Pacific Air Lines
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Pacific Air Lines was a local service carrier on the West Coast of the United States that began scheduled passenger flights in the mid-1940s under the name Southwest Airways. The company linked small
A Douglas DC-3 of Southwest Airways at Los Angeles International Airport (1949)
Martin 2-0-2
Martin 4-0-4 in Pacific Air Lines colors at Camarillo, California, January 3, 2008: A lowered airstair is below the tail
F-27A at San Francisco in 1962
Hughes Airwest
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Hughes Airwest was a local service carrier, a scheduled airline in the Western United States from 1970 to 1980. It was backed by Howard Hughes' Summa Corporation. Its original name in 1968 was Air Wes
Pacific Air Lines
…The name Pacific Air Lines passed into history in 1968 in a merger with Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines, forming Air West, which then became Hughes Airwest following the acquisition of Air West by Howard Hughes. In early 1941 Air Service veteran John Howard "Jack" Connelly and noted Hollywood agent/producer…
Air West Fairchild F-27A in 1970 at San Francisco International Airport
The Air West color scheme prior to conversion to Sundance Yellow and Universal Blue
Hughes Airwest DC-9s in 1979