Trans-Texas Airways (TTa) arrived in 1950; in 1952, its Douglas DC-3s flew Brownsville - Harlingen - McAllen - Alice - Corpus Christi - Beeville - Victoria - Houston. By 1963, most TTa flights to the airport were Convair 240s direct to Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, Harlingen, McAllen, and Victoria; DC-3s flew Corpus Christi - San Antonio - San Angelo - Midland/Odessa - Pecos - El Paso. By 1969, TTa had changed its name to Texas International Airlines, which continued at Corpus Christi.