Trans States Airlines

Sort By:
Page 2 of 25 - About 245 essays
  • Decent Essays

    began to suffer. For Baltia Air Lines, this was a huge setback. In 1991, the United States Department of Transportation selected three new airlines to conduct flights from the United States to Russia, with Baltia Air lines joining the ranks of Pan American World Airways, American Airlines, and Trans World Airlines. Of the three newly appointed airlines, Baltia had “a far superior” proposal than that of Trans World Airways, as claimed by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Unfortunately, a number

    • 513 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    American Airlines is a major legacy airline based in the United States. The airline has been operating in the air transportation industry, aerospace industry, and airline industry since it was first created***date***. The company offers several services to the public. Some of the services that the airline provides include air carrier services (domestic and international) and air cargo and mail transportation. American Airlines originally started as a small airline company called The Aviation Corporation

    • 334 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Better Essays

    The Fight to Fly – Southwest Airlines History According to Southwest Airlines website and other media outlets, it is a miracle that Southwest Airlines even exists today. Hard to believe since U.S. Department of Transportation currently has Southwest Airlines as the nations number one domestic airline in passengers boarded. Southwest has the largest fleet of Boeing aircrafts in the world and many of them offer gate to gate WiFi which allows the traveler to use personal handheld devices to pass

    • 1667 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    In 1946, American Airlines established its maintenance and engineering bases in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1953, American Airlines pioneered nonstop transcontinental service across the across the U.S. with the Douglas DC-7. During 1957, American opens the world’s first special facility for flight attendant training, the American Airlines Stewardess College, in Dallas/Fort Worth. During January 1959, American Airlines introduces the Lockheed Electra, which is the first U.S.-designed turboprop plane.

    • 981 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Southwest Airlines Merger

    • 1237 Words
    • 5 Pages

    BASIC STRATEGY: In order to make up for increasing expenses Southwest needs to expand. My recommended strategy for Southwest to pursue, is to merge with Air-Tran and expand into areas where Air-Tran has a heavy presence and Southwest has none. With Southwest having a weak presence in the southeastern U.S., a key area to expand would be Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, which is the busiest airport in the U.S. There is obviously a need for the low air-fare company at this site. Southwest’s

    • 1237 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    1,000 employees 5. 60 employees jumped to their deaths TRANS: In the article 102 minutes to live as the tower died it was said that the events of the north tower caused serious concerns for the south tower. C. Within 7 minutes the elevators of the south tower were working fine and the building went smoothly until the PDA. 1. According to a fact sheet written by the U.S. Department of State it was recorded that at 9:04 a.m. A United airlines flight crashed into the south tower. 2. 64 passengers

    • 576 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    U.S. trans-border and international airline and the largest provider of scheduled passenger services in the Canadian market, the Canada-U.S. trans-border market and the international market to and from Canada (Annual Report 2014). Historically speaking, it was founded in 1937, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. Canada 's national airline originated from the Canadian federal government 's 1936 creation of Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA)

    • 1045 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    Overview and Background. Southwest Airlines, since the beginning has struggle and fight to get in the airline business. Starting with Dallas, Texas. Southwest had to fight to stay at Love field airport, when all the airlines moved to the new Airport of Dallas-Fort worth International airport. Winning this battle gave Southwest the opportunity to get all the customers they wanted, from the near downtown airport, instead of driving 15 miles for the new airport, pay for expensive parking and having

    • 4205 Words
    • 17 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    United Continental Holdings competes on the basis of having what it terms "the most comprehensive global route network", modern planes, and "an industry-leading loyalty program" (UnitedContinentalHoldings.com, 2012). The merger between two struggling airlines was announced in 2010, and the United brand is going to be the one that is most prominent going forward. There have recently been some minor implementation problems in unwinding the Continental name (Martin, 2012). While it is difficult, to some

    • 770 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    American Airlines first started in 1929 as The Aviation Corporation. The Aviation Corporation was a consolidation of small young aviation companies (History of American Airlines, 2015). In 1930 the corporation would change its name to American Airways Inc., four years later they would change it again to American Airlines Inc. American Airlines continued to operate and grow and by 1940 was the nation’s top domestic air carrier. In World War II American airline’s fleet and crew were turned over

    • 330 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays