Braniff Commercial for the new braniff

tv commercial for the new braniff airlines

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[ttugarygregory]

I thought this commercial was lost forever!  The commercial aired right before our March 1, 1984 restart.

Being a member of Braniff II this holds a lot of special meaning for me.

Thanks for posting!

[Suprasylph]

I can't wait to hear the donk remix of this.

[stephenbirch]

The flyover shots are not Dallas, they are of Kansas CIty. You can see the MKC airport in the background. ttugarygregory was correct that the ground shots were on the ramp at Braniffs' Dallas Love Field Maintenance and Operations center looking west toward the Braniff "Terminal of the Future" (no longer there).

[ttugarygregory]

@zetina2010 Very doubtful - the days of post-deregulation and the successful startup of any airline is in doubt especially with this economy. One good thing, that trademarks, logos, and the infamous 800-BRANIFF are held by a trust so maybe it will be bought and used, again.

[ttugarygregory]

Braniff, Inc (AKA Braniff II) started flying March 1, 1984 with 30 727-200's serving 18 (later 20) cities and was the largest one-day startup on any airline. In November the route system was trimmed, planes grounded and they went to a low-fare model. BN(2) had modest profitability and was purchased in 1988 by an investor group and the HDQ was moved to FLL. On Sept 28, 1989 Braniff, Inc shutdown and filed bankruptcy.

[mrFalconlem]

Too bad they didn't have better management

[3089280288]

BRANIFF!

[DYLAV8R]

@dynomitis nope it was a real airline the went defunct in 82' and failed after a few more start up attempts

[jas282]

@ttugarygregory i can think of another airline, still running, that has a lot of charm and class that flies out of Love Field...

[ttugarygregory]

This plane ( I think N501BN ) was the first to be repainted in January 1984. The fly over shots were over downtown Dallas (notice the difference from today) and the ramp/runway shots were by the maintenance base at DAL.

I have the original poster of the first 727 repainted at Love Field (one in this commercial) with the 20 city route-map and the tag line "We're Building The New Braniff Around You".

Sadly, there will never be another Braniff or any other airline of that old class/charm.

[MisterSenseless]

The 80's were awesome