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1980 BRANIFF Flying Colors MAGAZINE VOL9 NO5 Boeing 747 airlines airways ad

$ 13.19

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Airline: Braniff
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Condition: GOOD condition, as shown.
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Type: Books & Publications
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL
    'Flying Colors'
    in-flight travel magazine
    1980 Volume 9 Number 5
    GOOD condition, as shown.
    This is an original Braniff International publication.
    Not a reproduction
    .
    Measures 11.0 INCHES by 8.5 INCHES.
    Contains 94 page.
    Dated 1980.
    Along with various destination-related articles, this issue also includes a nice
    2-page Braniff International global route map and various Braniff ads
    .
    Magazine will be wrapped in plastic and securely packaged in cardboard for protection while in transit.  I am happy to combine shipping on multiple purchases.  If you have any questions, please ask.
    Braniff Airways, Inc., operating as Braniff International Airways, from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until closure, was an American airline that flew air carrier operations from 1928 until 1982.
    Braniff's routes were primarily in the midwestern and southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America.  In the late 1970s it expanded to Asia and Europe.  The airline ceased air carrier operations in May 1982 because of high fuel prices, credit card interest rates and extreme competition from new airline startups created by the Airline Deregulation Act of December 1978.  Two later airlines used the Braniff name: the Hyatt Hotels-backed Braniff, Inc. in 1984–89, and Braniff International Airlines, Inc. in 1991–92.
    In 1970 Braniff accepted delivery of the 100th Boeing 747 built – a 747–127, N601BN – and began flights from Dallas to Honolulu, Hawaii on January 15, 1971.  This plane, dubbed "747 Braniff Place" and "The Most Exclusive Address In The Sky", was Braniff's flagship, and it flew an unprecedented 15 hours per day with a 99 percent dispatch reliability rate.  In 1978 N601BN flew the first flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to London.
    The Braniff 747 livery of bright orange led to the aircraft being nicknamed "The Great Pumpkin".