Braniff Airlines
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| Founded | May, 1928, November 3, 1930 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | June 20, 1928, November 13, 1930 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | May 12–13, 1982 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Braniff Travel Bonus Bonanza | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Braniff Education Systems, Inc., Braniff Realty, Inc., Braniff International Hotels Corporation, Braniff Guardian Services, Inc. | ||||||
| Fleet size | 115 (as of December 1979) | ||||||
| Destinations | 81 (as of November 1, 1979) | ||||||
| Company slogan | We Better Be Better, We're Braniff. | ||||||
| Parent company | Braniff Airways, Inc. until 1964, Greatamerica Corporation until 1967, Ling Temco Vought, Inc. until 1971, Braniff International Corporation, from 1973–1983 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Braniff Place World Headquarters, 2200 Braniff Boulevard (West Airfield Drive), DFW Airport, Texas, U.S Dallas, Texas, U.S |
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| Key people |
Paul Revere Braniff (First CEO) Thomas Elmer Braniff Charles Edmund Beard Harding Lawrence John J. Casey (CEO) Howard D. Putnam Captain Dale R. States R. Benjamin Cass (Current CEO new Braniff Airways, Inc.) |
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Braniff Airways, Inc., doing business as Braniff International Airways, from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until 1983, was an American airline that operated from 1928 until 1982. Its routes were primarily in the midwestern and southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. In the late 1970s it expanded to Asia and Europe. The airline ceased operations in May 1982 because high fuel prices and the Airline Deregulation Act of December 1978 rendered it uncompetitive. Two later airlines used the Braniff name: the Hyatt Hotels-backed Braniff, Inc. in 1984–89, and Braniff International Airlines, Inc. in 1991–92. In early 2015, a series of new Braniff companies were incorporated in the State of Oklahoma, for historical purposes and for administration of the Braniff trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property. These companies included Braniff Air Lines, Inc., Paul R. Braniff, Inc., Braniff Airways, Inc. and Braniff International Corporation.
On April 26, 1926, Paul Braniff incorporated Braniff Air Lines, Inc., with the Oklahoma Secretary of State but was not used for airline operations and was eventually dissolved. On May 29, 1928, insurance magnate Thomas Elmer Braniff financed and founded an aviation company with his brother Paul Revere Braniff called Paul R. Braniff, Inc., doing business as Tulsa-Oklahoma City Airline. On June 20, 1928, service began from Oklahoma City to Tulsa using a single-engine 5 passenger Stinson Detroiter on June 20, 1928. Paul Braniff acted as pilot of the first flight with one passenger on board the inaugural flight from Oklahoma City to Tulsa.
The Braniff brothers remained a part of the company as the ownership was transferred to Universal Aviation Corporation in April 1929. With the purchase of the company by Universal, the entity began operating as Braniff Air Lines, Inc. Universal was a conglomerate of smaller airlines and railways that planned a southern coast-to-coast air and rail service. In early 1930, the company was purchased by the Aviation Corporation (AVCO) holding company, whose other holdings included the predecessors of American Airlines.
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