Showing posts with label American Eagle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Eagle. Show all posts

Sunday, December 24, 2017

Chaparral Airlines (American Eagle) - March, 1987

Chaparral Airlines was a regional airline based in Abilene that began service during the 1970s. Chaparral operated Beechcraft 99 and CASA 212 twin turboprop aircraft as well as Piper prop aircraft at this time. In 1979, Chaparral was operating nonstop flights to both Dallas Love Field (DAL) and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and was also flying nonstop to Austin (AUS) and Houston Hobby Airport (HOU). The air carrier then introduced larger, 37-passenger Grumman Gulfstream I-C turboprops which is a stretched regional airline version of the successful Gulfstream I business prophet. In 1984, Chaparral was operating nonstop flights from Abilene to Austin (AUS), Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) and Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) with direct, one stop service to San Antonio (SAT) via Austin. Chaparral would eventually become an American Eagle air carrier flying code share service on behalf of American Airlines.

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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Reno Air - October, 1996

Reno Air was bought by American in 1999 and ultimately dismantled.  American did the same thing to AirCal, then later to TWA.

Reno also had connecting service with American Eagle at Los Angeles.






Monday, June 24, 2013

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.



Saturday, October 20, 2012

Trans World Airlines (TWA) - September, 2000

This is most likely one of the last timetables from TWA. It's too bad, really, because they were operating well towards the end. I posted one of TWA's last route maps here. The one below details the TWExpress and TWConnections flights. Also, you can see the timetable says that TWA was setting up a focus city at LAX. The other focus city was San Juan while JFK was considered a hub.








"The Legacy of TWA":



Monday, May 31, 2010

Midwest Express Airlines - January, 1999

The Midwest Airlines (formerly Midwest Express) name won't be around very much longer. Its new owner, Republic Airways Holdings, will fold Midwest into the Frontier brand, which hubs in Denver. Midwest, which once billed itself as Milwaukee's hometown airline, is facing increasing competition from AirTran, which once tried to buy Midwest.