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About WESTERN AIRLINES

Western Airlines was incorporated in April 17, 1926 by Harris Hanshue. Western Airlines was a large airline based in California, with operations throughout the western United States. On April 1, 1987 Western Airlines was merged with Delta AirLines. Airline serving 56 destinations with 78 fleets.
Western Airlines (IATA: WA, Call sign: Western) was a major US carrier operating in the west coast area and was the oldest airline in the US from 1925 up until it merged with Delta Airlines in 1987. The airline started as Western Air Express and took off carrying mails on a 650-mile long Contract Air Mail Route #4 from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City on a Douglas M-2 airplane. The airline was recognized for its innovations like radio communications, weather tracking, and inflight service that are still used today. The airline slogan used to be “Western Airlines – The Only Way to Fly”

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The airline had hubs at Los Angeles International Airport, Salt Lake City International Airport, and the erstwhile Stapleton International Airport in Denver.

Fleet Details WESTERN AIRLINES

Boeing 727-200, 737-200, 737-300, McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10

WESTERN AIRLINES Destinations Covered Before Merger

Between the 1970s and 1980s, Western flew to 70+ cities across the western United States. Here are some of its major destinations before the merger with Delta Airlines:

Western Airlines Brief History

Western Air Express was founded in 1925 as a US Postal Service carrier like other airlines of this era.

Western Air Express as it was formerly called merged with Trans World Airlines (TWA) in 1930 and later de-merged from the airline in 1934. It was also briefly called the General Air Lines before coming back to its original name Western Air Lines in 1941; later shortened to Western Airlines.

Merger with Delta

In the year 1986, Delta Air Lines made a swoop for the carrier to gain better access to the west coast market. A conferred deal of about $860 million culminated into an agreement for the merger that was finally signed on 9th September 1986, After getting the approval from the Department of Transportation coming on December 11 and from its shareholders five days later. The deal was struck after the airline ran into losses from 1980-1984.

Focus on the West

Western had concentrated on the Western United States for long and had its major hub in Salt Lake City with main international routes to Mexico. The merger benefited Delta to gain presence in the West and allow it to become national in carrier thereby competing with American and United.

Employees’ Viewpoint

All the 1,600 employees including the Western mechanics, clerks, fuelers, and flight instructors were retained as the airline was fully unionized before the merger and its employees were “fully protected” by the labor contracts against any layoffs or unfair loss of seniority because of a merger. At the time of the merger, the airline had $200 million in cash and only $150 million in long-term debts.

Assets

Soon the Western logo was disbanded and aircraft such as the Boeing 727 and 737 which were decided to be retained and were painted in Delta colors. Other aircraft that were disbanded can now be seen at National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC like the Douglas M-2 NC15o, 720-047B N93151 & 720-047B N93152 at Karachi Planetarium and Lahore Planetarium, Pakistan. while the other aircraft like the 727-247 N2823W (now N234FE) & 727-247 N2824W (now N235FE) is preserved as a trainer at Atlantic City, NJ.

Terms of Agreement

The estimated offer was worth $860 million – analyzed on the basis of Western’s 51.2 million common shares outstanding and more than 14 million convertible preferred shares and stock options.

Western Airlines Revenues (1984 – 1985): $1.182 billion

Net income (in millions): $29.2 $35.5

Assets: $413 million

Airports served: 72

Fleet: 89 airliners