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National Airlines was the name of two different Airline s based in the United States . NATIONAL AIRLINES (1934-1980) History The original National Airlines was founded in 1934 and was based in Florida . Under the leadership of its president and founder, George T. Baker, it operated primarily within Florida and the southeastern United States until 1944 , when it gained authorization to operate the route between New York City and Miami , Florida . International service to Havana , Cuba , began in 1946 , and was to continue until 1961 . The National Airlines route network expanded west to Houston , Texas and north to Boston , Massachusetts in the 1950s. On November 10 , 1958 , National became the first airline to introduce domestic Jet service in the United States , with a flight between Miami 's International Airport and Idlewild International Airport in New York City . Routes from Florida to California via Houston were added in 1961 . In 1964 , National became the first exclusively jet powered service in the United States, and by 1970 became the third U.S. transatlantic passenger carrier with the inauguration of daily nonstop round-trip service between Miami and London , England . By the late 1970s, National operated a large fleet of Boeing 727 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft. National Airlines was acquired by Pan American World Airways in 1980 and its operations were merged into those of the larger carrier. Fleet The history of the original National Airlines spanned nearly fifty years and during that time it operated a variety of different types of aircraft. In the postwar era, its fleet consisted of the:
NATIONAL AIRLINES (1999-2002) On May 27 , 1999 , National Airlines returned as a Las Vegas based low fare airline. The airline was created to bring tourists to Las Vegas. Profitable at first, the second ''National'' used Boeing 757 jets to fly to a few major cities, such as Los Angeles , San Francisco and New York . History The new National found itself in financial trouble after 9/11 , and ceased operations on November 6 , 2002 . Fleet The fleet of the second National Airlines was comprised of Boeing 757-200 aircraft. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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