Eastern Airlines Enters the Southern Market
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Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I ace and general manager of Eastern Airlines, bought out the Wedell-Williams Air Service to break into the southern market.
Image courtesy of the E.F. Newman Collection, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
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End of the Wedell-Williams Air Service
The Air Service hit its height in 1933 and 1934, but it experienced a period of decline partially due to the construction of the Shushan Airport in November 1933. The air service took a bigger hit…