Southern Airways

Southern Airways
IATA ICAO Call sign
SO SOU SOUTHERN
FoundedFebruary 1, 1944 (1944-02-01)
Ceased operationsJuly 1, 1979 (1979-07-01)
(merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines)
Hubs
Focus cities
HeadquartersHartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
FounderFrank Hulse

Southern Airways was a local service carrier, a scheduled airline certificated by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board, in the United States, from its founding by Frank Hulse in 1949 until 1979, when it merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines. Southern's corporate headquarters were in Birmingham, with operations headquartered at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, near Atlanta.[1]

Following a merger with North Central Airlines in 1979, Southern became Republic Airlines, which in turn was merged into Northwest Airlines in 1986. Northwest Airlines was then merged into Delta Air Lines in 2010.

Nine Martin 4-0-4s at the Atlanta hub in 1972 before departing on the morning wave of flights
  1. ^ World Airline Directory. Flight International. March 20, 1975. "503.