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Western Airlines. Western Airlines was a major airline in the United States based in California, operating in the Western United States including Alaska and Hawaii, and western Canada, as well as to New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Miami and to Mexico City, London and Nassau.
- April 17, 1926
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- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Jan 27, 2024 · Updated Jan 27, 2024. The story of how a former mail carrier ended up merging with Delta Air Lines. Photo: Piergiuliano Chesi | Wikimedia Commons. Founded on April 17, 1926, Western Airlines was a California-based airline that operated flights throughout the western United States and Canada.
Beating the Odds: The First Sixty Years of Western Airlines. Colorful 22-page booklet commemorating Western's 60th anniversary of passenger service in 1986. Includes many photos and ads from Western's corporate archives, which came to Delta after airlines merged in 1987. See Western Booklet.
Nov 21, 2023 · We remember Western Airlines, one of America’s iconic air carriers that offered innovative in-flight service. It is Tuesday, May 7, 1957, and you are a passenger aboard Western Airlines flight 70, a Douglas DC-6B which has just leveled off at its cruising altitude after an 0825 departure from San Francisco.
Sep 20, 2020 · Published Sep 20, 2020. It has now been 94 years since Western Airlines first commenced operations. The legendary carrier was the oldest continuously operating carrier in the United States until it merged with Delta Air Lines in 1987. Here is a look at some of the key moments in the operator's early history.
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Sep 26, 2020 · "Delta, founded in 1929, is the nation’s sixth-largest airline in terms of revenue passenger miles, while Western ranks ninth. When they combine, the new entity will fly more than 40 billion revenue passenger miles a year, putting it in fourth place behind a merged Texas Air Corp.-Eastern Airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines."
1931. General Motors acquires control of Western through a subsidiary. Western acquires Mid-Continent Air Express in October, with routes from Denver to El Paso and Dallas. 1932. Western is the first airline with airborne television reception (a one-time event).
