In early 1982, Braniff Chairman Howard Putnam decided to sell the Latin American Division. As of March 2021, the BRANIFF fleet consists of the following aircraft: Aircraft In fleet Orders Passengers Notes; F C Y Total . Welcome back to another video! Braniff dropped the word 'Airways' from the company's informal title. The new service operated nonstop between Kansas City and the Windy City, once each day. The airline ceased air carrier operations in May 1982 because of high fuel prices, credit card interest rates and extreme competition from the large trunk carriers and the new airline startups created by the Airline Deregulation Act of December 1978. The merger was effective on February 1, 1967, and Panagra's remaining piston airliners were retired. This plane was the first jet aircraft of the. Aside from a few second-hand DC-8-51s and the long range DC-8-62s these colours would be seen exclusively on 727s. . Eastern had recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and planned to use the money from the route sale to repay creditors and regain its financial footing. VIP Classic Wings 98: Volume One is the first product released by The VIP Group. The new company, owned by Mr. Braniff, had three 21 passenger Douglas DC-3s that had been allocated to the carrier from the United States War Surplus Administration in February, 1945. [8] The route was then extended in February 1949 to La Paz and in March 1949, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Beard gathered Braniff employees together at the Braniff hangar at Dallas Love Field on January 18, 1954, to announce that the airline would move forward and assured the public that the airline would continue. Only 30 Boeing 727-200s are left, and they are being repainted and . This allowed Braniff to begin late-night cargo service, while the aircraft carried passengers during the day in August 1966. More information. . [2], In April 1926, Paul Revere Braniff incorporated Braniff Air Lines, Inc., which was a planned flight school and aircraft maintenance entity that never came to fruition. [20] Calder's contribution was a Douglas DC-8 known simply as "Flying Colors of South America." This was the same for Western, National and Continental.[1]. According to planespotters.net, Braniff operated a simply astonishing range of passenger aircraft in that time. Braniff Express. During its 60 years Braniff flew over 420 planes consisting of 23 different types. The new airline was solely dependent on passenger carrying fares for its revenue since it had not entered into any mail or express contracts with the United States Post Office. Former Airlines' Historical Sites. Braniff International lauded the CAB's quick decision as the carrier had stated that because of its tenuous cash position that it might have to shut the routes down if an agreement was not approved. Casey then implemented the Braniff Strikes Back Campaign in the fall of 1981, streamlining the carrier's air fare structure into a simplified two-tier fare system. Braniff has provided manpower, equipment and airline and cargo services to every major war beginning with World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The new Ultrasuede uniforms and Ultra Space leather aircraft interiors were dubbed the Ultra Look by Halston, who had used the term to describe his elegant fashions. 192830, after company was sold to Universal Aviation of St. Louis, Missouri, in April 1929. Jetrail was the world's first fully automated monorail system, taking passengers from remote parking lots at Love Field to the Braniff terminal. Our decal has been updated to include double-struck white ink. During the domestic flights, the Braniff's registration numbers were affixed to the fuselage with temporary adhesive vinyl stickers. Braniff's routes were primarily in the midwestern and southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Pucci used a series of nautical themes for crew uniforms for flight attendants, pilots, ground and terminal personnel. Collectibles that offer this specific name are rare for that reason. Braniff International Airways succumbed to overexpansion during airline deregulation of the 1970s. Hey everyone! During 2017 and 2018, some of the original Braniff companies were reinstated for historical purposes and administration of Braniff's intellectual property assets including those of Mid-Continent Airlines,Pan American Grace Airways and Long and Harman Airlines. This decal provides the final paint scheme worn by KLM's fleet of Boeing 737-400s. In late 1978 Braniff moved to a sprawling new headquarters, Braniff Place, just inside the western grounds of the airport. In 1969 the Lockheed L-188 Electras were retired, making Braniff all jet. In 1954, Beard was appointed president and CEO of Braniff with Fred Jones of Oklahoma City becoming chairman of the board. Northwest in the Pacific and Braniff in Latin America. Started Operations. This included the updated 1966 Supersonic Derby Collection; 1968 Pucci Classic Collection; 1971 747 Braniff Place Pant Dress Collection; 1972 727 Braniff Place Pant Dress Collection; 1973 Pucci Blue Pilot Uniform; 1974 Pucci The Classic Collection and finally in 1975 the Flying Colors Collection, which only include impressive white coveralls with red and blue Flying Colors logo for maintenance personnel.[1]. The beautiful employee playground/administration/training facility was the first of its kind and was later used as the model for Google and Apple headquarters design. Argentine President Juan Pern and his famed wife Evita Pern participated in the festivities at the Palacio Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires. After the merger Braniff operated 75 aircraft and over 4000 employees, including 400 pilots. [2], Braniff's mid-century themed travel posters, produced from 1946 to 1964, that depict travel scenes from destinations in Latin America and the US Mainland were produced in Lima, Peru, by Braniff's advertising agency. She was instrumental in calming the fears of Braniff's creditors, which became concerned especially after the losses incurred in 1953, quickly followed by the loss of Mr. Braniff. Aviation Art. [1] Besides standard model 747s, long range 747SPs were acquired as well for these new international flights with the 747 also being operated to South America. Worth, Kansas City, Chicago, Denver, Atlanta and Miami, by the larger carriers, which were poised to immediately begin invading Braniff's long held territory. Braniff (9) Capital Airlines (1) Continental (13) Delta Air Lines (49) Empire Airlines (1) US F thru O (94) FAA (3) Frontier (17) . In early 1935, Braniff became the first airline to fly from Chicago to the U.S.Mexico border. Go PREMIUM to remove Ads. [1] The last Braniff MAC charter associated with the Vietnam War was flown in 1975. Still today there are some ex-Braniff aircraft flying around the globe. First Lady Betty Ford dedicated "Flying Colors of the United States" in Washington, D.C. on November 17, 1975. This doubled the 727 utilization rate and allowed Braniff to open the new cargo business, dubbed AirGo. The campaign was not successful, pushing Braniff's bread-and-butter business travelers over to traditional airlines with First Class on all flights. Fifteen colors were used during the 1960s (Harper & George modified Girard's original seven colors in 1967), in combination with 57 variations of Herman Miller fabrics. Girard designed an extensive line of furniture for Braniff's ticket offices and customer lounges. [30] Braniff's decreasing load factors combined with record-breaking fuel cost escalations, unfair and unbridled competition, unprecedented interest rates, and a national recession (the worst since the Great Depression of 1929), produced massive financial shortfalls especially in 1980, which was caused by the severe recession that was affecting travel globally. [1], Lawrence accurately believed that the answer to deregulation was to expand Braniff's route system dramatically or face an immediate erosion of Braniff's highly profitable routes as a result of unbridled competition from especially the large trunk carriers along with the new low-cost startup carriers. IATA survived until 2007. Emilio Pucci designed additional new uniforms for Braniff through 1975. The airline's main asset is its fleet of about 70 . It operated a fleet of Boeing 727-200s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s until 2001 when it filed for bankruptcy. Seen parked with lots of other Braniff airliners just prior to ceasing operations. From Boston and Dallas/Fort Worth, new transatlantic Boeing 747 service to Europe was operated to Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Paris. However, Putnam was successful in obtaining an extension of time from Braniff's principal creditors until October 1982. [32], On January 7, 1981, the Board of Directors elected John J. Casey as president, chief executive officer and chairman of Braniff Airways, Inc. and Braniff International Corporation as a replacement to the outgoing and retiring Harding Lawrence. Putnam accepted the offer, but he required that his own financial manager from Southwest Airlines, Philip Guthrie, be allowed to follow him to Braniff. The remainder of the 727s were all-Coach Class with reduced fares. Although, Braniff was considered a low-cost carrier it still possessed a seasoned and unionized work force with medical and pension plans, which were the same overhead costs as the larger trunk carriers. Lavender was dropped after a month, due to the similarity in coloration to the Witch Moth (Ascalapha odorata), a sign of bad luck in Mexican mythology. However, the 707, 720 and One-Eleven would all subsequently be removed from the fleet in favor of the ideally suited Boeing 727 Trijet. Pan American Chairman, and former Braniff International President, Ed Acker had previously served as Chairman of Air Florida before taking the leadership position at Pan American. An increase in mail subsidy, requested by Mr. Braniff before his death, was granted in 1954, and the company returned to profitability. Braniff had two options prior to deregulation: grow into a larger carrier to possess "city power" at its key hubs or become a low cost carrier. Universal Airlines and Braniff Air Lines, Inc. Mary Wells and "The End of the Plain Plane", The Airfix model is cited and illustrated at the, Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 08:43, was an airline in the United States that once flew air carrier operations from 1928 until 1982, Braniff International Airlines, Inc. in 199192, Braniff International Airways destinations, List of Braniff International Airways destinations, List of defunct airlines of the United States, "Concorde Flights Between Texas and Europe End; Big Dreams at the Start $1,447 for Flight to Paris", July 1, 1979 Braniff International route map, October 28, 1979 Braniff International system timetable & June 1, 1980 Braniff International route map, October 28, 1979 Braniff International system timetable, THEIR INSPIRATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP WINS HONORS, May 1, 1981 Braniff International route map & 1981 Braniff International advertisement, "Daily 747s Nonstop to Bogota", "U.S. Oks Eastern's Route Sale American Airlines To Pay $349 Million". Braniff, also known as Braniff Airways and stylized BRANIFF is an American ultra-low cost airline that operates scheduled and charter flights. These planes were the "quick change" (B727-100C) model, with a large freight loading door on the left side just aft of the flight deck. All Nippon Airways (ANA) Nihon/NAMC YS-11 "JA8707" is here captured at Osaka Aiport on a sunny day in the spring of 1988. Braniff International Airways was an American carrier that ceased operations in 1982. Halston's uniforms and simple designs were praised by critics and passengers. In 1958, at the height of business, Braniff Airways built a new terminal and facilities at Dallas Love Field called the Braniff Operations and Maintenance Base . However, an unforeseen strike by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) caused delays and a decrease in traffic that actually enabled the carrier to regroup during the decrease in service. In February 1954, Mrs. Bess Thurman Braniff was appointed a vice president of the company. By this point, the airline dream that had started with one used plane now had a fleet of 75 aircraft, 400 pilots, and 4,000 employees. 1 Mar 1984. Braniff International Airways (1928 - 1982), Braniff (1983 - 1989) For more details about an aircraft category, click on the corresponding number in the table below. These posters are therefore not placed in the public domain but have instead undergone copyright restoration in the United States. FSX Braniff International Boeing 727-200. By the end of 1930, the airline had added new service to its route map and employed six people and the new service between Tulsa and Kansas City had increased system route mileage to 241 miles. [34], In the following days Braniff jets at Dallas-Fort Worth sat idle on the apron by Terminal 2W. A plan recently approved by the C.A.B. However, the return flight was delayed several hours for thunderstorms in the area. Braniff ceased operations on May 1213, 1982, and Eastern took over the routes earlier than the planned June 1, 1982, commencement of service date. [36][37], The original airline company continues today as a retail, licensing and branding firm. An ex-Braniff and Alaska Airlines 727, which joined the Aces fleet in 1992. Braniff also operated flights to and from Hawaii for R&R furloughs for military personnel during the Vietnam War. [9], On January 10, 1954, Braniff's founder Thomas Elmer Braniff died when a Grumman flying boat owned by United Gas crash-landed on the shore of Wallace Lake, 15 miles outside of Shreveport, Louisiana, due to icing. Lawrence also increased utilization of the fleet. [1], To begin the overhaul of Braniff's image, Lawrence hired Jack Tinker and Partners, who assigned advertising executive Mary Wells later Mary Wells Lawrence after her November 1967 marriage to Harding Lawrence in Paris as account leader. This process was reversed after alighting in Washington Dulles from Europe for the domestic flights to Dallas-Fort Worth. Because of Braniff's superb service during the war and over the Banana Run, the Airline would be rewarded with a significant international route award just a year after the war ended.[3]. New Mexico architect Alexander Girard, Italian fashion designer Emilio Pucci, and shoe designer Beth Levine were hired, and with this new talent Braniff began the "End of the Plain Plane" campaign.[1]. Consequently, this livery was not used on any Braniff aircraft. The airline would occupy the facility until the late 1980s, with the Braniff, Inc. (Braniff II) holding company, Dalfort, remaining there until 2001. He favored a small "BI" logo and small titles. Box 610646 2200 W. Braniff Boulevard (West Airfield Drive), Fleet was retired in 1972 but one aircraft was converted for executive charter work until 1977, Only four were delivered. Braniff no longer had the revenue structure to maintain its cash requirements. This plan would lower operating costs. It caught fire and all 12 lives aboard were lost."[1]. Wore N467GB with Air California from delivery in October 1968, then with American Airlines, Braniff as seen here (mid-late 1989. Braniff remained in this building until December 1978, when it moved its spacious new Braniff Place World Headquarters on the west side of DFW Airport. In 1984 a new Braniff, Incorporated, launched its first flight with a fleet of thirty planes under the direction of president William Slattery, formerly chief of European operations for Trans World Airlines. Former Braniff president Russel Thayer was elected as vice chairman of the board, William Huskins as executive vice president, Neal J. Robinson as executive vice president of marketing, and Edson "Ted" Beckwith as executive vice president of finance. Eventually serving New York City and Washington, D.C., the company purchased Boeing 707 and Lockheed Electra turbo-prop aircraft and by 1960 was the first all-jet airline. Braniff Educations Systems, Inc., met for classes as scheduled on the morning of May 13, 1982, and during the reorganization was sold to Frontier Airlines, Inc., and operated as Braniff Education Systems, Inc., d/b/a as Frontier Services, Inc. Braniff began operating Long and Harman's routes on January 1, 1935, which took the airline from Chicago to Brownsville, Texas, and as far west as Amarillo, Texas. Braniff Airways was the nation's eighth largest airline (then as Braniff International) at the time it ceased operations in 1982. . Approval from South American governments for Eastern's one-year lease of Braniff's routes would not be required according to United States officials. The CAB decided that it would not change its position in spite of the joint service application. In 1929, the Braniff brothers sold the assets of the company (the Paul R. Braniff, Inc., company organization was retained by the Braniff brothers) to Universal Aviation Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri, at which time, the organization started operating as Braniff Air Lines, Inc. Braniff featured one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the industry. Name. [1], Braniff had been one of the first U.S. operators of the BAC One-Eleven (and the first U.S. airline to order the twin jet), but in 1965 Lawrence ordered twelve new Boeing 727-100s and cancelled most of the remaining One-Eleven orders. This key premise was highly successful. BVA shares several codeshare agreements with Virgin Australia . With an approved bankruptcy reorganization agreement with Hyatt Corporation a new Braniff, Inc., would be created from the assets of Braniff Airways, Inc. and Braniff International Corporation and would begin operations on March 1, 1984. In the fall of 1930, Tom and Paul Braniff once again founded a new airline called Braniff Airways, Inc., which was organized on November 3, 1930, and began service on November 13, 1930, between Oklahoma City and Tulsa and Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls Texas. It began in 1928 as Braniff Airways, Inc. In October 1951 departures from Dallas became daily: three a week to Buenos Aires and four to Rio de Janeiro. United States. Mr. An additional route was operated between Oklahoma City and Ft Worth with intermediate stops at Wewoka, Oklahoma, and Dallas Love Field and a third route operated between Oklahoma City and Tulsa with intermediates stops at Wewoka and Seminole, Oklahoma, with all beginning on July 15, 1929 (this is most likely when the first Braniff service began at Dallas Love Field). Competition throughout the Braniff system, and increased service at Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport by American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, both of which operated hubs at DFW, caused further erosion in revenue.[1]. In fall 1981, Braniff Chairman John Casey was told by the Braniff board that a new president needed to be found to try to curb Braniff's mounting losses. Implementation of this program turned the Concorde program into a profitable as well as prestigious venture.[1][23]. Thomas Elmer Braniff created a Mexico-based airline, Aerovias Braniff, in 1943. In January 1982, Braniff recorded its first negative cash flow. More like this. On February 25, 1931, Braniff welcomed in the new year by adding Chicago Midway Airport to its route map. It's been more than three decades since Braniff International Airways grounded its fleet of 62 brightly colored aircraft, bringing a sudden end to a Dallas icon and upending the lives of its . Fifteen colors were used by Braniff for plane exteriors during the 1960s and many of the color schemes were applied to aircraft interiors, gate lounges, ticket offices and the flight crew uniforms. [7], John Casey expanded Braniff's capacity during the summer of 1981 and traffic increased with a promise of the beginnings of a turnaround. [28] This international expansion was also planned to have included flights to Tokyo, as well as an "oil run" between Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Bahrain; however, these routes never commenced although service to Bahrain was approved by the US Government in 1979. Braniff International Airways (1928) (Dallas Love Field) is set to see a fourth attempted resurrection, this time through Braniff International (St. Louis Lambert International), a subsidiary of Braniff Holdings, Inc.According to its launch plans, the rejuvenated Braniff is looking to start operations early next year. Even . Another iconic type seen in Braniff's fleet was the Boeing 747, of which the airline operated three variants. All three carriers entered into the agreement for the purpose of promotion of Concorde in the United States and around the world. The summer of 1931 welcomed St Louis to the Braniff system on June 15, with nonstop service offered between St Louis and both Chicago and Tulsa. This add-on makes the following airliners, in a range of liveries;* BAC-111. [3], The first flight was flown by Paul R. Braniff along with the company mechanic. [14], In 1970 Braniff accepted delivery of the 100th Boeing 747 built a 747-127, N601BN and began flights from Dallas to Honolulu, Hawaii on January 15, 1971. The new service operated nonstop between Kansas City and Tulsa and additional new cities were added in early 1931. August 03, 1978. Commercial Aircraft. After the End of the Plain Plane Campaign, it became one of the most celebrated marketing efforts Madison Avenue had ever produced, blending style and arrogance. However, deregulation of the airline industry was introduced in October 1978, and Braniff as well as many of the United States' major air carriers were caught in a peculiar predicament as a result of the unprecedented change in how airline business was conducted. In addition to the Hawaii and Gatwick services, routes were also opened up to Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Paris from Dallas. Service was extended in March 1950 from La Paz to Asuncion, Paraguay, and in May 1950 to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The new "jelly bean" fleet consisted of such bold colors as beige, ochre, orange, turquoise, baby blue, medium blue and lemon yellow, and lavender. PAINTER. Braniff is spearheading the efforts to preserve the history of Braniff International, Braniff boutique, Braniff airways Inc., Braniff Airways Foundation, and Braniff International Hotels, and providing, Licensing Opportunities by collecting, preserving, promoting, and protecting the carrier's legacy Former Braniff employees founded Minnesota-based Sun Country Airlines in 1983. These clear plastic bubbles, which resembled Captain Video helmets and which Braniff termed "RainDome", were to be worn between the terminal and the plane to prevent bouffant hairstyles from being disturbed by outside elements. Package express and air freight service was added to the list of Braniff services on September 1, 1929, and included Dallas Love Field.[3]. To date there are more than 25 different interior designs across its fleet, which includes the Challenger 350, the Embraer Legacy 450, Global Express, the Gulfstream . Braniff International maintained that it was hemorrhaging cash and that it could not continue to operate the money losing South American system. AIRLINE. Jeanne Braniff's child died two days after birth and her husband Alexander Terrell died a year later in 1949.[1]. At Washington Dulles, the cockpit and cabin crews were replaced by ones from Air France and British Airways for the continued flight to Europe, and the temporary Braniff registration stickers were removed. Additional Lockheed Vegas were added to the fleet during 1931 and 1932. The Boeing 727 became the backbone of the Braniff fleet. If you look at the 1972-78 Braniff Annual Reports, you can see they were already worried about the rising cost of jet fuel. Their move proved unsuccessful, paving the way for a lawsuit by Southwest and eventually forcing Braniff to settle by providing a small fleet of 727s to Southwest free of charge. It was now coming true for all of these smaller carriers. Free shipping for many products! On April 26, 1982, the Civil Aeronautics Board approved the Eastern/Braniff lease agreement in a 50 unanimous decision. And it was long before Harding Lawrence . The normally profitable South America system began losing money when fuel prices expanded in 1979, which made the legendary Douglas DC-8-62 four-engine long-range jets uneconomical. Eastern initially offered to lease the routes for US$30 million for six years but the CAB denied the request stating that it was too long. Paint kit for the AI Aardvark 727-200. The 727-227 Advanced had been the backbone of the Braniff fleet throughout the 1970s and with its massive deregulation push it had ordered large numbers of new examples. This plane, dubbed "747 Braniff Place" and "The Most Exclusive Address In The Sky", was Braniff's flagship, and it flew an unprecedented 15 hours per day with a 99 percent dispatch reliability rate over the Transpacific long route. Braniff flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport that morning were suddenly grounded, and passengers were forced to disembark, being told that Braniff was no longer flying. [11] President Beard said the two aircraft would be used on the carrier's US to Latin America flights, where the Boeing 707 was performing satisfactorily. The acquisition of the Minneapolis/St. This site is dedicated to flight simulator enthusiasts around the world who share a common love of both aviation and the airline formerly known as Braniff International Airways. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Hawaiian Airlines Royal Fleet Convair 340 Hanauma Bay Oahu HI Postcard Posted at the best online prices at eBay! On this page I take a detailed look at new releases. In 1971, Braniff sold the jets to British West Indies Airways (BWIA), an airline based in the Caribbean. Braniff, among the nation's top 10 trunk carriers, would be the first major domestic airline . The varied fleet included both the Boeing 747SP and Concorde . Braniff's Hostess College, built in 1968 and designed by Pierce, Lacey and Associates, was a training school where the airline would "turn the girl next door into a truly cosmopolitan lady." The training facility was a five-story building, dating back to 1968, and encompasses 59,925 square feet on nearly 1 acre at 2801 Wycliff Ave., next . The airline opened a Maintenance and Operations Base with over 433,000 square feet on the east side of Dallas Love Field at 7701 Lemmon Avenue in October 1958. The entire makeover, introduced in November 1965, was referred to as the 'End of the Plain Plane' campaign. Braniff. However, in early 2022, the private Trust that originally owned Braniff's intellectual property since 1983, reacquired these assets along with the original Braniff companies and corresponding assets. Boeing 737-900(ER) Boeing 747-400 Pan American responded by offering to jointly lease the routes with Air Florida for three years at a price of US$30 million. King, a former Braniff vice president; two-thirds of the airline's executives came from Braniff, and even its office furniture was Braniff surplus bought at the airline's bankruptcy liquidation sale. Paul R. Braniff died in June 1954 from complications from pneumonia and from throat cancer. It became the flagship of the fleet and would fly the airline's inaugural flight to London in 1978, the airline's 50th anniversary year . Service was started with a Boeing 727-100 jetliner, number 475, which was nicknamed "Ju-Ju," and a Douglas DC-6B propliner. Later uniforms and accessories were composed of interchangeable parts, which could be removed and added as needed. Paul, Sioux City, and Sioux Falls in the North; Des Moines, Omaha, and St. Louis in the Midwest; and Tulsa, Shreveport, and New Orleans in the South. Eventually, the Driskill was sold to the Lincoln Hotel Corporation in 1985. . [1], Troy Post hired Harding Lawrence, executive vice president of Continental Airlines, who was responsible for a 500 percent increase in sales at the Los Angeles-based carrier during his tenure, as the new president of Braniff International. However, in spite of the service's less than stellar performance, the cost to Braniff was negligible thanks mainly to the agreements that Braniff negotiated with both British Airways and Air France. By October 1951, Braniff flew to 29 airports in the US, from Chicago and Denver south to Brownsville, Texas, to Central America, Cuba and South America. The airline was required to move into the temporary building until its new 10-story Braniff Tower also in Exchange Park was ready for move in on Valentine's Day 1958. The pride of the fleet was a pair of jets painted by legendary artist Alexander Calder - a DC-8 in the orange and red of South America, celebrating Braniff's large portfolio of routes there, and a 727 with patriotic red white and blue streaks to mark America's 1976 bicenntenial (although it had its detractors - one crew from a rival . Many of the color schemes were applied to aircraft interiors, gate lounges, ticket offices, and even the corporate headquarters. In August 1935, Paul Braniff left to pursue other opportunities and Charles Edmund Beard placed in charge of daily operations. Braniff International Airways - Fleet. . Eastern had been trying unsuccessfully to obtain authority to fly to South America since 1938, and would operate 24 weekly flights from Miami, two from New York, and one from New Orleans to west coast South American cities that Braniff mainly served.[1]. Are rare for that reason you can see they were already worried the. 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