Statistics for Major Defunct Airlines of the US

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Merged with United; United uses its livery	Continental Airlines	75%
Planes were known as Grinningbirds because they had a smile painted on the nose	Pacific Southwest Airlines	44%
Largest airline acquired by American; it had an iconic Flight Center at JFK Airport	Trans World Airlines	44%
Flight 90	Air Florida	38%
Most recent merged airline with American; flight 1549	US Airways	38%
Largest 717 operator before demise	AirTran Airways	31%
Flight 243 (aka Miracle Landing)	Aloha Airlines	31%
Merged with US Airways	America West Airlines	31%
Bought by Howard Hughes	Hughes Airwest	31%
Miami-based, acquired by Pan-Am	National Airlines	25%
De facto flag carrier of United States	Pan American World Airways	25%
Airline named for its primary Nevada hub	Reno Air	25%
Most recent major airline merger (this airline and Alaska)	Virgin America	25%
Served "Flying Nosh"	New York Air	19%
Headed by Eddie Rickenbacker, Big Four member	Eastern Air Lines	13%
Identically named airline started eight years after its demise	Frontier Airlines	13%
Merged with Delta, last commercial DC-9 operator	Northwest Airlines	13%
Merged with Southwest Airlines during the Great Recession	ATA Airlines	6%
Jellybean livery, had Pucci-clad "hostesses"	Braniff International Airways	6%
Only operated 727s	Champion Air	6%
Launch customer of DHC Dash 7, named for major geophysical feature	Rocky Mountain Airways	6%
Delta Connection, American Eagle E175	Compass Airlines	0%
Airline aimed at being the cheapest in the nation, with "Only birds fly cheaper" as slogan	Skybus Airlines	0%
Peanut fares, operated only DC-9s from 1979 on	Texas International Airlines	0%