Typed caption on verso: "News / Republic Airlines / Raymond Tyler, Director-Public Relations / Walter L. Hellman, Manager-Media Relations / [telephone number] / Republic Airlines, Inc. / [address in Minneapolis, Minnesota] / For Immediate Release / Republic's Fleet is World's Seventh Largest / Republic's aircraft are engineered for fuel efficiency and environmental compatibility. DC-9-50s are the airline's primary jet. Republic, a 32-year-old company, operates 156 aircraft -- the world's seventh largest commercial fleet. Each day, Republic flies coast to coast, and from Canada to Mexico and the Caribbean, serving 207 cities." Creation Datecirca 1979-1986SubjectCommuter aircraftRepublic AirlinesDouglas DC-9 FamilyExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in.Original Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Commercial Airlines Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright
Republic Airlines, [Douglas DC-9 aircraft in flight], [2018-00-00-23_image_211]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 16/02/2026, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/27685
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