Airlines you never flew and will never get a chance to
Feb 15, 2002 | 6:45 am
#1
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Airlines you never flew and will never get a chance to
because they're gone to the great terminal in the sky
My list (scheduled only):
Eastern Provincial (CP/AC)
QuebecAir/NordAir (CP/AC)
Air Cal (AA)
Frontier (CO? original)
Midway (original)
Eastern
Braniff
TWA (AA)
Republic (NW)
Ozark (NW?)
New York (CO)
Texas (became Continental?)
Toa Domestic
Japan Air Systems (still have time before absorption by JL) but not much)
UTA (AF)
British Caledonia (BA)
Ansett (original)
Misc. others
VIASA
Air Afrique
Mark Air
Morris Air
Yours?
My list (scheduled only):
Eastern Provincial (CP/AC)
QuebecAir/NordAir (CP/AC)
Air Cal (AA)
Frontier (CO? original)
Midway (original)
Eastern
Braniff
TWA (AA)
Republic (NW)
Ozark (NW?)
New York (CO)
Texas (became Continental?)
Toa Domestic
Japan Air Systems (still have time before absorption by JL) but not much)
UTA (AF)
British Caledonia (BA)
Ansett (original)
Misc. others
VIASA
Air Afrique
Mark Air
Morris Air
Yours?
Feb 15, 2002 | 10:39 am
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NYC
Posts: 303
A ton, actually. But I don't feel all that bad about, say, People Express or Western or stuff like that. Nothing against them, I just don't feel bad I missed out.
The ones I wish I'd flown ...
Pan Am
Braniff (I may have flown them, but been too young to remember. Evidence is spotty, at best.)
BOAC (before my time.)
Interflug (why not?)
[This message has been edited by Tyler Durden (edited 02-15-2002).]
The ones I wish I'd flown ...
Pan Am
Braniff (I may have flown them, but been too young to remember. Evidence is spotty, at best.)
BOAC (before my time.)
Interflug (why not?)
[This message has been edited by Tyler Durden (edited 02-15-2002).]
Feb 15, 2002 | 5:23 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
Texas (became Continental?)</font>
Texas (became Continental?)</font>
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Middle_Seat
Feb 17, 2002 | 11:03 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Middle_Seat:
I believe that Trans Texas Airways became Southwest Airlines.
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I believe that Trans Texas Airways became Southwest Airlines.
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Nope, terenz was correct. Trans Texas Airlines (often referred to by those that flew them as Tree Top Airlines, with some justification) morphed into Texas International and eventually bought the remnants of Continental in the early '80s, assuming the latter's name in the process.
I believe Herb Kelleher started Southwest from scratch as an intrastate Texas airline in the early '70s.