Braniff International Airways.

About Braniff International Airways

Braniff Airways, Incorporated, which operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until the cessation of air operations, was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service, and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass program and other airline administrative duties. Braniff's routes were primarily in the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. In the late 1970s, it expanded to Asia and Europe. The airline ceased air carrier operations in May 1982 because of high fuel prices, credit card interest rates, and extreme competition from the large trunk carriers and the new airline startups created by the Airline Deregulation Act of December 1978. In addition, the direct legislative requirements of the ADA were not followed or implemented by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), which in turn became an advantage to the larger air carriers and a disadvantage to carriers Braniff's size. Two later airlines used the Braniff name: the Hyatt Hotels-backed Braniff, Inc. in 1983–89 and Braniff International Airlines, Inc. in 1991–92.