note

Started by former Southwest Airlines president Marion Lamar Muse as direct upscale competition to Southwest. Airline offered flights between Love Field and Houston with leather seats, non-smoking flights long before it was required and employed non-union workforce. Unable to turn profit despite over $100 million in revenue, airline was bought out by Southwest Airlines in 1985 and transformed into TransStar Airlines with transcontinental flights which ceased operations in October 1987

founded - demised (age)

October 1 1980 - October 1 1985  (5)

headquarters

, Houston, TX

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base airports

KDAL Dallas Love Field Dallas

related operators

Transtar Airlines	successor
Southwest Airlines	acquired