MilesBuzz! - 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?

MGM. They had an all-business (or was it all F) flight LAX-JFK.

Reno Air
Western Airlines

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).]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
Texas (became Continental?)</font>

I believe that Trans Texas Airways became Southwest Airlines.

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Middle_Seat

WOW --MGM ; there's a name from the past.

I can't believe no one has mentioned Pilgrim Airlines!

What about PSA?
They had the smile on the plane.

Chalks.

Although there is a small remnant left. It's route structure is nothing like the original.

Legend...never had the chance to try out their service out of Dallas Love Field.

Air-Inter
Air Alma

<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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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.