What is National Airlines?
{{Infobox airline | airline = National Airlines | image = National Airlines DC-10 (6074172759).jpg | image_size = | caption = A National [[DC-10]] at [[London Heathrow Airport]] | alt = | IATA = NA | ICAO = NAL | callsign = NATIONAL | founded = | commenced = {{Start date|1934}} | ceased = 1980 | destinations = | headquarters = [[Miami-Dade County, Florida]] | aoc = | bases = *[[Miami International Airport]] | hubs = | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = *[[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = | subsidiaries = }} '''National Airlines''' (1934–1980) was an [[airline]] of the [[United States]]. It began in [[1934]]. The airline was known for its coast-to coast flights between [[Miami]], [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York City]]. [[Pan American World Airways]] bought National in 1979. == History == The airline was founded in [[Jacksonville, Florida]] by George T. Baker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalsundowners.com/about/history.html|title=National Sundowners – NAL History|website=www.nationalsundowners.com|access-date=2019-12-24|archive-date=2019-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224143511/https://www.nationalsundowners.com/about/history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> During its first few years, it mostly flew between Florida and the southern US. It began service to [[Havana, Cuba]] in 1946 and it stopped in 1961 because of the Cuban embargo. In the 1970s National started flying to cities in Europe like, [[Amsterdam]] and [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefloridasqueeze.com/2013/03/24/national-airlines-helped-fuel-1970s-florida-growth/|title=National Airlines Helped Fuel 1970s Florida Growth|first=Kartik|last=Krishnaiyer|date=24 March 2013|publisher=}}</ref> [[Pan American World Airways]] completed it's merger process with National in J