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1986 - Purchased by Texas International, but continues to operate separately as Eastern Airlines; 1990 - American Airlines purchased Eastern's routes from Miami to Latin America and the Caribbean; Florida Airlines. 1975 - Air South and Shawnee Airlines are purchased by Florida Airlines [10] [11] Frontier Airlines
In December, Continental received regulatory approval to partner with Alitalia, bringing membership of the nascent alliance to four. Other airlines which had expressed interest in joining included Malaysia Airlines, Air China, Air Europa and Garuda Indonesia. Numerous disputes would prevent Wings from ever taking flight, however.
Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane S.p.A. was established on 16 September 1946 as Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali (Italian International Airlines). It was formed as a result of an Anglo-Italian agreement and was funded by the Italian government and British European Airways (BEA) in a 60/40 share arrangement with a capital of 900 million lire (£ ...
Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A. (pronounced [iˈtaːlja traˈspɔrto aˈɛːreo]), doing business as ITA Airways, is the flag carrier airline of Italy. [6] It is owned by the government of Italy via the Ministry of Economy and Finance and was founded in 2020 as bankrupt Alitalia's successor.
In August 2008, it was announced that Air One was to be merged with Alitalia. [4] Air One was almost bankrupt in 2008, [5] and the merger with Alitalia-CAI was the only viable solution to save it. On 13 January 2009, Air One officially became part of Alitalia, though the two airlines were to be combined into one over time.
Following US Airways merger with American Airlines, US Airways aircraft were painted into the American Airlines livery. The first jet to re-enter revenue service in the American livery in January 2014 was an Airbus A319, tail number N700UW, which previously sported a Star Alliance scheme.
1927 American Airways FC-2 A Stinson Trimotor first operated by Century Airlines DC-3 "Flagship", American's chief aircraft type during the World War II period. American Airlines was developed from a conglomeration of 82 small airlines through acquisitions in 1930 [2] and reorganizations; initially, American Airways was a common brand used by a number of independent carriers.
Air Italy (registered as AIR ITALY S.p.A.) [2] was [3] a privately owned Italian airline, headquartered in Olbia, Sardinia.In 2019, the company was the second largest airline in Italy, behind Italian flag carrier Alitalia, and the 40th largest in Europe by number of passengers in 2019.