Eastern Airlines First Flight Cincinnati Ohio - Miami Florida

Description: Eastern Air Lines began service to Cincinnati on its Chicago - Miami leg of Air Mail Route 6 on February 21, 1960. Service was originally announced as southbound only, with northbound service added at the last minute. The flight patterns were: Tampa to Cincinnati to Chicago and Chicago to Cincinnati to Miami. An official cachet, inscribed “AM 5”, was provided for covers dispatched in both directions. Northbound covers from Cincinnati Post Office were postmarked on February 20, but the flight actually left early in the morning of February 21. This cover was carried on the inaugural flight from Cincinnati, Ohio to Miami, Florida (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Contract Air Mail Flights (CAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as 19S128.Texas Air Corporation, parent corporation of Continental Airlines, New York Air and People Express, purchased Eastern Airlines. Eastern continued to operate as a separate airline. Operations were not integrated with any of the Texas Air owned companies.As a result of labor disputes, Eastern filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and significantly cut back on its operation on March 9, 2989. After the initial reduction, Eastern slowly rebuilt its system with service to a few of the points previously served with a smaller number of flights. Eastern sold its lucrative “Shuttle” operation to Donald Trump and, in addition, sold off a large number of aircraft.Eastern Air Lines ceased operations on January 18, 1991. This concluded the long history of an airline that could trace it roots back to May 1, 1928, with the first service of Pitcairn Aviation, Inc. In 1990, Eastern had sold its Central and South American routes to American Airlines and had been in receivership since declaring bankruptcy on March 9, 1989.

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Location: Cranford, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-01-11T13:13:00.000Z

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