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1. Texas Air Gallery Cover

Texas Air Lines

Founded: 1946 as Texas Air Services

ATA: TX | ICAO: TXA | CALLSIGN: LONESTAR

Hubs: Houston-IAH, Dallas-Fort Worth

Focus Cities: San Antonio, Austin, Dallas-DAL, Los Angeles

HQ: Houston, Texas

TEXAS AIR HOLDINGS


Subsidaries:

Bluebonnet Air


In mid-1946, with shadow of World War II finally lifting, the State of Texas found itself rapidly industrialized from end to end and severely lacking in a modern infrastructure to support itself in peacetime. With a plan drawn, the state put out a request for a Texas based airline that would grow to serve the vast land of the Lone Star State. Though other airlines had operations in Texas, many communities were left unserved. A group of Houston Industrial Barons contacted then Governor Beauford H. Jester, and secured State sponsorship of the new airline that would later become Texas Air Lines.

Founded in January 1947 as a Joint Stock Company on the behalf of the State of Texas, Texas Air Lines began serving the Lone Star State between Houston and Dallas flying Douglas DC-3s and Convair 340s. After the initial year, The TAL route map in November 1949 served Alpine, Beaumont/Port Arthur, Beeville, Brownsville, Brownwood, Carrizo Springs/Crystal City, Coleman, Dallas (Love Field), Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Fort Stockton, Fort Worth, Galveston, Harlingen, Houston (Hobby Airport), Laredo, Lufkin, Marfa, McAllen, Palestine, San Angelo, San Antonio, Uvalde, Van Horn and Victoria. Operating as "The Texas Airline," TAL quickly grew to become a prominent regional carrier in the Southwestern United States, known for its friendly service and on-time flights.

Today, Texas Air Lines operates as one of the premier domestic and international airlines in the United States. It's major competitors in the Texas market are North American Airlines and Vanguard Airlines, fighting for control of its Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth hubs. Adorned with a rich history, Texas Air has operated famed aircraft such as the Boeing 707, Boeing 747, Boeing 727, as well as the Douglas DC-9 and Douglas DC-10. Today, the airline's fleet consists of the Boeing 737 and Boeing 757, making the airline an all Boeing operation. In 1985, Texas Air Lines founded it's regional subsidiary, dubbed "Bluebonnet by Texas Air Lines." Named for the State flower of Texas, which can be seen growing throughout the majority of the state. Bluebonnet operates a combined fleet of Embraer and Bombardier aircraft.

Texas Air Lines operates multiple hubs and bases across the State of Texas in Austin, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and San Antonio. The airline operates flights to more than one hundred and fifty destinations in the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, and multiple Central American/Caribbean nations. Previously, the airline served Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport with the Douglas DC-10-30, it's only destination in Europe.

Texas Air Lines continues to take delivery of new, fuel efficient Boeing airplanes, with the 737 MAX coming online in 2017. Capable of flying any route in the system, Texas Air Lines is the launch customer for the 737 MAX 7, but will operate all variants of the MAX family. Texas Air Lines codeshares and partners with multiple airlines both worldwide and domestically, enabling customers to expand their reach globally from the Texas market.



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