#FlashbackNgomhla: Uhlu lwezinkampani ezinkulu zeDevelopment Major

Umlando Wezindiza

Imbonini yemboni yezindiza inabantu abathintekayo abaye bafika futhi bahamba. Abanye bezisulu zokuhlukunyezwa kwezindiza, kanti abanye beqhutshwa ngaphandle kwebhizinisi ngoba behluleka ukuhlala ngokwezomnotho noma bengakwazi ukuncintisana. Kodwa abathandi bezindiza zezindiza zezindiza futhi izazi-mlando zigcina lezi zithwali ziphila. Ngezansi izindiza ezindiza eziyisithupha ezifakwe ebhodini lami lePinterest, "Izindiza Airlines azikho isikhathi eside."

• 01 ka-06

  I-Trans World Airlines

  I-airline yakhiwa ngo-1925 ngaphansi kwegama elithi Transcontinental & Western Air. Yasebenza umzila ovela eNew York City waya eLos Angeles ngeSt. Louis naseKansas City. I-aviator yezigidigidi uHoward Hughes wathenga umphathi wezinkampani ngo-1939, wayiqamba kabusha ngokuthi yi-TWA futhi yayenza yaba yinkampani yomhlaba wonke. Ngemuva kokunqunyulwa kwe-airline ngo-1978, lo muntu othintekayo wabulawa, ngemuva kokuba ethathwe ngasese, athengisa izintambo zakhe ezibalulekile zaseLondon Heathrow futhi ehamba kabili ngaphambi kokuba athole ama-American Airlines.

• 02 ka 06

  Braniff International

  IBraniff International yakhiwa ngo-1928 ngemigwaqo ehlanganisa enyakatho-ntshonalanga naseningizimu-ntshonalanga United States, eMexico, eMelika Ephakathi naseNingizimu Melika. Ihlanganiswe ne-Mid-Continent Airlines ngo-1952, ukwandisa umthamo wayo phakathi ne-Midwest United States yanda eNingizimu Melika ngemuva kokuthenga iPan American-Grace Airways (Panagra) kubanikazi bamasheya ePan Am noWR Grace ngo-1967. Ekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1970 yanda Asia neYurophu. I-airline yayeka ukusebenza ngokuqhubekayo ngoMeyi 1982, engakwazi ukuqhubeka embonini ehlukanisiwe.

• 03 ka 06

  I-PSA

  I-Pacific Southwest Airlines Airlines yaseSan Diego yaqala ngoMeyi 6, 1949, izindiza ezihamba ngeviki ezivela eSan Diego naseBurbank ukuya e-Oakland zisebenzisa iDouglas DC-3s. Ngenxa yokuthi izindiza zezindiza zase-US zisebenza ngaphansi komthethonqubo yiBhodi Yezindiza Yomphakathi, lowo othwala izinkampani angahamba kuphela ngaphakathi kweCalifornia. Ukumomotheka okwangokomfanekiso emakhaleni ezindiza zakhe kwafika ngawo-1960. Ngemuva kokuqedwa kwezimoto, le nkampani yezindiza yashayelwa yi-pilot strike ngo-September 1980 kanti abaphathi bezindiza ze-PATCO bathatha isiteleka ngo-Agasti 1981. Ngo-1987, i-USAir yathenga i-PSA.

• 04 ka 06

  Eastern Airlines

  I-Eastern Air Lines, enye yezindiza ezindiza "ezinkulu ezine" (kanye ne-United, Delta ne-American), yaqala ukuhamba ngezindiza ngokusemthethweni ngo-1930. Yayiyinkampani yokuqala yokuthatha iBoing 727 kanye ne-Airbus A300. Ngemuva kokunqunyulwa kwecala, umphathi wezinyunyana wayexoshwe ngemibutho yabasebenzi engajabuli, ukuncintisana okukhulu nokukweleta okukhulu. Umthwali wezinkampani wabhalwa e-Texas Air ngoMashi 1986 futhi wavala ngoJanuwari 1991.

• 05 ka 06

  I-Pan Am

  I-Pan American World Airways (i-Pan Am) yasungulwa ngo-1927 njenge-imeyili kanye nabathwali bezithuthi. Yasebenza izindiza eziphakathi kwe-Key West, eFlorida naseHaana. Ekugcineni yaziphendulela ekubeni yiziphathamandla zamazwe ngamazwe ezingabheki ze-United States. Umshayeli wenkampani uqalise iminyaka yobudala lapho eqala ukuhamba nge-Boeing 707 ngo-Okthoba 1958. Kwakungumakhasimende wokuqalisa we-jeet jumbo jet. Kodwa izindiza zezindiza, ezihamba ngemigwaqo yamazwe ngamazwe kuphela, nazo ziyizisulu zemboni emisiwe. Ithenge i-National Airlines ngo-1980 ukwakha imisebenzi yayo yasekhaya, kodwa yathinteka kabi futhi ikhonjwe ngamacala. Yathengisa isakhiwo sayo se-Pan Am sakhiwo esiya eMetLife ngo-1981 kanye nenethiwekhi yayo yePacific eya e-United Airlines ngo-Ephreli 1985. Ukuphela kwafika ngo-December 1991.

• 06 ka-06

  I-PeoplExpress

  Lesi sithwali esisekelwe ku-Newark, esakhiwe ngo-1981, sasiyinye yezindiza ezindiza zokuqala ezidalwe ngemuva kokuqedwa. Iqala ukuhamba ngezindiza ze-Boeing 737 phezulu nangaphansi kwe-East Coast. ngo-1983, yahamba ngamazwe ngamazwe, ithengwa iBoing 747 futhi ihamba ngezinyawo esuka eNewark iya eLondon Airport e-Gatwick ngo-1983. I-PeoplExpress yenza izinto ezifana nokuba nabagibeli ngezindiza zabo lapho behamba khona, behlinzeka ngemali elula, iklasi elilodwa lenkonzo futhi bekhokhisa u-$ 3. ukukhokhwa kwemali esikhwama kanye nokushaja ukudla nokuphuza. Kwaqhubeka ukuthengwa kwempahla kusukela ngo-1985, ukuthola iFrontier Airlines, iBritt Airways ne-Provincetown-Boston Airlines. Kodwa ngenxa yesikweletu esinzima nenkinga ehlanganisa i-Frontier, othintekayo wathengiswa eTexas Air ngoFebhuwari 1987.