Texas International Airlines
Defunct airline of the United States (1944–1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Texas International Airlines Inc. was an airline in the United States, known from 1940 until 1947 as Aviation Enterprises,[1] until 1969 as Trans-Texas Airways (TTA), and as Texas International Airlines until 1982, when it merged with Continental Airlines. It was headquartered near William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas.[2]
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Founded | 1944 (1944) (as Aviation Enterprises) | ||||||
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Ceased operations | October 31, 1982 (1982-10-31) (merged into Continental Airlines) | ||||||
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Parent company | Texas Air Corporation (1980–1982) | ||||||
Headquarters | Houston, Texas, United States | ||||||
Key people | Frank Lorenzo |
Trans-Texas Airways (TTa) was a "local-service" airline as designated by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board in Texas and surrounding states.[3] In August 1953, it scheduled flights to 36 airports from El Paso to Memphis; in May 1968, TTa flew to 48 U.S. airports plus Monterrey, Tampico and Veracruz in Mexico. The airline changed its name to Texas International and continued to grow.
When Texas International was merged into Continental Airlines in 1982, it had grown to reach Baltimore, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Kansas City, Los Angeles,Ontario CA., Mexico City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Omaha, Phoenix, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Tucson, and Washington, DC, and had an all-DC-9 jet fleet.[4][5] In 2010, Continental merged into United Airlines.