Florida Express was an airline headquartered in Orlando, Florida, United States. Orlando International Airport (MCO) served as the airline's hub with a point-to-point linear route system in the eastern U.S. and Florida. Established in 1984, the air carrier operated a small fleet consisting exclusively of British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven twin jet aircraft and employed approximately 385 employees in 1985."World Airline Directory." ''Flight International''. March 30, 1985
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" Retrieved on June 17, 2009. On March 1, 1988, Florida Express was merged into the second incarnation of Braniff (also sometimes known as "Braniff II"), initially operating as Braniff Express before being eventually integrated into the carrier. This was second time that Braniff had operated BAC One-Eleven aircraft as the original

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was the first operator and launch customer of the British-manufactured twinjet in the U.S. Several of the BAC One-Eleven jets flown by Florida Express had been formerly operated by Braniff International. After acquiring Florida Express, Braniff then moved their corporate headquarters from Dallas, Texas to Orlando. Braniff also continued to operate a secondary hub at the Orlando International Airport in addition to a primary hub located at the Kansas City International Airport (MCI) until this airline ceased operations due to financial challenges.

Destinations in January 1984

The following destination information is taken from the January 26, 1984 Florida Express system timetable: * Florida **

Fort Lauderdale A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

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Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

(MIA) **

Orlando Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...

(MCO - Hub) ** Tampa (TPA) * Indiana ** Indianapolis (IND) * Kentucky **

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

(SDF) * Tennessee ** Nashville (BNA) * Virginia **

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(ORF) ** Richmond (RIC)

Destinations in April 1986

The following destination information is taken from the April 27, 1986 Florida Express system timetable: * Alabama **

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...

(BHM) * Florida **

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(MCO - Hub) **

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

/ Clearwater/ Tampa (PIE) **

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(PBI) * Indiana ** Indianapolis (IND) * Kentucky **

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(CVG) **

(SDF) * Louisiana **

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

(MSY) * Ohio (for Cincinnati, see Kentucky) **

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(CMH) * Pennsylvania **

Harrisburg Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pe ...

(MDT) ** Wilkes-Barre / Scranton (AVP) * Tennessee **

Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...

(TYS) ** Nashville (BNA)

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* British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven - ''series 201AC, 203AE and 401AK aircraft'' https://www.airliners.net, photos of Florida Express BAC One-Eleven aircraft

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Defunct airlines of the United States Airlines disestablished in 1988 1988 mergers and acquisitions Airlines established in 1984 1984 establishments in Florida 1988 disestablishments in Florida {{US-airline-stub

Destinations in January 1984

Destinations in April 1986

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