North Central Airlines
Defunct regional airline of the United States (1944–1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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North Central Airlines was a local service carrier, a scheduled airline in the Midwestern United States. Founded as Wisconsin Central Airlines in 1944 in Clintonville, Wisconsin, the company moved to Madison in 1947. This is also when the "Herman the duck" logo was born on Wisconsin Central's first Lockheed Electra 10A, NC14262, in 1948.[1] North Central's headquarters were moved to Minneapolis–St. Paul in 1952.[2]
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Founded | 1944 (1944) (as Wisconsin Central Airlines) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1952 (1952) (as North Central Airlines) | ||||||
Ceased operations | July 1, 1979 (1979-07-01) (merged with Southern Airways to become Republic Airlines) | ||||||
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Following a merger with Southern Airways in 1979, North Central became Republic Airlines, which in turn was merged into Northwest Airlines in 1986. Northwest Airlines was then merged into Delta Air Lines in 2010.