Airline-dle
Puzzle #75 was Pacific Southwest Airlines.
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a low-cost airline in the United States headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988. Founded by Kenny Friedkin and J. Floyd Andrews, it was the first substantial scheduled discount airline. PSA called itself "The World's Friendliest Airline" and painted a smile on the nose of its airplanes, the PSA Grinningbirds.
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What the record says
Puzzle 75 ran on 24 Sep 2026 and the answer was Pacific Southwest Airlines, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Region - North America; Status - defunct; Alliance - none. The numbers: Founded - 1940.
Beyond the grid the record adds Callsign - SMILEY; Codes - PS / PSX; Ceased operations - 1988.
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
- 1940
- Alliance
- none
Also on the record
- Callsign
- SMILEY
- Codes
- PS / PSX
- Ceased operations
- 1988