Conquest Airlines

Conquest operated primarily on routes within Texas from its hub in Austin (at the now closed Robert Mueller Municipal Airport).

Rafael Rivas, who became the executive vice president of Conquest, said that the airline chose Austin as its hub since Dallas and Houston were not centrally located in Texas.

[4][5] The City of Austin granted its first ever tax abatement in exchange for the relocation of the corporate headquarters.

[4] In 1991, the Airline expanded its network and began international flights between San Antonio, TX and Monterrey, Mexico.

Unfortunately the economic conditions generated by the first Gulf War prevented the airline from continuing flights into Mexico and the international service was suspended.

Aeromexico's regional airline, Aerolitoral was already operating flights between San Antonio, TX and Monterry, Mexico.

[5] It served the following Texas cities: Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Dallas Love Field, Greenville/Spartenburg SC, Charleston SC, Birmingham, AL, Harlingen, Houston (Sugar Land Regional Airport),[10] Laredo, McAllen, Nacogdoches (service to Austin), San Antonio, San Angelo, and Tyler.