Braniff Airways

Braniff International Airways

IATA ICAO Callsign BN BNF BRANIFF
Founded	May, 1928, November 3, 1930
Commenced operations	June 20, 1928, November 13, 1930
Ceased operations	May 12–13, 1982
Hubs	Dallas Love Field Airport Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Boston Logan International Airport Los Angeles International Airport Miami International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport Kansas City International Airport
Focus cities	Honolulu International Airport Houston Intercontinental Airport Newark International Airport O'Hare International Airport Stapleton International Airport
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
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.)

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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