Author: Alan Renga
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738581125
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 127
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With its low fares and friendly service, Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was one of the most successful regional airlines in American history. Its distinctive orange, red, and white planes, complete with a beaming smile were immediately recognizable to those living on the West Coast. The airline was also known for employing beautiful and sociable flight attendants. Kenny Friedkin, the founder of PSA, started in 1949 with one leased DC-3 and expanded his fleet to serve millions of passengers each year. Although PSA is no longer in operation, its successful business model of low-priced, efficient service was copied by other airlines and today is considered the norm. In addition, former PSA employees still gather annually to relive the camaraderie they experienced as being a part of one of the most unique airlines of all time.
Author: Chris Lauer
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 0313378649
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Using the words of its own people, this intriguing book provides an in-depth look at the incredibly successful airline that changed the rules of the game with a no-frills business model and innovative corporate culture. • Includes interviews with passengers, employees, managers, and a Southwest Airlines executive • Presents photos of people and places at Southwest Airlines
Author: United States. Civil Aeronautics Board
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Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
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Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Author: William Lehman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 073859623X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 127
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The history of US Airways begins in 1939 as All American Aviation, flying single-engine Stinson Reliant aircraft to carry mail under a contract by the US Postal Service. By 1953, All American became Allegheny Airlines with the goal to become one of America's premier airlines in the East. Allegheny grew by acquiring other airlines, the first being Lake Central Airlines in 1968, followed by Mohawk Airlines in 1972. In 1979, Allegheny became US Air to reflect the airline's desire to grow to the West Coast; this was followed by merging with PSA in 1988, Piedmont in 1989, Trump Shuttle in 1992, and America West in 2005. US Airways is now the fifth-largest airline in the United States, operating more than 2,000 flights daily. This book tells the story of the many men and women who transformed a small regional airline to become one of America's great success stories.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations
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Category : Institutional investments
Languages : en
Pages : 419
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Author: United States. National Labor Relations Board
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Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Aviation Subcommittee
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Category : Airlines
Languages : en
Pages : 509
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Committee Serial No. 89-62. Considers growth of U.S. local-service airlines since 1946. Includes "Jet Age Route Policy for Local Service Airlines," Association of Local Transport Airlines report to CAB, Jan 25, 1966, p. 121-209.).
Author: Philip C. Freedman
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781522945062
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Languages : en
Pages : 232
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In 1949 Kenny Friedkin, with his flashy Hawaiian shirts, was a post-World War II flight instructor in the small and lazy town of San Diego just north of the Mexican border town of Tijuana. Friedkin founded Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) in the early spring of 1949 with a $1,000 a month leased Douglas DC-3 aircraft. With the one DC-3 aircraft, PSA started weekly roundtrip service from San Diego to Oakland via Burbank and within two years PSA began flying north to San Francisco. By the early eighties Pacific Southwest Airlines had grown to a major commercial airline carrying more than seven million passengers each year. This is the story of the company and their employees that made PSA a one of a kind and unique airlines. PSA........
