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In summer 1965, American Airlines only had one jet flight a day from Hobby, a Boeing 707 flying Houston-San Antonio-El Paso-Phoenix-Oakland-San Francisco. [25] Eastern Boeing 727-100s flew nonstop to Washington D.C. Dulles Airport , New Orleans and Corpus Christi and direct to New York Newark Airport and Boston. [ 26 ]
American Airlines has one Admirals Club in the terminal. The terminal originally handled United Express flights (gates 71C-71K) until it was vacated in 2005. [51] American Eagle flights were relocated to the terminal in January 2010 from a remote terminal which was 0.3 miles (480 m) west of Terminal 4 that would later be demolished.
During the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 77 were destined for LAX and they were hijacked mid-flight by Al-Qaeda terrorists. Flight 11 and Flight 175 deliberately crashed into the Twin Towers of World Trade Center and Flight 77 deliberately crashed into The Pentagon.
Several commuter airlines operated scheduled passenger service into Sugar Land Regional over the years. In the fall of 1979, Commutair was flying a "cross-town" shuttle service between the airport and Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH), with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter twin turboprop aircraft operating up to twelve round-trip flights a day.
February 19, 1996: a Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 operating as Continental Airlines Flight 1943 from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, arriving in Houston, landed with its landing gear in the stowed position on Runway 27. The aircraft slid for 6,915 feet (2,108 m) on its belly before stopping on the runway 140 feet ...
Los Angeles Seattle/Tacoma As United Express: Chicago–O'Hare Denver Houston–Intercontinental San Francisco Boise Colorado Springs Los Angeles As American Eagle: Dallas/Ft. Worth Chicago–O'Hare Los Angeles Phoenix–Sky Harbor As Alaska Airlines: Seattle/Tacoma Portland (OR) 1972 Operates as Delta Connection, United Express, American Eagle ...
SkyWest Airlines operates as American Eagle, as well as Alaska Airlines, Delta Connection and United Express. Air Wisconsin is an independent carrier exclusively operating for American Eagle. Envoy Air , the largest wholly-owned regional airline within the brand, is based in Fort Worth , Texas.
American Airlines Group Inc. is an American publicly traded airline holding company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It was formed on December 9, 2013, by the merger of AMR Corporation , the parent company of American Airlines , and US Airways Group , the parent company of US Airways . [ 5 ]