Southern Airways First Flight Atlanta Airport - Eglin Air Force Base Florida

Description: Southern Airways joined the ever-growing list of feeder airlines providing pure jet service by inaugurating DC-9 flights at six cities on its system on June 15, 1967. This cover was carried on the inaugural Southern Airways jet flight from the Atlanta, Georgia Airport Mail Facility to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Jet Age Flights Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as J-1329f.Republic Airlines, Inc., was formed on July 1, 1979, due to the merger of the Atlanta-based Southern Airlines with North Central Airlines based in Minneapolis.The two regional airlines signed their agreement in September 1978. The Civil Aeronautics Board approved the merger on May 16, 1979, and President Carter upheld this action on June 4.Effective October 1, 1980, Republic purchased Hughes Airwest, a regional airline based in San Francisco. On January 23, 1986, Northwest Airlines announced an $884 million purchase of Republic Airlines, which was the biggest merger in U.S. civil aviation history to date. The two carriers filed a merger application with the Department of Transportation on January 27. The Justice Department opposed the merger because it would “substantially lessen competition” in violation of antitrust laws. Full hearings regarding the merger were held and on July 31 the Department of Transportation approved Northwest Airlines’ takeover of Republic Airlines. On August 12 the acquisition of Republic was completed as officials from both airlines transferred ownership of Republic to Northwest. On October 1, 1986, the operations of Republic were fully integrated with a single Northwest flight schedule. Delta Air Lines acquired rival Northwest Airlines Inc during 2008 in a $2.6 billion merger that created the world’s biggest airline.

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