Description: The Civil Aeronautics Board and President Lyndon Johnson approved the simultaneous merger of three airlines for the first time in early 1968. Pacific Air Lines, Bonanza Airlines, and West Coast Airlines were combined to form Air West. Air West provided service to eight Western states, Canada, and Mexico within its 8,800-mile system.Although Air Mail Route 105 was involved in the Bonanza - Pacific Air Lines - West Coast Airlines merger in which Air West was formed, the authority for this service had been awarded to Bonanza and assigned to Air Mail Route 105 prior to the formation of Air West. The inaugural flight from Tucson on April 30 terminated at Mazatlan because of darkness and because the airport at Puerto Vallarta was not equipped for night operation. Service to Puerto Vallarta was completed on the morning of May 1 with the same crew and aircraft.This cover was carried on the inaugural Air Mail Route 105 flight from Tucson, Arizona to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Contract Air Mail Flights (CAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as 105S41.The Civil Aeronautics Board and President Lyndon Johnson approved the simultaneous merger of three airlines for the first time in early 1968. Pacific Air Lines, Bonanza Airlines, and West Coast Airlines are combined to form Air West. Air West provided service to eight Western states, Canada, and Mexico within its 8,800-mile system.Howard Hughes purchased control of Air West. After a number of lawsuits, he renamed the airline Hughes Air West on April 1, 1970.Effective on October 1, 1980, Republic Airlines, Inc. purchased Hughes Airwest and made the carrier a wholly-owned subsidiary known as Republic Airlines West, Inc.On January 23, 1986, Northwest Airlines announced the biggest merger in U.S. civil aviation history to that date — an $884 million purchase of Republic Airlines. The two carriers filed a merger application with the Department of Transportation on January 27. The Justice Department opposed the merger because it would “substantially lessen competition” in violation of antitrust laws. Full hearings regarding the merger were held and on July 31 the Department of Transportation approved Northwest Airlines’ takeover of Republic Airlines. On August 12 the acquisition of Republic was completed as officials from both airlines transferred ownership of Republic to Northwest. On October 1, 1986, the operations of Republic were fully integrated with a single Northwest flight schedule.On April 15, 2008, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announced a merger agreement. The merger of the two carriers formed what was then the largest commercial airline in the world, with 786 aircraft. Delta Air Lines' brand survived, while Northwest's brand officially ended in 2009.
Price: 2 USD
Location: Cranford, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-12-26T14:51:28.000Z
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Type: Transportation
Place of Origin: United States
Quality: First Flight Cover
Event: First Flight
Grade: Ungraded
Topic: Aviation
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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