This article is about the original Braniff. For later airlines using the name, see Braniff (1983–1990) and Braniff (1991–1992).
"Braniff" redirects here. For other uses, see Braniff (disambiguation).
Braniff International
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
BN
BNF
BRANIFF
Founded
May 29, 1928 (1928-05-29)
November 3, 1930 (1930-11-03)
Commenced operations
June 20, 1928 (1928-06-20)
November 13, 1930 (1930-11-13)
Ceased operations
May 12, 1982 (1982-05-12) (Only airline operations ceased; all subsidiaries continued in operation. Company is still in operation.)
Hubs
Boston
Dallas/Fort Worth (1974—1982)
Dallas–Love (1935—1975)
Houston–Intercontinental
Kansas City
Lima
Los Angeles
Miami
Secondary hubs
Denver–Stapleton
Memphis
Minneapolis/St. Paul
New York–JFK
New York–LaGuardia
Washington–Dulles
Focus cities
Chicago–O'Hare
Guam
Hong Kong–Kai Tak
Honolulu
Newark
Frequent-flyer program
Braniff Travel Bonus Bonanza and Friends of the Orange 747s
Subsidiaries
Braniff Education Systems, Inc.
Braniff Realty, Inc.
Braniff International Hotels, Inc.
Braniff Guardian Services, Inc.
Driskill Operating Company
Hoteles Internacional, SA de CV
Braniff Airways Mexico, SA
Braniff Airways Peru, SA
Fleet size
115 (as of December 1979)
Destinations
81 (as of November 1, 1979)
Parent company
Braniff Airways, Inc. (until 1964)
Greatamerica Corporation (until 1967)
Ling Temco Vought, Inc. (until 1971)
Braniff International Corporation (1973–1983)
Dalfort Corporation (1983–1988)
The Texas Trust/Braniff Trust (1983–Current)
Headquarters
Braniff Place World Headquarters, P.O. Box 610646 2200 W. Braniff Boulevard (West Airfield Drive), DFW Airport, Texas, U.S. Braniff International Operations and Maintenance Base 7701 Lemmon Avenue Dallas, Texas, U.S. Braniff Administration and Legal Braniff Building 324 North Robinson Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 Braniff Airways Foundation and Braniff Boutique 9850 Plano Road, Dallas, Texas 75238
Key people
Charles Edmund Beard
Harding Lawrence
John J. Casey
Howard Putnam
Dale R. States
Richard B. Cass
Collin L. Ice
Founders
Paul Revere Braniff (First CEO)
Thomas Elmer Braniff
Website
www.braniffinternational.com
Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was an airline in the United States that flew air carrier operations from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass program and other airline administrative duties. Braniff's 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 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.[1] Two later airlines used the Braniff name: the Hyatt Hotels-backed Braniff, Inc. in 1983–89, and Braniff International Airlines, Inc. in 1991–92.
In early 2015, the private Irrevocable Trust that owned and administered Braniff's intellectual property and certain other company assets since 1983, released the assets to a private entity associated with the Trust, which founded a series of new Braniff companies that 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., Braniff International Hotels, Inc., and Braniff International Corporation. 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, Inc. 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.[2]
^Nance, John J. (1984). Splash of Colors: The Self Destruction of Braniff International. New York: William Morrow and Company. ISBN 0-688-03586-8.
^"Braniff Airways, Inc". Oklahoma Secretary of State. State of Oklahoma. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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