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Major Defunct Airlines of the US - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 40 times
31 since last reset
- The average score is 6 of 24
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Merged with United; United uses its livery | Continental Airlines | 70%
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| Planes were known as Grinningbirds because they had a smile painted on the nose | Pacific Southwest Airlines | 48%
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| Largest airline acquired by American; it had an iconic Flight Center at JFK Airport | Trans World Airlines | 43%
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| Flight 90 | Air Florida | 39%
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| Flight 243 (aka Miracle Landing) | Aloha Airlines | 39%
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| Most recent merged airline with American; flight 1549 | US Airways | 39%
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| Largest 717 operator before demise | AirTran Airways | 35%
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| Merged with US Airways | America West Airlines | 35%
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| Bought by Howard Hughes | Hughes Airwest | 35%
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| Airline named for its primary Nevada hub | Reno Air | 30%
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| Miami-based, acquired by Pan-Am | National Airlines | 26%
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| De facto flag carrier of United States | Pan American World Airways | 26%
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| Most recent major airline merger (this airline and Alaska) | Virgin America | 26%
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| Headed by Eddie Rickenbacker, Big Four member | Eastern Air Lines | 22%
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| Served "Flying Nosh" | New York Air | 22%
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| Merged with Delta, last commercial DC-9 operator | Northwest Airlines | 22%
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| Merged with Southwest Airlines during the Great Recession | ATA Airlines | 13%
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| Jellybean livery, had Pucci-clad "hostesses" | Braniff International Airways | 13%
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| Identically named airline started eight years after its demise | Frontier Airlines | 13%
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| Only operated 727s | Champion Air | 4%
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| Delta Connection, American Eagle E175 | Compass Airlines | 4%
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| Launch customer of DHC Dash 7, named for major geophysical feature | Rocky Mountain Airways | 4%
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| Airline aimed at being the cheapest in the nation, with "Only birds fly cheaper" as slogan | Skybus Airlines | 4%
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| Peanut fares, operated only DC-9s from 1979 on | Texas International Airlines | 4%
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