Braniff International Airways
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| IATA code : | BN |
| ICAO code : | BNF |
| Call sign : | BRANIFF |
| Founding: | 1928 |
| Operation stopped: | 1982 |
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Dallas , United States
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| Home airport : | Dallas / Fort Worth |
| Company form: | Corporation |
| Management: | Howard D. Putnam ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 82 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Braniff International Airways ceased operations in 1982. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Braniff International Airways was an American airline with headquarters in Dallas and home base at Dallas / Fort Worth Airport .
history
Braniff was founded in 1928.
From the mid-1960s onwards, Braniff used a very eye-catching corporate design that Alexander Girard had adapted to the zeitgeist and that dipped everything right down to the aircraft themselves in eye-catching solid colors. For example, the Boeing 747-100 were painted completely orange, the 747-200 red and some Douglas DC-8s completely blue.
Between 1979 and 1980 Braniff offered Concorde flights to and from Washington-Dulles in collaboration with Air France and British Airways .
The company ceased flight operations on May 12, 1982 due to insolvency . The main reasons cited were rising fuel prices and the tougher competition that arose after the liberalization of the American airline market. Others saw the company's failed expansion policy as the reason.
Re-uses
- In 1983 Hyatt took over the rights to the Braniff International Airways brand and started again as an airline under the Braniff name , but ceased operations as early as 1990.
- In 1991 another attempt under this brand failed .
- In 2014 it was announced that, from 2015, scheduled flights to national destinations and individual holiday destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America will be offered with the home airport of St. Louis . In addition, charter flights, special flights and only business flights are to be offered.
Destinations
The Braniff's route network focused on domestic flights and connections between the USA and South America . In addition, European destinations were served, including London Gatwick .
Incidents
From 1939 to the cessation of operations in 1982 Braniff International Airways suffered 9 total aircraft losses. In 7 of them 212 people were killed. Extracts:
- On September 29, 1959, a Braniff International Airways Lockheed L-188 Electra (N9705C) broke apart in midair on a scheduled flight from Houston to Dallas . The accident was caused by vibrations in the propellers . All 34 occupants were killed (see also Braniff International Airways Flight 542 ) .
- On October 19, 1959, Boeing carried out the handover flight of a Boeing 707-227 that was to be delivered to Braniff International Airways. On board were pilots and technicians from Braniff and Boeing. During the flight the crew flew several Dutch rolls . In one of them, it exceeded the technically permissible tilt angle of the machine. When counter-steering, the load limits of the aircraft were exceeded, with three of the four engines breaking off and a subsequent fire scorching some of the control systems on the wing. While trying to make an emergency landing, the plane crashed on the banks of the Stillaguamish River near Arlington, Washington state. Four of the eight people on board were killed.
- On August 6, 1966, a BAC 1-11 of Braniff International Airways flew into a thunderstorm line on the scheduled flight to Omaha near Falls City , Nebraska and was hit by extreme turbulence. The right stabilizer, the vertical fin and then the right wing broke off and the fuel inside exploded. All 42 people on board died (see also Braniff International Airways Flight 250 )
- On May 3, 1968, a Braniff Airways Lockheed L-188A Electra ( aircraft registration number N9707C ) on a flight from Houston to Dallas near Dawson , Texas , crashed during a severe thunderstorm after the crew had made a 180 ° turn shortly before had initiated. The machine got out of control due to the extreme turbulence; during the interception attempt, it was overloaded at 4.35 g , whereupon it broke apart. All 80 passengers and 5 crew members died in the accident.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Concordesst.com - Braniff Airways - British Airways / Air France joint services 1979–1980 (English), accessed September 14, 2013
- ↑ Braniff should also fly again , accessed on November 11, 2014
- ↑ Accident statistics Braniff International Airways , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 23, 2020.
- ↑ https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19591019-0
- ↑ accident report L-188A N9707C , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 20 December 2018th
- ↑ Aircraft Accident Report L-188A N9707C , NTSB from June 19, 1969