HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International inaugurated the first nonstop jet service between Omaha, Nebraska, and St. Louis, Missouri, on June 1, 1966. The new round trip flight was operated with the efficient BAC One-11 Fastback Twinjet airliner.
The new service was announced by Braniff International Omaha District Sales Manager Mr. H. J. Katzenberger in early May 1996. In his statement he indicated that a daily jet flight would depart Omaha's Eppley Field just after 10AM Mountain time and arrive at St. Louis Lambert International Airport just after 12 noon Central time zone. The return flight would depart St. Louis at just before 10AM each day and arrive in Omaha before 10AM local time.
Braniff International' new nonstop schedule between Omaha and St. Louis was as follows:
NEW!! Eastbound - BAC One-11 Fastback Jet
Omaha Eppley - St. Louis Lambert
Flight 282 Depart OMA 1015AM Arrive STL 1222PM Nonstop Beverages Served Terminates STL
NEW!! Westbound - BAC One-11 Fastback Jet
St. Louis Lambert - Omaha Eppley
Flight 281 Depart STL 940AM Arrive OMA 945AM Nonstop Beverages Served Terminates OMA
Photo 1: By 1978, Braniff International had installed its new Ultra Look throughout its system including this handsome ticket counter at Omaha's Eppley Field. This magnificent mural features a Braniff Ultra Space Boeing 727-200 Trijet.
Photo 2: Braniff's new nonstop Fastback Jet service between Omaha and St. Louis was first published in the July 2, 1966 Domestic and International Timetable, which featured an Alexander Girard design on the front cover. The cover was dark blue on the lower two-thirds and a bright Girard BI Logo in pink on the upper third. In the center of the timetable, this route map had not been updated to indicate the new OMA/STL nonstop service.
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BRANIFF HIGH ALTITUDE - Photo 2: Braniff's new nonstop Fastback Jet service between Omaha and St. Louis was first published in the July 2, 1966 Domestic and International Timetable, which featured an Alexander Girard design on the front cover. The cover was dark blue on the lower two-thirds and a bright Girard BI Logo in pink on the upper third. In the center of the timetable, this route map had not been updated to indicate the new OMA/STL nonstop service.
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HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International increased its already large presence in Latin America with additional service between the US Mainland and Latin America on June 1, 1965. Braniff added three roundtrips between the Americas to its schedule, bringing total roundtrips to twelve each week.
The new flights included daily jet service to Bogota, Colombia, and included three nonstops and four one-stop flights. Additional jet service was provided to Panama City/Balboa, Panama; Lima, Peru; and Guayaquil, Ecuador. Braniff began operating nine jet flights to Panama, seven to Bogota, six to Lima, and four to Guayaquil. Additional jet flights also included two each to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Asuncion, Paraguay.
Eleven of the 12 new flights operated via the Braniff and Eastern Airlines Interchange Service, which had originated at New York through Miami, since May 1955. A weekly flight from Chicago to South America via Houston, Texas, was included in the 12 weekly roundtrips. Also on June 1, Braniff began two weekly jet flights between Bogota and Lima, with an intermediate stop at Guayaquil, on the southbound leg of the roundtrip. Braniff also inaugurated a third Douglas DC-7C shuttle flight between Lima and La Paz, Bolivia, making the Dallas-based airline the preferred U. S. carrier between the Americas.
Braniff International's complete service to Latin America was as follows:
NEW IMPROVED SERVICE!! Southbound - Douglas DC-7C El Dorado
Lima Limatambo - La Paz El Alto
Flight 601 Depart LIM 945AM Arrive LPB 125PM WeFrSa Lunch Terminates at LPB
NEW IMPROVED SERVICE!! Southbound - Boeing 707-227 Intercontinental Jet
Kansas City Municipal - Houston International - Panama City/Balboa Tocumen
Flight 45 Depart MKC 550PM Arrive HOU 708PM Tu Dinner
Flight 45 Depart HOU 815PM Arrive PTY 1253AM Tu Dinner Arrive We Terminates at PTY
New York Kennedy - Miami - Panama City Tocumen - Bogota
Flight 977 Depart JFK 300PM Arrive MIA 431PM MoTuWeThFrSaSu Snack Eastern Crew
Flight 977 Depart MIA 600PM Arrive PTY 830PM MoTuThSa Dinner Braniff Crew
Flight 977 Depart PTY 915PM Arrive BOG 1027PM MoTuThSa Snack Terminates at BOG
New York Kennedy - Miami - Bogota
Flight 977 Depart JFK 300PM Arrive MIA 431PM MoTuWeThFrSaSu Snack Eastern Crew
Flight 977 Depart MIA 600PM Arrive BOG 900PM WeFrSu Dinner Braniff Crew Terminates at BOG
New York Kennedy - Miami - Panama Tocumen - Lima Limatambo - Sao Paulo Viracopos - Sao Paulo Congonhas - Rio de Janeiro Galeao
Flight 975 Depart JFK 1000PM Arrive MIA 1132PM MoTh Eastern Crew
Flight 975 Depart MIA 100AM Arrive PTY 330AM TuFr Braniff Crew
Flight 975 Depart PTY 415AM Arrive LIM 715AM TuFr Breakfast
Flight 975 Depart LIM 800AM Arrive VCP 215PM Tu Breakfast to boarding passengers only/Snack/Lunch
Flight 975 Depart LIM 815AM Arrive VCP 230PM Fr Breakfast to boarding passengers only/Snack/Lunch
Flight 975 Depart VCP 300PM Arrive CGH 315PM Tu Service provided by Sadia Airlines/Handley Page aircraft
Flight 975 Depart VCP 315PM Arrive CGH 330PM Fr Service provided by Sadia Airlines/Handley Page aircraft
Flight 975 Depart VCP 300PM Arrive GIG 357PM Tu Snack Terminates at GIG
Flight 975 Depart VCP 315PM Arrive GIG 412PM Fr Snack Terminates at GIG
Braniff was required to use the new Viracopos International Airport at Sao Paulo, which required connecting passengers to and from Sao Paulo's close-in Congonhas Airport, to be shuttled between the two airports. In what was possibly the world's first Codeshare Agreement, Braniff contracted with Sadia Airlines, a Brazilian local service carrier, to provide the connecting flights with twin-turboprop Handley-Page Dart Herald aircraft.
Braniff termed this flight a change-of-gauge flight, which allowed passengers to travel on the same ticket on both airlines, which was the premise for the later named codeshare agreements. In 1967, Hensen Airlines and Allegheny Airlines created a large-scale change-of-gauge agreement, but it was not until 1989, when an American Airlines and Qantas agreement was termed a codeshare or codesharing agreement.
Sadia Airlines was founded and owned by Dr. Omar Fontana, who had started the airline in 1955, with one Douglas DC-3. His new airline transported meat, from his father's meat-packing factory, to Sao Paulo, and surrounding areas. Sadia was met with great success, and in 1963, Dr. Fontana traded the DC-3 in for two Dart-powered Handley-Page Heralds that seated 50 passengers. Mr. Fontana later changed the name of his airline to Transbrasil, in 1972. Transbrasil purchased several Braniff 727-100 Trijets during the 1970s.
New York Kennedy - Miami - Panama Tocumen - Guayaquil Simon Bolivar - Lima Limatambo - Asuncion Stroessner - Buenos Aires Pistarini
Flight 979 Depart JFK 1030PM Arrive MIA 1202AM TuSa Eastern Crew
Flight 979 Depart MIA 130AM Arrive PTY 400AM WeSu Braniff Crew
Flight 979 Depart PTY 445AM Arrive GYE 630AM WeSu Snack
Flight 979 Depart GYE 710AM Arrive LIM 850AM WeSu Breakfast
Flight 979 Depart LIM 935AM Arrive ASU 157PM WeSu Lunch
Flight 979 Depart ASU 245PM Arrive EZE 425PM WeSu Snack Terminates at EZE
Northbound flights were numbered one number less. All flights originated in Latin America and proceeded to the US Mainland and then changed to the next flight number for the return southbound segments. For example, northbound Flight 978 originated at Buenos Aires, where it departed at 645PM on Wednesdays and Sundays and arrived at New York Kennedy the next day at 1124AM. The flight remained on the ground at Kennedy until 1030PM for the return Flight 979, as depicted above.
Braniff International Airways offered both First Class and Tourist Class fares between the US Mainland and Latin America. One-way and roundtrip fares were as follows:
La Paz - Lima
First Class - One Way $70.00 USD; Roundtrip $133.00 USD
Tourist Class - One Way $46.00 USD; Roundtrip $88.00 USD
Kansas City - Panama City/Balboa
First Class - One Way $370.50 USD; Roundtrip $713.90 USD
Tourist Class - One Way $287.00 USD; Roundtrip $553.00 USD
New York - Bogota
First Class - One Way $241.00 USD; Roundtrip $458.00 USD
Tourist Class - One Way $185.00 USD; Roundtrip $352.00 USD
New York - Rio de Janeiro
First Class - One Way $429.00 USD; Roundtrip $815.00 USD
Tourist Class - One Way $330.00 USD; Roundtrip $627.00 USD
New York - Buenos Aires
First Class - One Way $442.00 USD; Roundtrip $840.00 USD
Tourist Class - One Way $340.00 USD; Roundtrip $640.00 USD
Photo 1: Braniff International Boeing 707-227 Intercontinental Jet "Adolph" registered as N7074 is parked at the gate with a sister Boeing jetliner at Dallas Love Field in March 1966. Ship N7074 is painted in the 1965 Alexander Girard Turquoise Solid Color Scheme with Girard Sky Font and BI Tail Logo in Black. Braniff owned only four Series -227s, along with N7072, N7073, and N7075, and was the only carrier to order the high-powered lower-density jetliner. The first Series -227 that was ordered, Ship N7071, was lost during a customer introduction and training flight.
Photo 2: Braniff's expanded service to Latin America was included in the June 1, 1965 Domestic and International Timetable. On April 5, 1965, the executive management of Braniff Airways, Inc., changed and a new marketing plan was put into place that would revolutionize the way the carrier presented itself to the public. The new campaign, dubbed the End of the Plain Plane, was in the process of being implemented by the time the new service to Latin America had begun on June 1, 1965, and included a new "Transition Look" for its timetable while the New Look was being perfected. Braniff’s Domestic and International Route Map, which depicts the expanded LAD service also received the new Transition Look.
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BRANIFF HIGH ALTITUDE - Photo 2: Braniff's expanded service to Latin America was included in the June 1, 1965 Domestic and International Timetable. On April 5, 1965, the executive management of Braniff Airways, Inc., changed and a new marketing plan was put into place that would revolutionize the way the carrier presented itself to the public. The new campaign, dubbed the End of the Plain Plane, was in the process of being implemented by the time the new service to Latin America had begun on June 1, 1965, and included a new "Transition Look" for its timetable while the New Look was being perfected. Braniff’s Domestic and International Route Map, which depicts the expanded LAD service also received the new Transition Look.
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HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International inaugurated new service between the US Mainland and Maracaibo and Caracas, Venezuela, on May 31, 1980. The new service marked the tenth country in Latin America served by Braniff and the first service from the Southwest to the region.
Braniff's new service to Venezuela featured connecting service from Dallas/Ft Worth Regional Airport and single-plane service from Houston Intercontinental via New Orleans Moisant Airport. The twice weekly service was operated with Boeing 727-200 Stretch Jet three-engine turbofan airliners, the backbone of Braniff's industry leading young fleet. Seats on the new routes were virtually sold out for the first several weeks of service.
Braniff's new Boeing 727 schedules from the US Mainland to Caracas and Maracaibo, on June 1, 1980, were as follows:
NEW!! Southbound - Boeing 727-200
Houston Intercontinental - New Orleans Moisant - Maracaibo La Chinita - Caracas Simon Bolivar
Flight 931 Depart IAH 800PM Arrive MSY 900PM FrSa
Flight 931 Depart MSY 945PM Arrive MAR 230AM FrSa Ultra Service Meal
Flight 931 Depart MAR 320AM Arrive CCS 430AM SaSu Terminates/operates return Flight 930
NEW!! Northbound - Boeing 727-200
Caracas Simon Bolivar - Maracaibo La Chinita - New Orleans Moisant - Houston Intercontinental
Flight 930 Depart CCS 1230PM Arrive MAR 140PM SaSu
Flight 930 Depart MAR 230PM Arrive MSY 530PM SaSu Ultra Service Meal
Flight 930 Depart MSY 630PM Arrive IAH 730PM SaSu Terminates/operates return Flight 931
Photo 1: Braniff International Boeing 727-227 Advanced registered as N470BN is taxiing at New Orleans Moisant International Airport in November 1980. Painted in the 1978 Harper and George/Cars and Concepts/Halston Chocolate Brown Ultra Color Scheme with Cream, Orange, and Chocolate Brown Paint Stripes and Braniff Ultra Font in Cream, was the tenth from the last new Series -227 Advanced delivered to Braniff.
Photo 2: The Braniff International June 1, 1980, Domestic and International Timetable announced the new service to Venezuela with a banner across the lower half of the timetable's front cover proclaiming, "Now! Braniff to Venezuela Caracas and Maracaibo Twice a Week." Also on the top of the bright orange front cover, was Braniff script in the 324 North Robinson Street Font with the text schedules in the same font, both in white. The effective date followed, and at the bottom of the schedule was Braniff International, both in the Robinson Street Font and medium orange.
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BRANIFF HIGH ALTITUDE - Photo 2: The Braniff International June 1, 1980, Domestic and International Timetable announced the new service to Venezuela with a banner across the lower half of the timetable's front cover proclaiming, "Now! Braniff to Venezuela Caracas and Maracaibo Twice a Week." Also on the top of the bright orange front cover, was Braniff script in the 324 North Robinson Street Font with the text schedules in the same font, both in white. The effective date followed, and at the bottom of the schedule was Braniff International, both in the Robinson Street Font and medium orange.
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HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International inaugurated new nonstop service from Houston, Texas, to Seattle/Tacoma, Washington, on May 31, 1977. The new service, operated via an interchange agreement with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines, offered passengers a single-stop through-plane flight from Houston to Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Braniff International's first interchange service with Alaska Airlines began in 1974, with Boeing 727 service from Houston to Anchorage and Fairbanks via Dallas/Ft. Worth and Seattle/Tacoma. The flights had become so successful that it was necessary to add the new single-stop flight via Seattle. The daily flight through DFW and Seattle continued, in addition to the new interchange flight.
The new flight departed in the afternoon, while the original flight continued to depart early in the morning, giving passengers two choices every day. The morning flight departed IAH at 10AM and after two stops at DFW and SEA, arrived in Anchorage just after 3PM and in Fairbanks before 5PM. The new flight departed Houston late afternoon and arrived in Anchorage just after 8PM in the evening and Fairbanks before 10PM.
Braniff's new schedules between Texas, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, were as follows:
NEW FLIGHT!! Northbound - Boeing 727 Trijet
Houston Intercontinental - Seattle/Tacoma International - Anchorage International - Fairbanks International
Flight 97 Depart IAH 430PM Arrive SEA 620PM Daily Nonstop Ultra Service Meal
Flight 97 Depart SEA 645PM Arrive ANC 815PM Daily Nonstop Ultra Service Meal No Local Traffic
Flight 97 Depart ANC 845PM Arrive FAI 940PM Daily Nonstop Beverages Served No Local Traffic
NEW FLIGHT!! Southbound - Boeing 727 Trijet
Flight 92 Depart FAI 700AM Arrive ANC 753AM Daily Nonstop Beverages Served No Local Traffic
Flight 92 Depart ANC 830AM Arrive SEA 1230PM Daily Nonstop Ultra Service Meal No Local Traffic
Flight 92 Depart SEA 215PM Arrive IAH 750PM Daily Nonstop Ultra Service Meal
Braniff International offered both one-way First Class, Coach Class and Night Coach fares over the new Texas to Alaska routing, which were as follows:
Houston to Seattle
First Class - $266.00 USD
Coach Class - $163.00 USD
First Class Night Coach - $163.00 USD
Coach Class Night Coach - $130.00 USD
Houston to Anchorage
First Class - $339.68 USD
Coach Class - $255.76 USD
Houston to Fairbanks
First Class - $360.99 USD
Coach Class - $272.49 USD
Photo 1: Braniff International Boeing 727-27 Trijet registered as N7292 is parked at the gate at Seattle/Tacoma International Airport in October 1977. The workhorse airliner is painted in the 1971 Glenn Geddis/Harper and George Orange over Mustard/Ochre Two Tone Color Scheme with White Cheat Line and Alexander Girard Sky Font Script in White with Enhance BI Tail Logo in Mustard/Ochre and White. The new 727 service between Houston and Seattle had been in operation for only 5 months when this photo was taken.
Photo 2: Luxurious new seating covered in Argentine leather on Boeing 727 aircraft was introduced in the spring of 1976. The new Elegance Campaign, which included the introduction of Ultra Inflight Service, Halston Flight Attendant Uniforms and Ultra Touch Argentine Leather Seating for McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-62 Intercontinental Jets and Boeing 747 aircraft was announced in November 1976 and implemented during 1977. Braniff Ultra Space flights were plush, elegant and the envy of the industry. This unique ad about the new Ultra Space flights was posted in the Braniff International Summer 1977 Domestic and International Timetable.
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BRANIFF HIGH ALTITUDE - Photo 2: Luxurious new seating covered in Argentine leather on Boeing 727 aircraft was introduced in the spring of 1976. The new Elegance Campaign, which included the introduction of Ultra Inflight Service, Halston Flight Attendant Uniforms and Ultra Touch Argentine Leather Seating for McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-62 Intercontinental Jets and Boeing 747 aircraft was announced in November 1976 and implemented during 1977. Braniff Ultra Space flights were plush, elegant and the envy of the industry. This unique ad about the new Ultra Space flights was posted in the Braniff International Summer 1977 Domestic and International Timetable.
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IT'S BRANIFF WE ARE READY TO GO WHEN YOU ARE - Braniff International Boeing 7 Series jets are lined up at the Yellow/North Concourse at Dallas Love Field in 1967. The big four-engine Braniff Super Jets are painted in the 1965 Alexander Girard Solid Color Scheme.
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HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International Airways inaugurated new service from the US Mainland to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 29, 1950. The new service marked the next to the last inaugural of the original 7719-mile Latin America route awarded to Braniff in May 1946. The nonstop leg over the Andes Mountains between Lima, Peru, and Buenos Aires was 2,445 miles which was Braniff's longest route at the time.
Braniff Douglas DC-6 aircraft were operated between Lima, Peru, and Buenos Aires, once a week that connected with Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Dallas Love Field flights at Lima, Peru. The second flight operated from Dallas and stopped at Houston, Panama City/Balboa, and Lima, before continuing nonstop to Buenos Aires. For budget minded passengers, two Douglas DC-4 El Intercontinental Tourist Liner flights were offered between Dallas and Buenos Aires with intermediate stops at Houston, Texas; Havana, Cuba; Panama City/Balboa, Panama; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Lima, Peru; LaPaz, Bolivia, and Asuncion, Paraguay.
Braniff schedules to and from Buenos Aires on June 1, 1950, were as follows:
NEW!! Southbound - Douglas DC-6 El Conquistador
Dallas Love Field - Houston Municipal - Panama City/Balboa Tocumen - Lima Limatambo - Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini
Flight 605 Depart DAL 210PM Arrive HOU 320PM Mo
Flight 605 Depart HOU 415PM Arrive PTY 1215AM Mo Meal Service
Flight 605 Depart PTY 105AM Arrive LIM 655AM Tu Meal Service
Flight 605 Depart LIM 740AM Arrive BUE 655PM Tu Meal Service Terminates
Passengers traveling from Chicago to Buenos Aires could take Flight 25 to Dallas Love Field, which stopped enroute at Kansas City and Oklahoma City, also providing those cities with two-day service to South America. The flight departed Chicago Midway at 230PM and arrived in Dallas at 725AM in plenty of time to connect with Flight 605 to Buenos Aires.
NEW!! Northbound - Douglas DC-6 El Conquistador
Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini - Lima Limatambo - Panama City/Balboa Tocumen - Houston Municipal - Dallas Love Field
Flight 604 - The Douglas DC-6 departed Buenos Aires every Saturday at 935AM and flew nonstop to Lima's Limatambo Airport. Passengers were served a meal aloft before the flight arrived in Lima at 510PM. After a brief 40 minute time on the ground in Lima, the DC-6 departed at 550PM for the nonstop leg to Panama City/Balboa Tocumen Airport where it arrived at 1140PM. Before arrival a meal was served inflight. The flight was on the ground at Tocumen for 50 minutes before it departed for Houston at 1230AM on Sunday morning. Flight 604 flew nonstop and arrived Houston at 630AM and was only on the ground for 50 minutes before it flew the last leg to Dallas Love Field. Passengers were served a meal enroute before it arrived DAL at 830AM where it terminated.
Braniff offered one-way First Class fares between Dallas and Buenos Aires and were as follows:
Dallas - Buenos Aires
First Class - $579.00 USD
Houston - Buenos Aires
First Class - $565.00 USD
Panama City/Balboa - Buenos Aires
First Class - $407.00 USD
Lima - Buenos Aires
First Class - $220.00 USD
Total Douglas DC-6 travel time between Dallas and Buenos Aires was as follows:
Dallas - Buenos Aires
25 Hours 45 Minutes
Houston - Buenos Aires
23 Hours 40 Minutes
Panama City/Balboa - Buenos Aires
15 Hours 50 Minutes
Lima - Buenos Aires
9 Hours 15 Minutes
Photo 1: Braniff International Airways Douglas DC-6 registered as N90881 is readied for boarding at Chicago Midway Airport for its next flight in 1955. The big and luxurious Douglas Skyliner is painted in the 1949 Red and Blue El Conquistador Color Scheme with White Upper Fuselage, which was added in 1950 due to the sun heating up the cabin on hot days while parked on the ramp.
Photo 2: The new Buenos Aires schedules were featured in the June 1, 1950, Domestic and International Timetable. The front cover featured a large advertisement announcing the new service with a banner that stated, "From the USA to "BA." The famed El Conquistador emblem was placed on the lower part of the cover with an additional slogan, "Today in the USA, Tomorrow in the BA." A stylized route map depicted the route from the US Mainland to Buenos Aires via only two stops at Panama City and Lima.
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BRANIFF HIGH ALTITUDE - Photo 2: The new Buenos Aires schedules were featured in the June 1, 1950, Domestic and International Timetable. The front cover featured a large advertisement announcing the new service with a banner that stated, "From the USA to "BA." The famed El Conquistador emblem was placed on the lower part of the cover with an additional slogan, "Today in the USA, Tomorrow in the BA." A stylized route map depicted the route from the US Mainland to Buenos Aires via only two stops at Panama City and Lima.
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BRANIFF THE ONLY NONSTOP 747 TO HAWAII AND ITS DAILY - Braniff International Boeing 747-127 dubbed 747 Braniff Place is flying high over Texas during a photoshoot in January 1971. Ship N601BN is painted in the 1971 Harper and George 747 Braniff Place Orange Color Scheme with White Vertical Tail and Engine Nacelles with 1965 Alexander Girard Sky Font in White.
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BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL AND SOLAR TIME LTD. ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCLUSIVE TIMEPIECE COLLECTION– Dallas-based Braniff Airways, dba Braniff International, Braniff International is proud to announce the signing of a new multi-year licensing agreement with Hong Kong-based Solar Time Ltd. This partnership will debut a sophisticated line of Braniff-branded timepieces that combine the airline's iconic mid-century design legacy with Solar Time's world-class horological expertise.
A Legacy of Aviation and Style
The collaboration will leverage Solar Time's renowned aviation-inspired brand, AVI-8, to produce watches that pay homage to Braniff’s "End of the Plain Plane" era. These timepieces will feature design elements inspired by historical Braniff aircraft, colors, and logos, specifically tailored for aviation enthusiasts and style-conscious collectors. Jet-set style is featured prominently on the card backs and packaging.
Key Partnership Details:
· Global Reach: The agreement grants Solar Time worldwide rights (excluding sanctioned regions) to manufacture and distribute Braniff International and Braniff-branded watches.
· Strategic Distribution: Products will be available through Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) channels, including https://t.co/2w6dCrftrL, and the official Braniff Boutique.
· Design Excellence: The collection will feature unique, detailed designs that incorporate Braniff branding on the dials, case backs, and packaging.
· Timeline: Product distribution is scheduled to commence no later than Mar 01, 2027, with the agreement running through Mar 31, 2029
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“We are excited to partner with Solar Time Ltd. to bring the vibrant history of Braniff to the wrists of collectors worldwide,” said Collin L. Ice, COO of Braniff International. “Solar Time’s track record with high-profile licenses and their dedication to aviation history through the AVI-8 brand makes them the perfect partner to celebrate our legacy”
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Braniff Airways, Incorporated, d/b/a Braniff International, the former international airline, is now a leading global historic airline branding and marketing, online retail, historic airliner tour firm and hotelier, which was originally formed in 1928. Braniff manages a large portfolio of licensing agreements worldwide. The company operates its lucrative Braniff Boutique Online Retail store at https://t.co/F1cKdDSdv4 that sells to 120 plus countries worldwide along with three brick and mortar stores.
Braniff also administers its original Employee/Retiree Airline Pass Benefits Program, which offers current and former employees discount travel on partner airlines and travel companies. The company operates an online travel booking site at https://t.co/djWRGOiXHl, which offers significant travel discounts at many Braniff International hotel and destinations worldwide.
Braniff Airways supports Braniff Airways Foundation, which is the official repository for Braniff's historical corporate and employee records, photographs and negatives and memorabilia. Over 100 million pages of Braniff corporate documents and 50,000 historical items are preserved in the Foundation's Braniff International Heritage Archives, which are housed at three locations in Dallas, Texas, and the company’s records retention facility in Arkansas.
Braniff Airways has funded an endowment at The University of Texas at Dallas to support the Space Sciences Department. An additional endowment has been created to support the administration of Braniff International Heritage Archives.
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HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International Airways inaugurated a new interchange service with American Airlines and Continental Airlines between Texas and California. The new service, dubbed the Texas-California Arrow, featured Douglas DC-6 four-engine airliners that operated from Houston, Texas, to Los Angeles, California, with intermediate stops at San Antonio and El Paso, Texas.
Braniff crews operated the daily flight from Houston Municipal Airport to San Antonio, where American Airlines crews assumed command of the DC-6 for the next segment to El Paso Airport. At El Paso, Continental Airlines crews flew the flight over the last segment to Los Angeles International Airport. The flight was flown every day in both directions with the westbound flight departing Houston just after 3PM in the afternoon and arrived in Los Angeles before 9PM.
The eastbound flight departed Los Angeles slightly after 11PM and flew through the night before it arrived Houston right after 8AM. Both the eastbound and westbound flights were conveniently timed for easy connections to and from other Braniff destinations and more importantly for connections to Braniff flights to and from Latin America. The new service lasted less than a year because of a new Civil Aeronautics Board route award to Continental over the same routing.
Braniff schedules over the ABC Interchange were as follows:
NEW!! Westbound - Douglas DC-6
Houston Municipal - San Antonio Municipal - El Paso Municipal - Los Angeles International
Flight 953 Depart HOU 315PM Arrive SAT 415PM Daily Braniff Crew
Flight 953 Depart SAT 435PM Arrive ELP 545PM Daily American Crew
Flight 953 Depart ELP 615PM Arrive LAX 835PM Daily Meal Service Continental Crew/Terminates and operates eastbound Flight 952 the same evening
Flight 953 was conveniently timed for domestic connections from Corpus Christi, Texas, Flight 44 that arrived in Houston at 125PM and several flights from Dallas to Houston. Flight 400, a Douglas DC-4, that departed from Buenos Aires, Argentina, at 630AM every Tuesday and Saturday with intermediate stops at Asuncion, Paraguay; La Paz, Bolivia; Lima, Peru; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Panama City/Balboa City, Canal Zone, and Havana, Cuba, before arriving in Houston every Wednesday and Sunday at 120PM, gave passengers ample time to connect with the Texas-California Arrow at 315PM. Other flights from Latin America were also timed to connect with Flight 953 with minimal wait time at Houston.
NEW!! Eastbound - Douglas DC-6
Los Angeles International - El Paso Municipal - San Antonio Municipal - Houston Municipal
Flight 952 Depart LAX 1105PM Arrive ELP 300AM Daily Continental Crew
Flight 952 Depart ELP 325PM Arrive SAT 635AM Daily American Crew
Flight 952 Depart SAT 705AM Arrive HOU 805AM Daily Braniff Crew/Terminates and operates Westbound Flight 953 every afternoon
Connections with other Braniff domestic flight could be made upon arrival in Houston on Flight 953, including nonstop service to Dallas Love Field and Waco, Texas. Passengers could continue to Latin America via Flight 403 every Wednesday and Saturday, which departed Houston at 1050AM to Buenos Aires, where it arrived at 1143PM every Thursday and Sunday.
On Sundays, passengers could connect with DC-6 Flight 605 that departed Houston at 1205PM and arrived in Rio de Janeiro at 550PM on Monday with intermediate stops at Havana, Panama City/Balboa, Guayaquil and Lima. Every Monday Flight 601 operated over the same routing from Houston at 1205PM but continued from Lima to Buenos Aires, where it arrived at 515PM on Tuesday. On Fridays, Flight 603, a DC-6 El Conquistador, departed Houston at 1205 and flew to Havana, Panama City/ Balboa, Lima, and finally Rio de Janeiro, where it arrived at 550PM every Saturday.
Braniff offered one-way and roundtrip fares between Houston and San Antonio. Fare quotes from Houston to other points along the ABC Interchange required calling Braniff for a quote. All fares were subject to a 10 percent Federal tax. Braniff fares between Houston and San Antonio were as follows:
Houston - San Antonio
One Way - $11.85 USD
Roundtrip - $22.60 USD
Photo 1: Braniff International Douglas DC-6 El Conquistador registered as N90884 is being prepared at Houston Municipal Airport for its next departure to Havana, Cuba, in 1951. This aircraft is painted in the 1949 Red and Blue El Conquistador Color Scheme.
Photo 2: Braniff International Airways' Domestic and International Timetable dated May 1951, featured the new ABC Interchange schedules. The front cover of the timetable featured large block Braniff International Airways script in white over a red background. The center of the timetable featured a Latin American destination and a traveler who was preparing her camera for the next great shot. A small box at the lower right corner featured white lettering on a red background that stated, "Braniff Skyway to Summer Fun." On the back cover, a domestic and international route map depicted the new interchange route.
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BRANIFF HIGH ALTITUDE - Photo 2: Braniff International Airways' Domestic and International Timetable dated May 1951, featured the new ABC Interchange schedules. The front cover of the timetable featured large block Braniff International Airways script in white over a red background. The center of the timetable featured a Latin American destination and a traveler who was preparing her camera for the next great shot. A small box at the lower right corner featured white lettering on a red background that stated, "Braniff Skyway to Summer Fun." On the back cover, a domestic and international route map depicted the new interchange route.
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BRANIFF IN SYDNEY G' DAY OUR NEW 707 VANNUS JET - Braniff International Boeing 707-138B Intercontinental Jet is parked at the Qantas refurbishment hangar at Sydney International Airport, Australia, in 1969. Braniff purchased Ship N108BN from Qantas Airways, Limited, along with three other Series -138Bs. The big four-engine jet is painted in the 1967 Alexander Girard/Harper and George New Dark Blue Solid Color Scheme.
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