Amarillo Airport Corporation

In 1928, Selma and Harold joined brothers Thornton and Jimmy Oxnard to form the Amarillo Airport Corporation. The owners of the airport decided early in 1929 to offer a passenger service to Oklahoma City. Employing 4 Lockheed Model 5 Vegas, the company begins revenue flights in Jan1929, which continued until the Universal Aviation Corporation purchased the operation in Jul1929 [AMERICAN AIRWAYS was created by the merger of UNIVERSAL AIR LINE SYSTEMS, COLONIAL AIRWAYS, SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT, EMBRY-RIDDLE CORPORATIONS and INTERSTATE AIRLINES . Acquired SAFE (1921), MARTZ AIR LINES (1932), TRANSAMERICAN AIRLINES (1932), CENTURY PACIFIC AIRLINES (1932) & STANDARD AIRLINES (1934)]. [AMERICAN AIRLINES was formed as AMERICAN AIRWAYS in 1930. AA acquired AMERICAN EXPORT AIRLINES in 1945, TRANS CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS in 1971, AIR CAL in 1986, RENO AIR in 2000 and TWA in 2001]