Eastern Air Lines

Eastern Air Lines
Founded	April 19, 1926 (as Pitcairn Aviation)
Ceased operations	January 17, 1991
Hubs	Miami International Airport
Secondary hubs	Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Charlotte Douglas International Airport; Kansas City International Airport; John F. Kennedy International Airport; LaGuardia Airport; Philadelphia International Airport; Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport;
Focus cities	O'Hare International Airport; Orlando International Airport; Tampa International Airport;
Frequent-flyer program	OnePass
Subsidiaries	Eastern Air Lines Shuttle
Parent company	Texas Air Corporation
Headquarters	New York City Miami-Dade County

Eastern Air Lines was one of the largest airlines of the United States. It was founded by Eddie Rickenbacker in 1929. It stopped flying in 1991. Eastern was one of the Big Four airlines of the USA, along with American Airlines, United Airlines and TWA.

In 2015, Eastern relaunched flights. ^[1] The company merged with Swift Air in 2017 stating that, "the transaction is not a purchase of one certificate or merger of two certificates^[2]." Eastern's last flight was in September of 2017. Swift completed its asset purchase and all remaining Eastern aircraft were transferred to the Swift certificate. In September 2017 Eastern surrendered its certificate to the FAA. The Eastern name will be transferred to Dynamic International Airways, an airline co-owned by Swift ownership.^[3]

Eastern Air Lines Media

Pitcairn Aviation's PA-7S CAM-19 Route Airmail aircraft
An Eastern Air Lines passenger coupon in 1935
The Great Silver Fleet in 1939
An Eastern Air Lines Electra, at Washington National Airport in 1975
An Eastern Boeing 727-25 outside the terminal at John F Kennedy Airport in 1970
An Eastern Douglas DC-8-21 at Miami International Airport in 1970
Eastern's Lockheed TriStar Whisperliner landing at Miami in 1976
A 1982 photo of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, a stretched DC-9-51 model, which served Eastern from 1965 until the airline's closure