Airline-dle
Puzzle #51 was Braniff International Airways.
Braniff Airways, Incorporated, which operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until the cessation of air operations, was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service, and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass program and other airline administrative duties.
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What the record says
Puzzle 51 ran on 31 Aug 2026 and the answer was Braniff International Airways, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Region - North America; Status - defunct; Alliance - Star Alliance. The numbers: Founded - 1920.
Beyond the grid the record adds Callsign - BRANIFF; Codes - BN / BNF; Ceased operations - 1982.
Airline-dle builds its record from OpenFlights - Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 and Wikidata - CC0 1.0 (region, founding decade, alliance, hub, headquarters). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America
- Status
- defunct
- Founded
- 1920
- Alliance
- Star Alliance
Also on the record
- Callsign
- BRANIFF
- Codes
- BN / BNF
- Ceased operations
- 1982