Whistling Dixie: Air South
The sea of red-ink that flowed out of the US airline industry during the 1980s, thanks to fare wars and […]
Airlines of USA
Howard Hughes’ Jetstreams: TWA L-1649s
Lockheed’s Constellation programme was a great success both for civilian and military marks but coming towards the end of the
PBA Maxes Out: Provincetown-Boston in the 80s
Provincetown-Boston Airways (PBA) started operations in 1949 and was consistently profitable for over 30 years. In 1980 its founder John
Cherry Blossom Pacemakers: Piedmont YS-11s
In the mid-60s the local service airlines were well into their graduation from DC-3 centric fleets to those based predominantly
Starting from Scratch: The NAMC YS-11
The YS-11 programme remains something of a controversial topic in its native Japan. Some see it as an epic adventure
USAir’s PSA Hubris: A West Coast Disaster
The USAir purchase of Pacific Southwest Airlines was yet another result of the turbulence and merger panic flooding the US
A Hell of A Gamble: PSA’s 146 Smiliners
Deregulation changed the state of play in the Californian market, where unregulated intra-state airlines like PSA and Air California had