Union Airways Union Airways Union Airways of South Africa was the first South African commercial airline. It operated as an independent company for five years, from 1929 to 1934, before being taken over by the government as South African Airways. Union Airways were founded by Major Allister Miller, a World War I flying ace, who had recruited some 2000 South Africans for service in the Royal Air Force. The word "Union" referred to the official name of the country at that time: the Union of South Africa. The company was financed by the Atlantic Refining Company, and supported by a small government
AirTran Airways Corporation with AirTran Airways. The ValuJet Atlanta hub remained the hub for the combined AirTran airline operation. In April 1998, AirTran Holdings transferred all of AirTran Airlines fleet and operations to AirTran Airways and the FAA certificate for AirTran Airlines was canceled, AirTran Airways now becomes the only airline operator for AirTran Holdings and AirTran Airlines now becomes an inactive subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. In August 1999, AirTran Airlines was merged into AirTran Airways, AirTran Airways becomes the surviving airline and AirTran Airlines becomes the non-surviving airline; the airline formerly known as ValuJet Airlines ceases to exist. Even though AirTran