Braniff International Airways was an American airline that existed from 1928 until 1982. It operated in the midwestern and southwestern U.S., South America, Panama, and in its later years, to Asia and Europe. The airline ceased operations on May 12, 1982, a victim of escalating fuel prices, aggressive and unsustainable expansion, and fierce competition following changes that resulted from the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
In 1928 an insurance...
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Braniff International Airways was an American airline that existed from 1928 until 1982. It operated in the midwestern and southwestern U.S., South America, Panama, and in its later years, to Asia and Europe. The airline ceased operations on May 12, 1982, a victim of escalating fuel prices, aggressive and unsustainable expansion, and fierce competition following changes that resulted from the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
In 1928 an insurance salesman and financier named Thomas E. Braniff financed an aviation company with his brother Paul Revere Braniff, named Paul R. Braniff, Inc. The airline was named Tulsa-Oklahoma City Airways and offered passenger service between most of the major cities in Oklahoma. The original Braniff brothers would remain a part of the company, even as the ownership was transferred repeatedly. Eventually Braniff was purchased by what was to become today's American Airlines. However, after briefly operating the Braniff division, the holding company...
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