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What we compareAir FloridaAlaska Airlines
Country in archiveUnited StatesUnited States
Founded19711932
Founder—Linious McGee
HeadquartersMiami-Dade County, United States, United StatesSeaTac, Washington, United States
Name originThe sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the Air Florida name.The airline is named for the U.S. state of Alaska, where its precursors operated from Anchorage. Wikipedia records that the name Alaska Airlines was adopted on May 2, 1944, after the carrier had operated as McGee Airways, Star Air Service, Star Air Lines and Alaska Star Airlines.
HighlightsMiami International AirportSeattle–Tacoma hub, Convair 880, Boeing 727-200, McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Earliest archived brand logo19761966
Latest archived logo19762016
Archived logo assets15

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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