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| Founded | 1 September 1943 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 26 September 1950 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 26 October 1986 (integrated into Trans World Airlines) | ||||||
| Hubs | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 50 | ||||||
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| Parent company | Trans World Corporation | ||||||
| Headquarters | St. Louis County, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||
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Ozark Air Lines was a local service carrier (originally known as a feeder airline) in the United States that operated from 1950 until 1986, when it was purchased by Trans World Airlines (TWA). Ozark got a second chance to be an airline when the carrier that won the routes for which Ozark applied, Parks Air Lines, failed to start them in a timely manner. Parks had its rights revoked, Ozark won not only the routes it previously applied for, but others as well. Parks merged into Ozark and Ozark (then without any airline operations) took over the Parks operation and the single route over which Parks had recently started service, thereby launching Ozark. Ozark over time became a jet carrier with a hub in St. Louis.
In 2001, TWA was merged into American Airlines. A smaller regional airline that used the Ozark name (and whose operating certificate was purchased by Great Plains Airlines) operated in 2000–2001. From 1950 until 1986, Ozark's headquarters was located at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.[1]
- ^ "World Airline Directory". Flight International. 1985-03-30. p. 105. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2022-06-14.