PSA Airlines, the carrier involved in the mid-air accident over Washington, ironically preserves the name of another airline ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1964, the three-engined Boeing 727 entered service with launch customer Eastern Air Lines (EA), one of the "Big Four" domestic airlines created by the Spoils Conferences of 1930.

Overshadowed by its more iconic siblings, the 720 was launched in 1959 as a derivative of the 707 and was designed as a ...