Originally Posted by
jlemon
1. In the fall of 1993, no less than ten airlines were operating nonstop service between Hong Kong (HKG) and Bangkok (BKK). Two of the airlines, of course, were Cathay Pacific (CX) operating B747 and L-1011 equipment and Thai Airways International (TG) flying A300 and B747 aircraft. Name as many of the other eight air carriers as you can and also identify the equipment each operated on the route. Please note that partial answers are fine. And here's a hint: none of these airlines were based in the U.K. or U.S.
1) JAL (JL) with DC-10 service
2) KLM (KL) with B747-400 Combi service - (OAG aircraft code 74E)
3) China Airlines (CI) with B747 service - (Yep, not with an A300 as I first reported. My apologies!)
4) Air France (AF) with B747-400 Combi service - (74E)
5) Airlanka (UL) with L-1011 service
6) Lauda Air (NG) with B767-300 service
7) Gulf Air (GF) with B767 service (OAG lists aircraft as 767 but I'll bet it was actually a B767-300ER)
8) CP Air (CP) with B747-400 service
2. Also in the fall of 1993, only one airline was operating nonstop service between Miami (MIA) and Iquitos (IQT) in the Amazon jungle of Peru with one round trip flight a week. Identify the air carrier and the aircraft type it flew on the route.
6. In the summer of 1965, this airline was operating a daily 3:00pm departure from New York JFK to Los Angeles with an arrival time of 8:37pm at LAX. However, this was not a nonstop flight as three destinations were served en route. Name the air carrier that operated this flight as well as all three stops in the order in which they were made and the aircraft type.
Time to start providing answers as we begin to prepare to depart to Europe in a few days....
1. See answers above....
2. Compania de Aviacion Faucett (CF) operating a three class L-1011. Here's the southbound sched....
CF 291: Miami (MIA) 6:00p - 10:15p Iquitos (IQT) 11:15p - 1:45a Lima (LIM)
Op: Saturdays only
Equip: L10
Classes of service: P/J/Y
6. American Airlines operating this schedule.....
AA 311: New York (JFK) 3:00p - 4:15p Chicago (ORD) 4:45p - 5:47p Fort Worth (GSW) 6:10p - 6:29p El Paso (ELP) 6:55p - 8:37p Los Angeles (LAX)
Op: Daily
Equip: B727-100
This was one of only two flights a day operated by American into since closed Greater Southwest Airport (GSW) which served Fort Worth at this time. Here's the other one....
AA 122: Los Angeles (LAX) 5:30p - 7:10p El Paso (ELP) 7:35p - 9:52p Fort Worth (GSW) 10:20p - 11:01p Oklahoma City (OKC) 11:25p - 11:57p Tulsa (TUL)
Op: Daily
Equip: B707