Midway Airlines

Midway Airlines Advertising Busy Beaver Button Museum
Category
Advertising
Additional Images
Midway Airlines back Advertising Busy Beaver Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Transportation
Text on Button KISS OHARE GOODBYE Midway Airlines
Image Description

Image of red lips and red text phrase on white background. Blue Midway Airlines logo and text.
Curl Text K. Promotions
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
3 inch
Year / Decade Made
1970s
The Manufacturer
K Promotions
Additional Information

Midway Airlines Corporation was founded in 1976 as an all-jet fleet in Chicago, Illinois. After the mass movement of flights to O'Hare Airport in Chicago, the discount Midway Airlines was meant to serve as a lower-price alternative to draw fliers back to Midway Airport, spurring the ad "Kiss O'Hare Goodbye". Midway Airlines ceased operations in 1991 with a record 44 aircraft and 0 fatal crashes before dividing assets, sending workers to Southwest and planes to Jet Express.
Sources

Grossman, R. (2023, June 16). The little airline that could: How Midway Airlines saved Chicago’s Southwest Side airport. Chicago Tribune. https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/the-little-airline-that-could-how-midway-airlines-saved-chicago-s-southwest-side-airport/ar-AA1cHpzi

Salpukas, A. (2019). Midway Air Shuts Down After Buyout Is Abandoned. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/14/business/midway-air-shuts-down-after…
Catalog ID AD0892