from that city. This great airline would ultimately shut down in 2008.