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Trans-Texas Airways First Flight Houston Texas Airport - Galveston Texas - 1948

$ 1.32

Availability: 61 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Type: Transportation
  • Quality: First Flight Cover
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Grade: Ungraded

    Description

    Effective May 27, 1948, Trans-Texas Airways began alternate Segment 5 service to Houston via Palestine, Beaumont, and Galveston from Dallas.
    No cachet was provided for the inaugural mail from Houston.
    This cover was carried on the inaugural Air Mail Route 82 flight from the Houston, Texas Airport Mail Facility to Galveston, Texas (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Contract Air Mail Flights (CAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as 82SE21f.
    Effective April 1, 1969, the name of Trans-Texas Airways was changed to Texas International Airlines, in recognition of the airlines’ right to service Mexico.
    In 1980 Continental and Western Air Lines held discussions relating to a merger of the two carriers.
    In February 1981, Texas Air Corporation, parent company of Texas International Airlines, entered the
    picture as it filed a tender offer for Continental with the Securities Exchange Commission. The following
    month the Civil Aeronautics Board announced approval of either a Western or Texas International merger
    with Continental. This was followed by an unsuccessful attempt by Continental employees to gain financial
    control of the carrier. Texas Air began accumulating Continental stock and in 1981 acquired a controlling
    50.9% interest. The two carriers, Continental and Texas International, continued to operate separately,
    but in close harmony.
    Continental and Texas International began formal merger discussions and a plan was developed
    which shareholders approved on June 22, 1982. Effective October 31, 1982, the carriers merged, becoming
    wholly owned subsidiaries of newly created Continental Airlines Corporation, which in turn was a wholly
    owned subsidiary of Texas Air Corporation.
    On September 23, 1983, Continental Air Lines, Inc. filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
    Federal Bankruptcy Code. It suspended operations at midnight Friday, September 23. A much smaller
    Continental resumed operations on Tuesday, September 27, 1983.