Major Defunct Airlines of the US - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Merged with United; United uses its livery	Continental Airlines	70%
Planes were known as Grinningbirds because they had a smile painted on the nose	Pacific Southwest Airlines	48%
Largest airline acquired by American; it had an iconic Flight Center at JFK Airport	Trans World Airlines	43%
Flight 90	Air Florida	39%
Flight 243 (aka Miracle Landing)	Aloha Airlines	39%
Most recent merged airline with American; flight 1549	US Airways	39%
Largest 717 operator before demise	AirTran Airways	35%
Merged with US Airways	America West Airlines	35%
Bought by Howard Hughes	Hughes Airwest	35%
Airline named for its primary Nevada hub	Reno Air	30%
Miami-based, acquired by Pan-Am	National Airlines	26%
De facto flag carrier of United States	Pan American World Airways	26%
Most recent major airline merger (this airline and Alaska)	Virgin America	26%
Headed by Eddie Rickenbacker, Big Four member	Eastern Air Lines	22%
Served "Flying Nosh"	New York Air	22%
Merged with Delta, last commercial DC-9 operator	Northwest Airlines	22%
Merged with Southwest Airlines during the Great Recession	ATA Airlines	13%
Jellybean livery, had Pucci-clad "hostesses"	Braniff International Airways	13%
Identically named airline started eight years after its demise	Frontier Airlines	13%
Only operated 727s	Champion Air	4%
Delta Connection, American Eagle E175	Compass Airlines	4%
Launch customer of DHC Dash 7, named for major geophysical feature	Rocky Mountain Airways	4%
Airline aimed at being the cheapest in the nation, with "Only birds fly cheaper" as slogan	Skybus Airlines	4%
Peanut fares, operated only DC-9s from 1979 on	Texas International Airlines	4%

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