Western Air Express (i)

Western Air Express was formed on 13Jul1925 & started its first service on 17Apr1926. It becamed became one of the first U.S. airlines to offer regular passenger service, starting on 23May1926. WESTERN AIR EXPRESS aquired COLORADO AIRWAYS in 1927, PACIFIC MARINE AIRWAYS on 29Jun1928, WEST COAST AIR TRANSPORT in 1929, STANDARD AIR LINES in 1930 and MID-CONTINENT AIRLINES in 1931. Merged with PITTSBURGH AVIATION CORP. and TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR TRANSPORT to form TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR
– [TWA was formed in 1930 as TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR, through a merger of a part of WESTERN AIR EXPRESS, TAT-MADDUX AIR LINES and PAIC. Acquired MARQUETTE AIRLINES in 1941 and OZARK AIR LINES 0n 01Mar1986. The present name was adopted in 1950 Scheduled domestic and international passenger and cargo airline. First operator of Martin 404 (10/51) and Lockheed L1649 Constellation Starliner (6/57). Launched domestic B747 services. Taken over by AMERICAN AIRLINES in 2001 because of finanicial problems]
– [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]