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Texas International Airlines

Texas International Airlines Inc. was a local service carrier in the United States, known from 1940 until 1947 as Aviation Enterprises,[1] until 1969 as Trans-Texas Airways (TTA), and as Texas International Airlines until 1982, when it merged with Continental Airlines. It was headquartered near William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas.[2]

IATA

1944 (1944)
(as Aviation Enterprises)

October 31, 1982 (1982-10-31)
(merged into Continental Airlines)

Texas Air Corporation (1980–1982)

Houston, Texas, U.S.

Frank Lorenzo

Trans-Texas Airways originally operated in Texas and surrounding states.[3] In August 1953, it scheduled flights to 36 airports from El Paso to Memphis; in May 1968, TTa flew to 48 U.S. airports plus Monterrey, Tampico and Veracruz in Mexico. The airline changed its name to Texas International and continued to grow.


When Texas International was merged into Continental Airlines in 1982, it had grown to reach Baltimore, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Kansas City, Los Angeles,Ontario CA., Mexico City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Omaha, Phoenix, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Tucson, and Washington, DC, and had an all-DC-9 jet fleet.[4][5] In 2010, Continental merged into United Airlines.

On February 6, 1969, Douglas DC-9-15MC N1304T collided in midair with a small, single engined aircraft over Harlingen, Texas; the Piper crashed, seriously injuring the pilot; the DC-9 landed safely with no casualties to the 59 on board.[25]

Piper PA-28

On September 27, 1973, , a Convair 600, crashed in Arkansas while on a scheduled passenger/cargo flight from El Dorado, Arkansas, to Texarkana, Arkansas; all 11 on board died. This accident was the only fatal accident involving the airline, as well as the only fatal accident involving the Convair 600.

Flight 655

On November 16, 1976, Flight 987, a Douglas DC-9-14 (N9104) overran the runway and crashed on takeoff from Denver (DEN) due to an unexplained malfunction of the stall warning system; all 86 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.[26]

Stapleton International Airport

On March 17, 1980, Douglas DC-9-14 N9103 overran the runway while landing in rain at Baton Rouge Ryan Airport (BTR) due to pilot and ATC errors; all 50 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.

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List of defunct airlines of the United States

Texas Air Corporation

"." Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Bailey (Bob) Studios. May 24, 1949.

Trans Texas Airlines, no. 13620; Aircraft