Description: The Civil Aeronautics Board granted Braniff International exemptions to serve four major cities on the European Continent — Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Paris — from Dallas / Fort Worth, Detroit and Boston. Despite authorization, service from Detroit was not initiated.Several different flights were used to inaugurate the new services. Boeing 747 equipment was used on all the flights except to Brussels which utilized DC-8s. Service to Frankfurt was inaugurated on June 1, 1979 on a flight that originated at Dallas / Fort Worth and operated to Amsterdam before proceeding to Frankfurt. Official cachets were not authorized for any of the new services. This cover was carried on the inaugural Braniff International flight from Fort Worth, Texas to Frankfurt, Germany (where it was backstamped) and is listed in The American Air Mail Catalogue as BN-F54.Braniff ceased air carrier operations in May 1982 because of high fuel prices, credit card interest rates and extreme competition from the large trunk carriers and the new airline startups created by the Airline Deregulation Act of December 1978. Two later airlines used the Braniff name: the Hyatt Hotels-backed Braniff, Inc. in 1983–1989, and Braniff International Airlines, Inc. in 1991–1992.
Price: 2 USD
Location: Cranford, New Jersey
End Time: 2023-09-15T17:09:41.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1.3 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Aviation History
Place of Origin: United States
Quality: First Flight Cover
Event: First Flight
Grade: Ungraded
Exact Topic: First Flight
Topic: Postal History
Certification: Uncertified
