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Midway Airlines (1976-1991)
Midway Airlines was the name of two different, defunct airlines of the United States: *Midway Airlines (1976–1991) Midway Airlines was a Chicago-based airline founded on August 6, 1976, by investor Kenneth T. Carlson and joined by Irving T. Tague and William B. Owens on October 13, 1976, filing with the Civil Aeronautics Board (CA) for an airline operati ..., airline based in Chicago, Illinois * Midway Airlines (1993–2003), airline based in Morrisville, North Carolina {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midway Airlines (1976–1991)
Midway Airlines was a Chicago-based airline founded on August 6, 1976, by investor Kenneth T. Carlson and joined by Irving T. Tague and William B. Owens on October 13, 1976, filing with the Civil Aeronautics Board (CA) for an airline operating certificate. Although it received its operating certificate from the CAB prior to the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978, it is widely recognized as the first post-deregulation start-up. The airline commenced operations on October 31, 1979. The airline was intended to breathe new life into Midway International Airport, then called Chicago Midway Airport, which had lost most of its scheduled flights to O'Hare International Airport. The airline took its name from this airport. Midway Airlines and the revitalized airport were advertised as a trouble-free alternative to O'Hare, and both of these spurred re-development and growth on Chicago's South Side. The airport was billed as a convenient ten- to fifteen-minute drive from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
