1960s NATIONAL Airlines SEAT OCCUPIED CARD airways ad OCCUPADO MIAMI FLORIDA

Description

NATIONAL AIRLINES
1960s cardboard 'Seat Occupied' card
GOOD condition, as shown.
This is an original National Airlines-produced item.
Not a reproduction
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Shows code/reference number 886-26.  This item is not dated, but the logo and slogan are consistent with the 1960s.
Measures 10.0 INCHES by 4.0 INCHES.  Card-style, with front and back sided.
Item will be wrapped in plastic and securely packaged in cardboard for protection while in transit.  I am happy to combine shipping on multiple purchases.  If you have any questions, please ask.
National Airlines was a United States airline that operated from 1934 to 1980.  For most of its existence the company was headquartered at Miami International Airport, Florida.  At its height, National Airlines had a network of "Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast" flights, linking Florida and the Gulf Coast such as New Orleans and Houston with cities along the East Coast as far north as Boston as well as with large cities on the West Coast including Los Angeles and San Francisco.  From 1970 to 1978, National, Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) and Trans World Airlines (TWA) were the only U.S. airlines that operated scheduled passenger flights to Europe.
In the late 1970s, several airlines tried to take over National Airlines, who had become a major player in the southern transcontinental and Florida-East Coast airline markets.  In 1978, Texas International Airlines (which was led by Frank Lorenzo at that time) acquired 24.6 percent of the shares, but did not succeed in the subsequent tender offer takeover bid.  A similar attempt was made by Eastern Air Lines in 1979.  At the same time, the shares held by Texas International were sold to Pan American World Airways, who emerged as a white knight and succeeded in accumulating a controlling majority.
On January 7, 1980, the acquisition of National was completed, with Pan Am taking over the National Airlines fleet and route network.  Pan Am continued to utilize the former National Miami maintenance base and headquarters building until Pan Am itself ceased operations in December 1991.