BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 09:22:18 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · AIRLINES

THE ONLY US AIRLINE THAT ABANDONED ITS NAMESAKE HUB & KEPT THE BRAND ANYWAY...

Midway Airlines was incorporated in 1976 for a single purpose: to revive Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), which had once been the busiest airport in the world before the major carriers abandoned it for O'Hare.

SCOTT: Ask what this does to pairings, the MEL, and the jumpseat. Press releases are written for investors. You fly the leftover.

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