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The above is taken from the following Trans-Texas Airways and Texas International schedules and route maps:
- November 1, 1949 Trans-Texas timetable (timetableimages.com)
- January 1, 1952 Trans-Texas timetable (timetableimages.com)
- September 1, 1954 Trans-Texas timetable (timetableimages.com)
- August 1, 1959 Trans-Texas timetable (timetableimages.com)
- March 1, 1963 Trans-Texas timetable (timetableimages.com)
- August 1968 Trans-Texas timetable (timetableimages.com)
- July 1, 1970 Texas International timetable (departedflights.com)
- March 1, 1973 Texas International timetable (timetableimages.com)
- July 15, 1981 Texas International route map (departedflights.com)
- June 1, 1982 Continental/Texas International joint timetable (departedflights.com)
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