Airline Merger Wars

摘要

My dad began his career as a National Airlines ticket agent in New Orleans in 1962. At the time, National was promoted as the "Airline of the Stars," with ads featuring grinning Hollywood actors, and my dad was proud to be part of it National had a history going back to 1934, when it used a fleet of two Ryan monoplanes to move passengers and mail around Florida. Eventually, National's story ended like so many airline stories do today: It was bought by another airline. In 1980, National was acquired by Pan American World Airways.