Originally Posted by
WHBM
Post 2000 of this thread, so the obvious (to us in the UK) airline to use to illustrate this is THIS ONE :
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-2...2b186495d467e7
Air 2000 was one of the new-generation of “quality” holiday airlines that came along in Europe in the 1980s, getting away from the tatty image of Dan-Air or Channel Airways, with significant investments in new aircraft, and notably pleasant in-flight catering, which would leave current US legacy carriers standing (eg mimosas and three-course meals for everybody). An elegant livery as well (the one here), from their start in 1987, until some bright sparks in marketing paid good money to have not one but two livery changes in quick succession, culminating in the ludicrous one instantly nicknamed “the starfish”, then in 2004 they changed the name of the airline to First Choice, then they sold out. But it was very good at the start. Canada 3000 was an offshoot.
OK, we need a question, one that the US team can have a go at as well. For much of their time Air 2000 Boeing 757s operated near-daily (and sometimes multiple flights per day) between two relatively minor US airports, although no US travellers could use it for these legs. What were the two US airports ?
I'll take a wild guess at this one....
Sanford Orlando Airport (SFB) and St. Petersburg Clearwater Airport (PIE) with services actually originating and terminating somewhere in the U.K.