found: Wikipedia WWW, Mar. 4, 2009(Midway Airlines (1976-1991); Midway Airlines was founded on Oct. 13, 1976; the airline purchased the hub operation of Eastern Air Lines at Philadelphia International Airport in 1990; however, this expansion, in direct competition with the Philadelphia hub of US Airways, coupled with the run-up of airline fuel prices during the Persian Gulf War in 1991, strained the company's financial resources; the airline filed Chapter 11 and attempted to reach agreement with Northwest Airlines for a purchase; Midway ceased operations and filed under Chapter 7 bankruptcy laws in Nov. 1991; settlement was completed in summer 2005)
