While the livery is Pacific Air Lines, that is actually an Air West F-27A at Orange County Airport. This was after the merger of regional carriers West Coast Airlines, flying primarily in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and southern Canada; Pacific Air Lines, serving California from LAX north to Oregon and Nevada; and Bonanza Airlines, primarily flying in Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Air West would not be flying for long before it would be bought and become Hughes Airwest. In 1979, North Central Airlines and Southern Airways would merge to form Republic Airlines. The next year, they would buy out Hughes Airwest. In 1986, Northwest Orient would buy Republic. In 2010, Delta Airlines bought Northwest.
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