airlines with no domestic flights
Jan 8, 2017, 3:25 pm
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airlines with no domestic flights
This has probably been discussed before. Was just curious as to airlines with no domestic flights. I am guessing Cathay, Singapore, Emirates, Qatar, Virgin Atlantic......what else is out there?
Jan 9, 2017, 8:07 am
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KLM most of the time, although there have been periods when they fly to Maastricht.
There was a time when most French domestic flights were flown by AirInter rather than AF proper, but IIRC there were a few AF flights from CDG to NCE, MRS, etc. Also, there are some longhaul AF flights to French overseas territories that are technically domestic (and the reason from some interesting categories in the EC261 rules).
In the days of PanAm, did they have any domestic routes?
There was a time when most French domestic flights were flown by AirInter rather than AF proper, but IIRC there were a few AF flights from CDG to NCE, MRS, etc. Also, there are some longhaul AF flights to French overseas territories that are technically domestic (and the reason from some interesting categories in the EC261 rules).
In the days of PanAm, did they have any domestic routes?
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Jan 9, 2017, 8:25 am
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Don't know about during their glory days, but in the 80's I know they at least had LAX-SFO served by a 747. At the very end they even had MCI-IND for a brief period. Don't forget they also had a 727 crash out of New Orleans, presumably headed somewhere domestic.
Caveat - that MCI-IND flight might have been operated by Republic as a code share. Checking.
Caveat - that MCI-IND flight might have been operated by Republic as a code share. Checking.
Jan 9, 2017, 8:39 am
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Not until much later in their operation:
http://www.panam.org/history-resourc...-g-davies-maps
Surinam Airways has no domestic service.
http://www.panam.org/history-resourc...-g-davies-maps
Except for a brief period in the 1930’s, when Pan American subsidiaries flew in the Northeast (New York Airways and Boston-Maine Airways), and the Alaskan services of Pacific Alaska Airways which connected Alaska to Seattle before World War Two, Pan Am did not operate domestic routes in the U.S. It would take decades, and the acquisition of National Airlines in 1980 to alter that.
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Jan 9, 2017, 10:34 am
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Not until much later in their operation:
http://www.panam.org/history-resourc...-g-davies-maps
http://www.panam.org/history-resourc...-g-davies-maps
July 1982, after the acquisition of National ... it was an ex-NA jet on a former NA route to LAS
Jan 9, 2017, 10:44 am
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Funny enough, Luxair does offer domestic flights. While there are no domestic flights within Luxembourg (they only have one commercial airports and a couple of unpaved air strips for Ultralight aviation), Luxair does offer domestic flights within Germany.
So if the criteria is "Airlines without domestic flights in their home country", Luxair would make the list.
So if the criteria is "Airlines without domestic flights in their home country", Luxair would make the list.
Jan 9, 2017, 10:45 am
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Icelandair looks like they fly only international. They (or the same parent company) own Air Iceland, which flys domestic out of the Reykjavik airport (as opposed to KEF)
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Jan 9, 2017, 11:06 am
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All the airlines of city-states (or similar sized nations) come to mind.
Bahrain - Gulf Air
Qatar - Qatar Airways
Kuwait - Kuwait Airways
Mauritius - Air Mauritius
Singapore - Singapore Airlines, Scoot, Silkair
Hong Kong - Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon, HK Express, Hong Kong Airlines
Macau - Air Macau
Maldives - Mega Maldives,
Lebanon - Middle East Airlines
Brunei - Royal Brunei Airlines
Nauru - Nauru Airlines
UAE - Etihad, Emirates
Iceland - WOW
Ireland - Norwegian Long Haul (DY)
And then there's probably a ton of smaller airlines focussing on package holidays (e.g. Thomas Cook, Tui, ArkeFly, etc...) and airlines focusing on specific routes (e.g. La Compagnie, Openskies, the defunct. HongKong Oasis, ....)
Bahrain - Gulf Air
Qatar - Qatar Airways
Kuwait - Kuwait Airways
Mauritius - Air Mauritius
Singapore - Singapore Airlines, Scoot, Silkair
Hong Kong - Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon, HK Express, Hong Kong Airlines
Macau - Air Macau
Maldives - Mega Maldives,
Lebanon - Middle East Airlines
Brunei - Royal Brunei Airlines
Nauru - Nauru Airlines
UAE - Etihad, Emirates
Iceland - WOW
Ireland - Norwegian Long Haul (DY)
And then there's probably a ton of smaller airlines focussing on package holidays (e.g. Thomas Cook, Tui, ArkeFly, etc...) and airlines focusing on specific routes (e.g. La Compagnie, Openskies, the defunct. HongKong Oasis, ....)
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