Miami based National Airlines, was the largest east-west carrier from the Southeast prior to Airline Deregulation in 1978. Immediately, after deregulation two giant carriers both with a large Miami operations sought to purchase National. Eastern, which at the time was the 2nd largest airline in the free world was also based in Miami and was primarily a north-south carrier proposed to merge with National.
Pan Am, which was forbidden from carrying domestic passengers prior to deregulation also sought a merger with National. Later in the game, Texas International owned by Frank Lorezno (who we are sure to to explore further as this site grows) upped the price for the airline so that when Pan Am finally bought the airline, it had overpaid dramatically.
Pan Am wanted National for its large domestic operation out of Miami, which was Pan Am's primary hub for flights to Latin America (as it had been for PA's Caribbean operation prior to the 1975 route swaps with American and TWA) as well as the feed NA could provide for Pan Am's European and African ops from New York's JFK Airport.
Here is National's Florida nonstop schedule from the last timetable before the Pan Am merger.
FORT LAUDERDALE
To: Houston 2x daily
Los Angeles 1x daily
Miami 5x daily
New Orleans 1x daily
Newark 2x daily
New York-Laguardia 5 x daily
Orlando 1x daily
17 daily departures
FORT MYERS
To: Miami 2x daily
New York-Kennedy 1x daily
Orlando 1x daily
Sarasota 1x daily
Tampa 2x daily
7 daily departures
JACKSONVILLE
To: Houston 1x daily
Miami 1x daily
New Orleans 1x daily
Norfolk 1x daily
Orlando 1x daily
Savannah 1x daily
Washington- National 1x daily
7 daily departures
MIAMI
To: Amsterdam 1x weekly
Fort Lauderdale 5x daily
Fort Myers 2x daily
Frankfurt 3x weekly
Houston 5x daily
Jacksonville 1x daily
London-Heathrow 1x daily
Los Angeles 4x daily
New Orleans 4x daily
Newark 2x daily
New York-Kennedy 3x daily
New York-Laguardia 5x daily
Orlando 3x daily
Paris 3x weekly
San Francisco 1x daily
San Juan 2x daily
Sarasota 1x daily
Tampa 5x daily
Washington-National 2x daily
West Palm Beach 3x daily
Zurich 1x weekly
(Average) 48 daily departures
ORLANDO
To: Fort Lauderdale 1x daily
Fort Myers 1x daily
Houston 3x daily
Jacksonville 1x daily
Miami 2x daily
Newark 1x daily
New York-Kennedy 2x daily
Sarasota 1x daily
Washington-National 3x daily
West Palm Beach 1x daily
16 daily departures
PENSACOLA
To: Mobile 2x daily
New Orleans 2x daily
4 daily departures
SARASOTA/BRADENTON
To: Ft Myers 1x daily
Miami 1x daily
Newark 1x daily
New York-Kennedy 1x daily
Orlando 1x daily
Tampa 2x daily
7 daily departures
TAMPA/ST PETE
To: Amsterdam 1x weekly
Ft Myers 1x
Houston 3x daily
Los Angeles 2x daily
Miami 5x daily
New Orleans 3x daily
New York-Laguardia 2x daily
New York-Kennedy 1x daily
Orlando 1x daily
Sarasota 2x daily
Washington-National 2x daily
(average) 21 daily departures
WEST PALM BEACH
To: Fort Lauderdale 2x daily
Miami 3x daily
Newark 1x daily
New York-Laguardia 2x daily
New York-Kennedy 2x daily
Orlando 1x daily
Washington-National 3x daily
12 daily departures
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