Airline Evolution

The following list is an unofficial list of selected U.S. passenger airlines and the components from which they have evolved since inception:

• AirTran: ValuJet, Conquest Sun
• Alaska: Horizon, Jet America, Cordova, Alaska Coastal-Ellis, Alaska Interior, Star, McGee
• Aloha: Trans-Pacific Airlines
• American: TWA, Reno, Eastern (Latin), Air California, Trans Caribbean
• Continental: Eastern (Atlantic), People Express, NY Air, Texas Int’l, Air Mic, Pioneer, Varney Speed Line
• Delta: Pan Am (JFK/FRA/Shuttle), Western, Northeast, Chicago & Southern
• Frontier
• Hawaiian: Inter-Island Airways
• JetBlue: Launched operations on Feb. 11, 2000
• Midwest: K-C Aviation
• Northwest: Republic, Southern, North Central, Hughes Airwest (Pacific, West Coast, Bonanza)
• Southwest: Morris, Muse, TranStar
• Spirit: Charter One
• United: Pan Am (Pacific, LHR, Latin), Capital, Varney, NAT, BATC
• US Airways: America West, Shuttle Inc., Piedmont, PSA, Mohawk, Lake Central, Allegheny, All America
• Virgin America