Braniff Flying Colors

Braniff Flying Colors The Foundation was created by Richard Ben Cass in 2007, specifically to join together other interested parties in promoting Braniff's history. Cass. P. O.
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Braniff Flying Colors is the official corporate page of Braniff Airways, Incorporated, d/b/a Braniff International, which covers the life and legacy of Braniff International Airways during the years 1926 to the present. BRANIFF AIRWAYS FOUNDATION

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Braniff Airways Foundation is currently spearheading the effort to preserve the history of Braniff Airways, Inc., through collec

ting, preserving, promoting, and protecting the carrier's legacy. The Foundation, originally Braniff History Group and then in 2012, Braniff Preservation Group, which was created to assist in the preservation efforts for the historic Braniff Operations and Maintenance Base at Dallas Love Field, was registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization in October 2015. The Foundation also curates the Braniff Flying Colors Collection, which is the lifetime collection of Mr. The collection was founded in 1972, and has become one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Braniff memorabilia known to exist. It includes over 10,000 collectible items, 20,000 photos, slides, and electronic images as well as large-scale Braniff company models, signage, and crew uniforms. One of the founding cornerstones of Braniff Airways Foundation was to make the public aware that any Braniff item is historic and there are organizations that will accept them for preservation. Since 2012, the group has called on several other institutions to come together not only to assist each another in preserving Braniff’s heritage but also in assisting those in need of research access. Preservation Dallas, a Dallas, Texas, based historic preservation advocacy group, the University of Texas of Dallas, which houses the original Braniff Public Relations Archives and the Braniff Video Oral History Program, DOCOMOMO, a modern preservation advocacy group, Flying Crown Land Group, a Non-Profit historic structure preservation development company, and other institutions interested in preserving Braniff's history. The Foundation also engages in the historic preservation of Braniff with the University of Dallas, Oklahoma Historical Society, Duke University, Frontiers of Flight Museum, The Kirkpatrick Science Museum of Oklahoma, and The University of Texas Southwestern,

In September 2014, The Foundation organized and cohosted with Preservation Dallas, the Braniff History and Architecture Conference held at the former Braniff Headquarters at DFW Airport, Texas. The daylong event featured a morning history presentation followed by a luncheon. In the afternoon, an architecture section was followed by a tour of the Braniff facility. The conference was a sold out event and served to bring Braniff employees, aviation buffs, and preservationists together to celebrate the life and legend of Braniff International. A second Braniff Conference was held on September 10, 2016, in conjunction with Preservation Dallas. The second conference drew another large group of guests and featured a cast of speakers from various professions in the airline industry. The group also cohosts tours of various Braniff buildings. The tours, part of the Learn About Braniff Series, have been highly successful and heavily attended and further serve to bring those interested in the history of Braniff together. For instance, a daylong tour of Dallas Love Field, Braniff’s hometown airport until 1974, was held in conjunction with Preservation Dallas and DOCOMOMO in October 2015. A tour of Braniff’s original headquarters building in Oklahoma City is planned for April 2016. Preservation Dallas, Dallas Historical Society and Oklahoma Historical Society will join us with our hosts, Cowe and Dunlevy, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, which acted as Braniff’s first legal counsel. A number of site tours is also scheduled during 2018, to celebrate Braniff’s 90th Anniversary. In 2014, the Foundation, in conjunction with Preservation Dallas and Dallas Historical Society began a lengthy and extensive historical plaque project, dubbed Braniff Trail, to permanently mark and identify sites and facilities that played major roles in the development and growth of Braniff Airways. The project includes the placement of plaques in not only Dallas/Ft. Worth and Oklahoma City, but also as far West as Hong Kong and Hawaii, London in the East and Buenos Aires in the Southern Hemisphere. Over 30 plaques will be placed with certain locations receiving more than one historical plaque. A special multi-part full-color brochure will be printed to provide “Braniff Hikers” with a map to embark on a full-scale local and global tour to view each of the plaque sites. Braniff Trail will be officially debuted in 2018, as an integral part of Braniff’s 90th Anniversary Celebration. Lastly, the Foundation acts as an advocacy group for Braniff buildings that may be in danger of demolition. Since 2012, the group spearheaded the grassroots effort to prevent the demolition of the mid-century themed Braniff Operations and Maintenance Base in conjunction with lead Flying Crown Land Group, as well as Preservation Dallas, and DOCOMOMO. In 2014, the group authored the nomination for the Braniff Hostess College to determine its eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. In the fall of 2016, the Foundation created a unique line of products that feature the colorful look of Braniff Airways as their main theme. The products were introduced to social media by Christmas 2016, followed by the introduction of new and/or updated products each month in 2017. Braniff Boutique products were exceptionally well received by customers that included designers, artists and aviation enthusiasts as examples The Foundation formed the product line specifically to support its preservation efforts. Braniff Airways Foundation, Inc. Box 610646
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HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International inaugurated new nonstop service from Houston, Texas, to Seattle/Tacoma, Wa...
06/02/2026

HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International inaugurated new nonstop service from Houston, Texas, to Seattle/Tacoma, Washington, on May 31, 1977. The new service, operated via an interchange agreement with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines, offered passengers a single-stop through-plane flight from Houston to Anchorage and Fairbanks.

Braniff International's first interchange service with Alaska Airlines began in 1974, with Boeing 727 service from Houston to Anchorage and Fairbanks via Dallas/Ft. Worth and Seattle/Tacoma. The flights had become so successful that it was necessary to add the new single-stop flight via Seattle. The daily flight through DFW and Seattle continued, in addition to the new interchange flight.

The new flight departed in the afternoon, while the original flight continued to depart early in the morning, giving passengers two choices every day. The morning flight departed IAH at 10AM and after two stops at DFW and SEA, arrived in Anchorage just after 3PM and in Fairbanks before 5PM. The new flight departed Houston late afternoon and arrived in Anchorage just after 8PM in the evening and Fairbanks before 10PM.

Braniff's new schedules between Texas, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, were as follows:

NEW FLIGHT!! Northbound - Boeing 727 Trijet

Houston Intercontinental - Seattle/Tacoma International - Anchorage International - Fairbanks International

Flight 97 Depart IAH 430PM Arrive SEA 620PM Daily Nonstop Ultra Service Meal
Flight 97 Depart SEA 645PM Arrive ANC 815PM Daily Nonstop Ultra Service Meal No Local Traffic
Flight 97 Depart ANC 845PM Arrive FAI 940PM Daily Nonstop Beverages Served No Local Traffic

NEW FLIGHT!! Southbound - Boeing 727 Trijet

Flight 92 Depart FAI 700AM Arrive ANC 753AM Daily Nonstop Beverages Served No Local Traffic
Flight 92 Depart ANC 830AM Arrive SEA 1230PM Daily Nonstop Ultra Service Meal No Local Traffic
Flight 92 Depart SEA 215PM Arrive IAH 750PM Daily Nonstop Ultra Service Meal

Braniff International offered both one-way First Class, Coach Class and Night Coach fares over the new Texas to Alaska routing, which were as follows:

Houston to Seattle

First Class - $266.00 USD
Coach Class - $163.00 USD
First Class Night Coach - $163.00 USD
Coach Class Night Coach - $130.00 USD

Houston to Anchorage

First Class - $339.68 USD
Coach Class - $255.76 USD

Houston to Fairbanks

First Class - $360.99 USD
Coach Class - $272.49 USD

Photo 1: Braniff International Boeing 727-27 Trijet registered as N7292 is parked at the gate at Seattle/Tacoma International Airport in October 1977. The workhorse airliner is painted in the 1971 Glenn Geddis/Harper and George Orange over Mustard/Ochre Two Tone Color Scheme with White Cheat Line and Alexander Girard Sky Font Script in White with Enhance BI Tail Logo in Mustard/Ochre and White. The new 727 service between Houston and Seattle had been in operation for only 5 months when this photo was taken.

Photo 2: Luxurious new seating covered in Argentine leather on Boeing 727 aircraft was introduced in the spring of 1976. The new Elegance Campaign, which included the introduction of Ultra Inflight Service, Halston Flight Attendant Uniforms and Ultra Touch Argentine Leather Seating for McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-62 Intercontinental Jets and Boeing 747 aircraft was announced in November 1976 and implemented during 1977. Braniff Ultra Space flights were plush, elegant and the envy of the industry. This unique ad about the new Ultra Space flights was posted in the Braniff International Summer 1977 Domestic and International Timetable.

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BRANIFF HIGH ALTITUDE - Photo 2: Luxurious new seating covered in Argentine leather on Boeing 727 aircraft was introduce...
06/02/2026

BRANIFF HIGH ALTITUDE - Photo 2: Luxurious new seating covered in Argentine leather on Boeing 727 aircraft was introduced in the spring of 1976. The new Elegance Campaign, which included the introduction of Ultra Inflight Service, Halston Flight Attendant Uniforms and Ultra Touch Argentine Leather Seating for McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-62 Intercontinental Jets and Boeing 747 aircraft was announced in November 1976 and implemented during 1977. Braniff Ultra Space flights were plush, elegant and the envy of the industry. This unique ad about the new Ultra Space flights was posted in the Braniff International Summer 1977 Domestic and International Timetable.

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IT'S BRANIFF WE ARE READY TO GO WHEN YOU ARE - Braniff International Boeing 7 Series jets are lined up at the Yellow/Nor...
06/01/2026

IT'S BRANIFF WE ARE READY TO GO WHEN YOU ARE - Braniff International Boeing 7 Series jets are lined up at the Yellow/North Concourse at Dallas Love Field in 1967. The big four-engine Braniff Super Jets are painted in the 1965 Alexander Girard Solid Color Scheme.

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HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International Airways inaugurated new service from the US Mainland to Buenos Aires, Arge...
05/31/2026

HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International Airways inaugurated new service from the US Mainland to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 29, 1950. The new service marked the next to the last inaugural of the original 7719-mile Latin America route awarded to Braniff in May 1946. The nonstop leg over the Andes Mountains between Lima, Peru, and Buenos Aires was 2,445 miles which was Braniff's longest route at the time.

Braniff Douglas DC-6 aircraft were operated between Lima, Peru, and Buenos Aires, once a week that connected with Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Dallas Love Field flights at Lima, Peru. The second flight operated from Dallas and stopped at Houston, Panama City/Balboa, and Lima, before continuing nonstop to Buenos Aires. For budget minded passengers, two Douglas DC-4 El Intercontinental Tourist Liner flights were offered between Dallas and Buenos Aires with intermediate stops at Houston, Texas; Havana, Cuba; Panama City/Balboa, Panama; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Lima, Peru; LaPaz, Bolivia, and Asuncion, Paraguay.

Braniff schedules to and from Buenos Aires on June 1, 1950, were as follows:

NEW!! Southbound - Douglas DC-6 El Conquistador

Dallas Love Field - Houston Municipal - Panama City/Balboa Tocumen - Lima Limatambo - Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini

Flight 605 Depart DAL 210PM Arrive HOU 320PM Mo
Flight 605 Depart HOU 415PM Arrive PTY 1215AM Mo Meal Service
Flight 605 Depart PTY 105AM Arrive LIM 655AM Tu Meal Service
Flight 605 Depart LIM 740AM Arrive BUE 655PM Tu Meal Service Terminates

Passengers traveling from Chicago to Buenos Aires could take Flight 25 to Dallas Love Field, which stopped enroute at Kansas City and Oklahoma City, also providing those cities with two-day service to South America. The flight departed Chicago Midway at 230PM and arrived in Dallas at 725AM in plenty of time to connect with Flight 605 to Buenos Aires.

NEW!! Northbound - Douglas DC-6 El Conquistador

Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini - Lima Limatambo - Panama City/Balboa Tocumen - Houston Municipal - Dallas Love Field

Flight 604 - The Douglas DC-6 departed Buenos Aires every Saturday at 935AM and flew nonstop to Lima's Limatambo Airport. Passengers were served a meal aloft before the flight arrived in Lima at 510PM. After a brief 40 minute time on the ground in Lima, the DC-6 departed at 550PM for the nonstop leg to Panama City/Balboa Tocumen Airport where it arrived at 1140PM. Before arrival a meal was served inflight. The flight was on the ground at Tocumen for 50 minutes before it departed for Houston at 1230AM on Sunday morning. Flight 604 flew nonstop and arrived Houston at 630AM and was only on the ground for 50 minutes before it flew the last leg to Dallas Love Field. Passengers were served a meal enroute before it arrived DAL at 830AM where it terminated.

Braniff offered one-way First Class fares between Dallas and Buenos Aires and were as follows:

Dallas - Buenos Aires
First Class - $579.00 USD

Houston - Buenos Aires
First Class - $565.00 USD

Panama City/Balboa - Buenos Aires
First Class - $407.00 USD

Lima - Buenos Aires
First Class - $220.00 USD

Total Douglas DC-6 travel time between Dallas and Buenos Aires was as follows:

Dallas - Buenos Aires
25 Hours 45 Minutes

Houston - Buenos Aires
23 Hours 40 Minutes

Panama City/Balboa - Buenos Aires
15 Hours 50 Minutes

Lima - Buenos Aires
9 Hours 15 Minutes

Photo 1: Braniff International Airways Douglas DC-6 registered as N90881 is readied for boarding at Chicago Midway Airport for its next flight in 1955. The big and luxurious Douglas Skyliner is painted in the 1949 Red and Blue El Conquistador Color Scheme with White Upper Fuselage, which was added in 1950 due to the sun heating up the cabin on hot days while parked on the ramp.

Photo 2: The new Buenos Aires schedules were featured in the June 1, 1950, Domestic and International Timetable. The front cover featured a large advertisement announcing the new service with a banner that stated, "From the USA to "BA." The famed El Conquistador emblem was placed on the lower part of the cover with an additional slogan, "Today in the USA, Tomorrow in the BA." A stylized route map depicted the route from the US Mainland to Buenos Aires via only two stops at Panama City and Lima.

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BRANIFF HIGH ALTITUDE - Photo 2: The new Buenos Aires schedules were featured in the June 1, 1950, Domestic and Internat...
05/31/2026

BRANIFF HIGH ALTITUDE - Photo 2: The new Buenos Aires schedules were featured in the June 1, 1950, Domestic and International Timetable. The front cover featured a large advertisement announcing the new service with a banner that stated, "From the USA to "BA." The famed El Conquistador emblem was placed on the lower part of the cover with an additional slogan, "Today in the USA, Tomorrow in the BA." A stylized route map depicted the route from the US Mainland to Buenos Aires via only two stops at Panama City and Lima.

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Copyright 1926 2026

Photo 1: Photographer PatB, Copyright
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A CHARTER TO RIO OR SANTIAGO TAKE A BRANIFF DC-8- Braniff International McDonnell Douglas DC-8-51 Intercontinental Jet i...
05/29/2026

A CHARTER TO RIO OR SANTIAGO TAKE A BRANIFF DC-8- Braniff International McDonnell Douglas DC-8-51 Intercontinental Jet is preparing for taxi at Miami International Airport, Florida, in 1977. Ship N820E is painted in the 1971 Glenn Geddis/Harper and George Red over Tan/Aztec Gold Two Tone Color Scheme.

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BRANIFF THE ONLY NONSTOP 747 TO HAWAII AND ITS DAILY - Braniff International Boeing 747-127 dubbed 747 Braniff Place is ...
05/28/2026

BRANIFF THE ONLY NONSTOP 747 TO HAWAII AND ITS DAILY - Braniff International Boeing 747-127 dubbed 747 Braniff Place is flying high over Texas during a photoshoot in January 1971. Ship N601BN is painted in the 1971 Harper and George 747 Braniff Place Orange Color Scheme with White Vertical Tail and Engine Nacelles with 1965 Alexander Girard Sky Font in White.

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BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL AND SOLAR TIME LTD. ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCLUSIVE TIMEPIECE COLLECTION– Dallas-base...
05/27/2026

BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL AND SOLAR TIME LTD. ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCLUSIVE TIMEPIECE COLLECTION– Dallas-based Braniff Airways, dba Braniff International, Braniff International is proud to announce the signing of a new multi-year licensing agreement with Hong Kong-based Solar Time Ltd. This partnership will debut a sophisticated line of Braniff-branded timepieces that combine the airline's iconic mid-century design legacy with Solar Time's world-class horological expertise.

A Legacy of Aviation and Style

The collaboration will leverage Solar Time's renowned aviation-inspired brand, AVI-8, to produce watches that pay homage to Braniff’s "End of the Plain Plane" era. These timepieces will feature design elements inspired by historical Braniff aircraft, colors, and logos, specifically tailored for aviation enthusiasts and style-conscious collectors. Jet-set style is featured prominently on the card backs and packaging.
Key Partnership Details:

• Global Reach: The agreement grants Solar Time worldwide rights (excluding sanctioned regions) to manufacture and distribute Braniff International and Braniff-branded watches.
• Strategic Distribution: Products will be available through Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) channels, including Avi-8.com, and the official Braniff Boutique.
• Design Excellence: The collection will feature unique, detailed designs that incorporate Braniff branding on the dials, case backs, and packaging.
• Timeline: Product distribution is scheduled to commence no later than Mar 01, 2027, with the agreement running through Mar 31, 2029
Braniff customers can also access the avi-8.com website by clicking the link below:

https://avi-8.com

“We are excited to partner with Solar Time Ltd. to bring the vibrant history of Braniff to the wrists of collectors worldwide,” said Collin L. Ice, COO of Braniff International. “Solar Time’s track record with high-profile licenses and their dedication to aviation history through the AVI-8 brand makes them the perfect partner to celebrate our legacy”

ABOUT SOLAR TIME LIMITED

Founded in 1977, Solar Time Ltd. is a vertically integrated manufacturer and distributor of high-quality watches. The company operates a diverse portfolio of brands, including AVI-8, Spinnaker, and Thomas Earnshaw, and is known for its "digital-first" approach to global watchmaking.

Contact Solar Time Limited: [email protected]

ABOUT BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL

Braniff Airways, Incorporated, d/b/a Braniff International, the former international airline, is now a leading global historic airline branding and marketing, online retail, historic airliner tour firm and hotelier, which was originally formed in 1928. Braniff manages a large portfolio of licensing agreements worldwide. The company operates its lucrative Braniff Boutique Online Retail store at www.braniffboutique.com that sells to 120 plus countries worldwide along with three brick and mortar stores.

Braniff also administers its original Employee/Retiree Airline Pass Benefits Program, which offers current and former employees discount travel on partner airlines and travel companies. The company operates an online travel booking site at www.flybraniff.com, which offers significant travel discounts at many Braniff International hotel and destinations worldwide.

Braniff Airways supports Braniff Airways Foundation, which is the official repository for Braniff's historical corporate and employee records, photographs and negatives and memorabilia. Over 100 million pages of Braniff corporate documents and 50,000 historical items are preserved in the Foundation's Braniff International Heritage Archives, which are housed at three locations in Dallas, Texas, and the company’s records retention facility in Arkansas.

Braniff Airways has funded an endowment at The University of Texas at Dallas to support the Space Sciences Department. An additional endowment has been created to support the administration of Braniff International Heritage Archives.

BRANIFF REPRESENTED BY PERPETUAL LICENSING

Braniff and its Family of Fine Brands are represented by Perpetual Licensing of Los Angeles, California. For more information contact: [email protected]

For more information: www.braniffinternational.com and www.flybraniff.com

Contact:
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Braniff International
P. O. Box 610646
2200 Braniff Boulevard
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HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International Airways inaugurated a new interchange service with American Airlines and C...
05/27/2026

HIGH ALTITUDE BRANIFF - Braniff International Airways inaugurated a new interchange service with American Airlines and Continental Airlines between Texas and California. The new service, dubbed the Texas-California Arrow, featured Douglas DC-6 four-engine airliners that operated from Houston, Texas, to Los Angeles, California, with intermediate stops at San Antonio and El Paso, Texas.

Braniff crews operated the daily flight from Houston Municipal Airport to San Antonio, where American Airlines crews assumed command of the DC-6 for the next segment to El Paso Airport. At El Paso, Continental Airlines crews flew the flight over the last segment to Los Angeles International Airport. The flight was flown every day in both directions with the westbound flight departing Houston just after 3PM in the afternoon and arrived in Los Angeles before 9PM.

The eastbound flight departed Los Angeles slightly after 11PM and flew through the night before it arrived Houston right after 8AM. Both the eastbound and westbound flights were conveniently timed for easy connections to and from other Braniff destinations and more importantly for connections to Braniff flights to and from Latin America. The new service lasted less than a year because of a new Civil Aeronautics Board route award to Continental over the same routing.

Braniff schedules over the ABC Interchange were as follows:

NEW!! Westbound - Douglas DC-6

Houston Municipal - San Antonio Municipal - El Paso Municipal - Los Angeles International

Flight 953 Depart HOU 315PM Arrive SAT 415PM Daily Braniff Crew
Flight 953 Depart SAT 435PM Arrive ELP 545PM Daily American Crew
Flight 953 Depart ELP 615PM Arrive LAX 835PM Daily Meal Service Continental Crew/Terminates and operates eastbound Flight 952 the same evening

Flight 953 was conveniently timed for domestic connections from Corpus Christi, Texas, Flight 44 that arrived in Houston at 125PM and several flights from Dallas to Houston. Flight 400, a Douglas DC-4, that departed from Buenos Aires, Argentina, at 630AM every Tuesday and Saturday with intermediate stops at Asuncion, Paraguay; La Paz, Bolivia; Lima, Peru; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Panama City/Balboa City, Canal Zone, and Havana, Cuba, before arriving in Houston every Wednesday and Sunday at 120PM, gave passengers ample time to connect with the Texas-California Arrow at 315PM. Other flights from Latin America were also timed to connect with Flight 953 with minimal wait time at Houston.

NEW!! Eastbound - Douglas DC-6

Los Angeles International - El Paso Municipal - San Antonio Municipal - Houston Municipal

Flight 952 Depart LAX 1105PM Arrive ELP 300AM Daily Continental Crew
Flight 952 Depart ELP 325PM Arrive SAT 635AM Daily American Crew
Flight 952 Depart SAT 705AM Arrive HOU 805AM Daily Braniff Crew/Terminates and operates Westbound Flight 953 every afternoon

Connections with other Braniff domestic flight could be made upon arrival in Houston on Flight 953, including nonstop service to Dallas Love Field and Waco, Texas. Passengers could continue to Latin America via Flight 403 every Wednesday and Saturday, which departed Houston at 1050AM to Buenos Aires, where it arrived at 1143PM every Thursday and Sunday.

On Sundays, passengers could connect with DC-6 Flight 605 that departed Houston at 1205PM and arrived in Rio de Janeiro at 550PM on Monday with intermediate stops at Havana, Panama City/Balboa, Guayaquil and Lima. Every Monday Flight 601 operated over the same routing from Houston at 1205PM but continued from Lima to Buenos Aires, where it arrived at 515PM on Tuesday. On Fridays, Flight 603, a DC-6 El Conquistador, departed Houston at 1205 and flew to Havana, Panama City/ Balboa, Lima, and finally Rio de Janeiro, where it arrived at 550PM every Saturday.

Braniff offered one-way and roundtrip fares between Houston and San Antonio. Fare quotes from Houston to other points along the ABC Interchange required calling Braniff for a quote. All fares were subject to a 10 percent Federal tax. Braniff fares between Houston and San Antonio were as follows:

Houston - San Antonio
One Way - $11.85 USD
Roundtrip - $22.60 USD

Photo 1: Braniff International Douglas DC-6 El Conquistador registered as N90884 is being prepared at Houston Municipal Airport for its next departure to Havana, Cuba, in 1951. This aircraft is painted in the 1949 Red and Blue El Conquistador Color Scheme.

Photo 2: Braniff International Airways' Domestic and International Timetable dated May 1951, featured the new ABC Interchange schedules. The front cover of the timetable featured large block Braniff International Airways script in white over a red background. The center of the timetable featured a Latin American destination and a traveler who was preparing her camera for the next great shot. A small box at the lower right corner featured white lettering on a red background that stated, "Braniff Skyway to Summer Fun." On the back cover, a domestic and international route map depicted the new interchange route.

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