At one point, Ozark Air Lines was poised to become one of the largest local service, or regional, airlines in the US. Its success meant that within 40 years, the airline was bought out, and the name no longer existed. But then, the Ozark name was resurrected a decade later; it lasted just one year.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://simpleflying.com/what-happened-to-ozark-air-lines/