AA last one standing? There are many others that qualify for major status but AA isn't the only legacy that hasn't filed. What about Continental?
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Originally Posted by George Patterson
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
He said pre-deregulation U.S. major carrier. Do you think Southwest qualified as a major carrier before deregulation?
I worked on the Hartsfield Airport expansion project in the late 70s. Southwest
was the only carrier I saw flying DC-3 passenger planes into Atlanta (there were
a few cargo carriers using them).
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Those two companies are not the same. The present day Southwest Airlines has only flown Boeing 737s. Southwest Airways was the DC-3 operator you remember:
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/PRPhotos/DouglasDC-3.htm