Braniff International: Spring 1978

Deregulation of the airline industry was a killer for Braniff International, which over expanded and went belly up in early 1982.

In Spring 1978, the Airline Deregulation Act still had not been implemented and Braniff was still a modest sized, yet flamboyant Texas based airline. The airline had a major gateway operation at Miami International Airport.

Here is Braniff's 1978 Spring nonstop schedule from the three Florida cities it served.

FORT LAUDERDALE

Dallas/ Ft Worth 1x daily
Denver 1x daily
Tampa/St Pete 4x daily

6 daily nonstops

MIAMI

Bogota 5x weekly
Buenos Aires 1x weekly
Dallas/Ft Worth 33x weekly
Denver 14 x weekly
Lima 3x weekly
New York-JFK 7 x weekly
Panama City 20x weekly
Santiago 1x weekly
Tampa 21x weekly
Washington-IAD 1x weekly

106 flights weekly, an average of 15 daily

Thru/same plane service to Asucion, Cali, Kansas City La Paz, Manaus, Oklahoma City, Quito and Rio De Janiero all of which fed the Miami gateway operation.

TAMPA/ST PETERSBURG

Dallas/ Ft Worth 5x daily
Denver 1x daily
Ft Lauderdale 4x daily
Miami 3x daily
Oklahoma City 2x daily

15 flights daily