Intended for Eastern First Flight Merida Mexico - New Orleans Louisiana

Description: Eastern Airlines’ expansion of its Mexican services to the Yucatan peninsula was made possible by one of the numerous Civil Aeronautics Board awards stemming from the U.S. - Mexico Air Agreement of January 1978. The airline effectuated its new authority by serving its three Yucatan cities on a single flight.Covers of November 1, 1978 marked with Eastern Airlines’ Merida office datestamp were not backstamped at New Orleans and have never been authenticated as first flight mail.Texas Air Corporation, parent corporation of Continental Airlines, New York Air and People Express, purchased Eastern Airlines. Eastern continued to operate as a separate airline. Operations were not integrated with any of the Texas Air owned companies.As a result of labor disputes, Eastern filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and significantly cut back on its operation on March 9, 2989. After the initial reduction, Eastern slowly rebuilt its system with service to a few of the points previously served with a smaller number of flights. Eastern sold its lucrative “Shuttle” operation to Donald Trump and, in addition, sold off a large number of aircraft.Eastern Air Lines ceased operations on January 18, 1991. This concluded the long history of an airline that could trace it roots back to May 1, 1928, with the first service of Pitcairn Aviation, Inc. In 1990, Eastern had sold its Central and South American routes to American Airlines and had been in receivership since declaring bankruptcy on March 9, 1989.

Price: 4.5 USD

Location: Cranford, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-12-20T19:30:25.000Z

Shipping Cost: 1.35 USD