Delta Air Lines - December, 1985

At its peak in the mid-1980s, Delta created a hub in Cincinnati and constructed Terminal 3 with its three midfield concourses. This hub eventually grew to be Delta's second largest, handling over 600 Delta and Delta Connection flights in 2005. (Wikipedia)

Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) - October, 1990

Pan Am was heading towards the end. It declared bankruptcy the following January, sold off the European routed and Pan Am Shuttle to Delta and remained as a Miami-based operation. Pan Am would cease to exist by the end of 1991 after Delta decided not continue to provide financing.

Pan Am and American linked their frequent flyer programs for awhile, and I moved all of my Pan Am WorldPass miles to American's AAdvantage program. It proved to be a good move.







































Here's a video from the 70s detailing Pan Am's B747 introduction:

Texas International Airlines - April, 1973

Texas International Airlines was probably best know for where Frank Lorenzo got his start in the aviation industry. He formed a holding company, then merged TI with Continental under Texas Air Corporation. What's very different about this timetable is that air fares are listed beside city-pairs.



A 1967 Texas International commercial:

SkyWest Airlines - January, 1984

 

Allegheny Airlines - March, 1977

A short history of Allegheny can be found here.

Northwest Orient Airlines - June, 1985

Northwest was clearly building up its Minneapolis-St. Paul hub in the years prior to this timetable with 21 non-stops in the October, 1978 timetable vs. 42 non-stops in this edition. Northwest would later buy Republic in October 1986 which eliminated competition at MSP and Northwest picked up two other hubs in Detroit and Memphis.

 

 

 

 

 

Chaparral Airlines - July, 1984

Chaparral Airlines' planes wound up eventually painted in American Eagle's livery, as per this account of the Eagle's growth at DFW:

The ‘80s marked American’s massive “Growth Plan” which added dozens of new markets and by design, new hubs. DFW was by far the largest and most logical place to start the foundation of an Eagle operation. In the summer of 1984, Senior Vice President of Marketing Thomas Plaskett, who later went on to become President of Pan Am, made the official announcement that Metroflight and Chaparral Airlines would be the “first two” of American’s Eagle network.

Chaparral joined with its Gulfstream 1Cs, CASA 212s and Beech 99s, and by year’s end, 60 daily flights were serving eight cities from DFW. The carriers adopted AA ticket stock, flight numbers, and a new AA-inspired livery.