Airlines and Aircraft Serving Houston Hobby Effective April 1, 1981
AIR FLORIDA
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 737-200
Destinations Served:
Miami (FL)
AIR TEXANA
Aircraft Operated:
Beechcraft
Destinations Served:
Beaumont (TX)
CHAPARRAL AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Beechcraft
Destinations Served:
Abilene (TX)
EAGLE COMMUTER AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Piper
Destinations Served:
Waco (TX)
FRONTIER AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 737-200
Destinations Served:
Denver (CO)
HAMMONDS AIR SERVICE
Aircraft Operated:
Piper
Destinations Served:
Lafayette (LA)
METROPLEX AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Cessna
Destinations Served:
Fort Worth Meacham (TX)
OZARK AIR LINES
Aircraft Operated:
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Destinations Served:
Saint Louis (MO)
REPUBLIC AIRLINES (WEST) *
Aircraft Operated:
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Destinations Served:
Burbank (CA), Las Vegas (NV), Phoenix (AZ), Tucson (AZ)
* The Civil Aeronautics Board approved Republic's takeover of Hughes Airwest on September 12, 1980. The carrier
operated as Republic Airlines West and continued using Hughes Airwest's "RW" code until January 1983 when the final
integration of the two carriers occurred.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
Aircraft Operated:
Boeing 737-200
Destinations Served:
Austin (TX), Corpus Christi (TX), Dallas Love Field (TX), Harlingen (TX), Lubbock (TX), New Orleans (LA),
Oklahoma City (OK), San Antonio (TX), Tulsa (OK)