Texas International Airlines

Texas International Airlines
IATA code :	TI
ICAO code :	TI
Call sign :	TEXAS INTERNATIONAL
Founding:	1944
Operation stopped:	1982
Seat:	Houston , United States
Turnstile :	Dallas , Houston
Management:	Frank Lorenzo
Number of employees:	3400
Frequent Flyer Program :	Frequent Flyer Program
Fleet size:	42 (March 1982)
Aims:	National
Texas International Airlines ceased operations in 1982. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Texas International Airlines (shortened to Texas International , also known as TXI ) was a US airline . After the parent company of Texas International Airlines had acquired a majority stake in Continental Airlines in 1982 , the two companies were merged, with Texas International Airlines being merged into Continental Airlines .

history

Texas International Airlines was founded in 1944 under the name of Aviation Enterprises in Houston ( Texas ) as a charter airline founded. In October 1947, the company took on regional scheduled flights within Texas. At the same time, the name was changed to Trans-Texas Airways (TTA). In 1949, the company flew to 34 destinations in Texas with Douglas DC-3 aircraft .

During the 1950s, Trans-Texas Airways expanded its route network through the states of Louisiana and Arkansas to Memphis , Tennessee . In the mid-1950s, the fleet consisted of sixteen Douglas DC-3s , with which 157,659 passengers, 1,107 tons of freight and 769 tons of airmail were carried in the 1955 financial year. At that time the company had 540 employees. As a supplement to the Douglas DC-3, the company initially acquired seven, then another fifteen Convair CV-240s from American Airlines in the fall of 1960 . In the mid-1960s, Trans-Texas Airways commissioned the manufacturer Convair to convert these aircraft to the Convair CV-600 type , including turboprop engines. The company took over its first Douglas DC-9-10 jet aircraft in early 1967.

On October 31, 1968, the name was changed to Texas International Airlines . The national route network at that time included the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi , New Mexico and Tennessee. The company also offered international connections to Monterrey , Tampico and Veracruz in Mexico . Scheduled flights to Los Angeles ( California ) were recorded on 15 January 1970th Texas International Airlines made significant losses in the years that followed. In 1972 , Jet Capital Corporation, led by Frank Lorenzo , acquired a stake in the company. Frank Lorenzo, who subsequently took over the management of Texas International Airlines , implemented various cost-cutting programs, so that the company started making profits again from the mid-1970s. For further expansion, Texas International Airlines sought a hostile takeover of National Airlines in 1978 and acquired a 25% stake in that company. The takeover failed because National Airlines was bought by Pan American World Airways ( Pan Am ) in July 1979 .

In 1980, Frank Lorenzo founded the new holding company Texas Air Corporation and brought Texas International Airlines into this parent company. Texas Air Corporation , a holding company, began purchasing Continental Airlines shares in early 1981 . After just six months, she owned the majority of the shares, so she had an influence on their route network and flight schedules. On October 31, 1982, Texas Air Corporation merged the two subsidiaries Continental Airlines and Texas International Airlines . Flight operations were then continued under the name of Continental Airlines .

fleet

• Beechcraft Model 99 (for in-house tasks)
• Convair CV-240
• Convair CV-600
• Douglas DC-3
• Douglas DC-9-14, DC-9-15F and DC-9-31

Incidents

• On September 27, 1973, a Convair 600 had an accident on Texas International Airlines Flight 655 from El Dorado to Texarkana . It was a controlled flight into Black Fork Mountain, which is part of the Ouachita Mountains in Arizona. The three-person crew and eight passengers were killed.
• On November 16, 1976, a Douglas DC-9-14 rolled over the end of the runway while landing in Denver . The aircraft was written off as a total loss.
• On March 17, 1980, a Douglas DC-9-14 was irreparably damaged in a landing accident in Baton Rouge .

See also

• Former Airlines List (America)

Web links

Commons : Texas International Airlines  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Data on the airline Texas International Airlines in Aviation Safety Network (English)
• Texas International Timetables
• Photos Texas International in Airliners.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JP airline fleets international, 1982 edition
2. ^ Flight International, April 8, 1960
3. ↑ Trans-Texas Airways route network in the 1949 flight plan
4. ↑ Trans-Texas Airways route network in the 1958 flight plan
5. ^ Flight International, April 20, 1956
6. ^ Flight International, November 18, 1960
7. ^ Flight International, November 26, 1964
8. ^ Flight International, April 13, 1967
9. ↑ Texas International Airlines route network in the August 1968 flight plan
10. ↑ Texas International Airlines, January 1970 flight plan cover sheet
11. ^ History Of Texas International Airlines
12. ^ Flight International, August 12, 1978
13. ^ Flight International, September 16, 1978
14. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
15. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
16. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)