2007-01-05 03:46:32 · 15 answers · asked by morgan 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
They sure did...most of them are not around anymore. Here's some defunct U.S. airlines, many of which existed during the 1960's:
Air America
Air Atlanta
Air California
Air Florida
Air New England
Air Niagara
Air South
Air Vermont
Air-Speed Inc
Airborne Express
Albany Air
All American Aviation Company
Allegheny Airlines
American Flyers Airline
American Overseas Airlines
Appalachian Airlines
Arizona Airways
Arizona Airways (1993-1996)
Aroostook Airways
Aspen Airways
Atlantic Coast Airlines
Bar Harbor Airlines
Bonanza Air Lines
Braniff (1983-1990)
Braniff (1991-1992)
Braniff International Airways
Brockway Air
Business Express Airlines
Cal Sierra Airlines
CalPac
Cape Smythe Air
Capital Airlines
Capitol Air Lines
Carnival Air Lines
Cascade Airways
Central Airlines
Chicago Air
Chicago Express
Chicago and Southern Air Lines
Colonial Airlines
Command Airways
Desert Sun Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Eastwind Airlines
Emery Worldwide
Empire Airlines (1976-1985)
Express One International
FloridaGulf Airlines
Flying Tiger Line
Freelandia
Frontier Airlines (1950-1986)
Galaxy Airlines
Global International Airways
Golden West Airlines
Great Plains Airlines
Gulf Air Transport
Hooters Air
Hughes Airwest
Independence Air
Indigo Airlines
Intermountain Airlines
Kiwi International Air Lines
Lake Central Airlines
Legend Airlines
Liberty Express Airlines
Mackey Airlines
Maddux Air Lines
Mahalo Air
MarkAir
Marquette Airlines
MetroJet
Mid Pacific Air
Mid-Continent Airlines
MidAtlantic Airways
Midstate Airlines
Midway Airlines (JI)
Midway Airlines (ML)
Mississippi Valley Airlines
Modern Air Transport
Mohawk Airlines
Morris Air
Mountain West Airlines
National Air Transport
National Airlines (1983)
National Airlines (N7)
National Airlines (NA)
Nations Air Express
New York Air
New York Airways
New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line
Northeast Airlines
Overseas National Airways
Ozark Air Lines
Pacific Air Lines
Pacific Air Transport
Pacific Alaska Airways
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Pan American Airways (1996-1998)
Pan American Airways (1998-2004)
Pan American World Airways
Pan American-Grace Airways
People Express
Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989)
Planet Airways
Presidential Airways (scheduled)
Pride Air
Pro Air
Provincetown-Boston Airlines
Ransome Airlines
Reeve Aleutian Airways
Reno Air
Republic Airlines (1979-1986)
Rich International Airways
Rio Airways
Robertson Air Service
Rocky Mountain Airways
Saturn Airways
Seaboard World Airlines
Shuttle by United
Song (airline)
Southeast Airlines
Southern Air Transport
Southern Airways
Sunworld International Airlines
Superior Airlines
Texas Air
Texas International Airlines
Tower Air
TranStar Airlines
Trans International Airlines
Trans World Airlines
Trans World Express
TransMeridian Airlines
Transcontinental Air Transport
Trump Shuttle
Universal Airlines (US)
ValuJet Airlines
Vanguard Airlines
Varney Airlines
West Coast Airlines
Western Airlines
Western Pacific Airlines
Westward Airways
Wien Air Alaska
WinAir Airlines
Wright Airlines
Zantop Air Transport
Zantop Flying Service
Zantop International Airlines
2007-01-05 06:02:23 · answer #1 · answered by 4999_Basque 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Tony Jannus conducted the United State's first scheduled commercial airline flight on 1 January 1914 for the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line. The 23 minute flight traveled between St. Petersburg, Florida and Tampa, Florida, passing some 50 feet above Tampa Bay in Jannus' Benoist biplane seaplane." (Wikipedia)
And after that everybody got in the big money making business of airlines. Now they are making so much money they can't afford to go bankrupt.
2007-01-05 10:26:14 · answer #2 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, In fact DELAG, Deutsche Luftschifffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft (German: acronym for "German Airship Transport Corporation") was the world's first airline. It was founded on November 16, 1909 with government assistance, and operated airships manufactured by Zeppelin Corporation. Its headquarters were in Frankfurt.
Some of the major or well-known airlines in the mid to late 1960s that are now defunct or merged with today's airlines in the United States included:
Braniff International Airways
Eastern Airlines
North Central Airlines
Ozark Airlines
Pacific Southwest Airlines (to USAir)
Pan American World Airways
Piedmont Airlines (to USAir)
Trans World Airlines (to American Airlines)
Western Airlines (to Delta)
Other US majors operating then and still in operation now include:
American
Continental
Delta
Northwest
United
2007-01-05 06:21:21 · answer #3 · answered by mach_92 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can bet your boots there were commerical airlines in the mid 60's, and long before that. Commerical airlines have been around sense the 1920's. I think the fist was Pan American.
2007-01-05 14:53:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. The boeing 707 and 727 those were the 60s planes
2007-01-05 11:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they did. There was actually a lot of hijackings of airlines back in them days. As well President Johnson was sworn in as President on an plane after President Kennedy was assassinated.
2007-01-05 03:54:14 · answer #6 · answered by crazylegs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Delta was definitely around in those days as well as other commericial airlines that have since gone under.
2007-01-05 03:56:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course! Commercial airlines have been around nearly as long as airplanes have.
2007-01-05 04:42:55 · answer #8 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they did they were aroudn before the 60's
2007-01-05 03:56:02 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. United, Continental, Pan-Am and many other large carriers. During this period, Americans also enjoyed running water, electricity, and read things they called, "books."
2007-01-05 03:56:26 · answer #10 · answered by danske s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋