New York Air (i)

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New York Air came into existence in Sep1980, when its parent company, the Texas Air Corporation, announced plans for a low-cost startup in the northeast of the US. New York Air commenced operations on 19/Dec/1980. Texas Air Corporation merged New York Air into Continental Airlines, ceasing operations in Feb1987
< based out of the city’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) >

[ – CONTINENTAL AIR LINES was formed as VARNEY SPEED LINES in 1934. Adopted present name in 1937. Acquired PIONEER AIR LINES in 1954, NEW YORK AIR in 1987, FRONTIER AIRLINES , and PEOPLEXPRESS in 1987. Merged with TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES in 1982 and the two airlines began operating under the C.A.L. name. CONTINENTAL WEST operated for a short time on the West Coast It was formed by Frank Lorenzo as a shuttle airline but merged back into the main company ]

– UAL (United Air Lines) was formed in 1929 as a holding company for UNITED AIRCRAFT & TRANSPORT. This was a merger of Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air Transport , National Air Transport & Varney Air Lines. United Airlines began its own air freight delivery service just before the beginning of World War II. On 23/Dec/1940, the airline inaugurated what some historians believe was the first all-cargo service in U.S. airline history. The airline used DC-4 aircraft to deliver mail from New York to Chicago and back. Acquired CAPTAL AIRLINES in 1961. Had it’s lo-cost subsiduary, TED absorbed in 2009. Continental Airlines merged in in 2011. Launch customer for Boeing 247, Douglas D6 in 1947, Convair CV340 in 1952, B720 in 1960, B727-100 in 1964, B737-200 in 1967, B767 in 1982 and B777-200 in 1995. Joint first operator of DC8 in 1959) with Delta A.L.
< international and domestic, passenger and cargo airline > ]

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