Originally Posted by
jlemon
11) It's the late summer of 1963 and you have a business meeting you must attend in San Antonio. Your present location is Manhattan. You've discovered that one airline flies direct with no change of plane from Newark (EWR) to San Antonio (SAT). And even better, this carrier offers a special first class service on board your favorite turboprop airliner. Coach service is available as well, but, of course, you'll be in the front cabin. You also like the fact there are three (3) intermediate stops en route as you love the landings and takeoffs while on board the latest version of this airplane. Identify the airline, the aircraft type, the name of the special first class service and all three intermediate stops.
This was Braniff International Airways, using their latest "Jet Powered" Lockheed (L-188) Electra IIs. The special service that was offered was called the Silver Service. Its routing was EWR-DCA-DAL-AUS-SAT.
Originally Posted by
Wally Bird
A few answers (or guesses)
YVR-HNL:
Aloha 737 (can't remember if it was -400 or -700)
Continental DC-10
Western 720
Tonywestsider concurs with
Wally Bird. Aloha (AQ) flew this route nonstop using Boeing 737-700s. WA did fly this route in 1981, with either 707s or 720s. I'm trying to find documentation that CO also flew this route back in the day. I can't come up with the documentation but I would say it's a good guess.
Contrast that to today's service by a US airline on the YVR-HNL route, which happens to be DL codeshare, but operated with WestJet metal (Boeing 737-800).