This page shows my collection of postcards from Eastern Air Lines.

Quoted from Wikipedia:

Eastern Air Lines was a major United States airline that existed from 1926 to 1991. Before its dissolution it was headquartered at Miami International Airport in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Eastern Air Lines was a composite of assorted air travel corporations, including Florida Air Ways and Pitcairn Aviation. In the late 1920s, Pitcairn Aviation won a government contract to fly mail between New York City and Atlanta, Georgia, using Mailwing single-engine aircraft. In 1930 the company's name was changed to Eastern Air Transport, soon to be known as Eastern Air Lines after being purchased by General Motors.

For a time, Eastern was the most profitable airline in the post-war era, never needing state subsidy. By the 1950s, Eastern's aircraft were very prominent up and down the East Coast of the United States. In 1956, they purchased Canadian airline Colonial Airlines, which gave the airline their first service to Canada. In the late 1950s, Eastern's position was eroded by state subsidies to rival airlines, increasing industry regulation and the arrival of the jet age.

In 1960 Eastern's first jets, Douglas DC-8s arrived, allowing Eastern to open non-stop service from New York to Miami. The DC-8s were joined in 1962 by the Boeing 720, then in 1964 by the Boeing 727, which Eastern (along with American, and United) helped Boeing develop beginning in 1956. Eastern was the first airline to fly the 727 on February 3, 1964.

As for all my airlines pages it's structured in five areas:

Airplanes in flight (7) | Airplanes on the ground (2)

Crews & Passengers (1) | Destinations (0) | Miscellaneous (1)

Current number of postcards on this page:
10

This page was last updated on September 20, 2010