The first Braniff scheduled service with Douglas DC-4s was inaugurated on May 5, 1946, from San Antonio, Texas to Chicago Midway Airport with intermediate stops at Dallas Love Field and Kansas City. Skyliner service was further expanded on June 15, between Chicago and Houston also with intermediate stops in Dallas and Kansas City. Braniff made history with the inauguration of the first nonstop flights between Dallas Love Field and Chicago Midway Airport using DC-4 aircraft beginning on December 1, 1946.
Twelve male pursers were trained prior to the May inaugural at the Braniff Training Department at Dallas Love Field. Braniff's 25 most senior Captains were trained to command the new 46-passenger Super B Liner that included Gordon Darnell, Malvin Sellmeyer, Joel Pitts, and Virgil Turnbull. The pilots were given extensive ground training in an array of required subjects followed by extensive flight training and check rides.
Several trial test runs and pre-inaugural flights to San Antonio, Kansas City, and Chicago, were flown in the new DC-4 between April 30 and May 5, 1946. One of the proving runs to San Antonio then Dallas, Kansas City and Chicago was made with Civil Aeronautics Authority officials on board. A special pre-inaugural flight was made to San Antonio, that was hosted by Braniff officials that also- included media personnel.
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