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What other crosstown flights were there?
I know United had San Francisco-Oakland service, sometimes continuing to Denver.
Orange County-Los Angeles service also existed.
How about JFK-Laguardia? Or Dulles-Washington National?
I believe the UA SFO-OAK service was operated with a DC-8 and possibly later by a B727-200.
Both Alaska Airlines and Continental operated B727-200s between Burbank and Ontario. I believe the actual AS routing was SEA-ONT-BUR-SEA. And I think CO had a flight that operated SEA-PDX-SJC-BUR-ONT-ORD (I'll have to check an old OAG to verify this CO routing).
I also believe that Hughes Air West operated SFO-SJC with a DC-9.
In addition, I seem to recall that DL operated SAN-ONT with a 767. I believe the actual routing was SAN-ONT-ATL. Not quite "cross town" but close!
Another short range jet route in SoCal was SBA-LAX. UA operated 737s and 727s on the route. And later on, Pacific Express operated the BAC One-Eleven SBA-LAX. These days, American Eagle flies Embraer RJs SBA-LAX.
Not sure about the east coast airports you mention but I'm sure someone will chime in!