Bonanza Air Lines
US airline (1945-1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bonanza Air Lines was an airline (known at the time as a "local service" air carrier as defined by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board) in the Western United States (and eventually Mexico) from 1945 until it merged with two other local service airlines to form Air West in 1968.[1] Its headquarters was initially Las Vegas, Nevada, and moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1966.[2][3]
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Founded | 1945 (1945) | ||||||
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Ceased operations | July 1, 1968 (1968-07-01) | ||||||
Headquarters | Las Vegas, Nevada (1945–1966) Phoenix, Arizona (1966–1968) |
The airline began scheduled flights in 1945 with a twin engine Cessna[4] between Nevada cities Las Vegas, Reno, Tonopah and Hawthorne. In the 1950s and early 1960s the airline expanded into Arizona, Southern California and Utah, including Phoenix, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. Until 1978 Bonanza had the only scheduled nonstop flights between Las Vegas and Reno. It became an international airline soon before it merged with Pacific Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West, with Douglas DC-9s from Phoenix and Tucson to La Paz, Mazatlán and Puerto Vallarta. Air West would later be renamed Hughes Airwest. Hughes Airwest was bought out by Republic Airlines (1979–1986) in 1980. In 1986 Republic was merged into Northwest Airlines. In 2010 Northwest merged into Delta Air Lines.