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major American airline serving cities in several states of the continental United States and in Canada, Hawaii, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the western Pacific. Its ...
Brussels Airlines
Belgian airline whose predecessor, SN Brussels Airlines, was formed in 2001 following the bankruptcy of SABENA (Societe Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aerienne; Belgian ...
Japan Airlines
Japanese airline that is one of the largest air carriers in the world. The airline was founded in 1951. It was originally a private company but was reorganized in 1953 as a semigovernmental public ...
United Airlines
American international airline serving North America, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. Headquarters for the air carrier's parent company, UAL Corp., are at Elk Grove Village, a suburb ...
Olympic Airlines
Greek airline, formerly known as Olympic Airways, founded on April 6, 1957, by the Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis (1906?-75) but, from 1975, wholly owned by the Greek government. Services from ...
Mexicana Airlines
oldest airline in North America, founded in 1924 in Tampico, Mex., and now headquartered in Mexico City.Scandinavian Airlines System
major international air travel company, formed by three national Scandinavian air carriers.Northwest Airlines, Inc.
American airline founded in 1926 as Northwest Airways, Inc., and incorporated on April 16, 1934, as Northwest Airlines, Inc. Originally flying a mail route between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul, ...
Continental Airlines, Inc.
American-based airline dating from 1934 and serving both North American and overseas destinations, with hubs mainly in Newark, N.J.; Cleveland, Ohio; Houston, Texas; and Denver, Colo., U.S. Its ...
Southwest Airlines Co.
American airline incorporated in 1967 as Air Southwest Company. The current name was adopted in 1971. The company features low-fare, no-frills air service with frequent flights of mostly short ...
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