Originally Posted by
jlemon
At one point, this airline was operating nonstop L-1011 service into LAX from two locations in the Caribbean. One flight operated once a week and the other flight operated twice a week. Identify the air carrier and the two airports in the Caribbean.
Time to provide an answer to this one.....
jrl767 had correctly guessed one of the Caribbean airports: Montego Bay (MBJ).
The other airport was Kingston (KIN) and the airline was Air Jamaica.
Here are the westbound scheds from a 1989 OAG......
JM 055: MBJ 10:15a - 1:00p LAX
Op: Mondays & Sundays only
Equip: L-1011
JM 055: KIN 11:40a - 2:30p LAX
Op: Saturdays only
Equip: L-1011
It appears Air Jamaica did not operate the L-1011 TriStar very long. I also wonder if this aircraft was on short term lease, perhaps from BWIA with flight crews? Pure conjecture on my part, of course, but if so, it would have been a series 500 aircraft.
BTW, about ten years later, I was en route to LAX one fine Friday evening on board a UA operated airplane and was listening to ATC on channel 9 when I heard a very melodious female voice with a beautiful island accent calling center. It was a lady pilot flying for Air Jamaica. Here's the westbound sched from a 1999 OAG.....
JM 055: MBJ 5:20p - 9:20p LAX
Op: Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays only
Equip: A320
Of course, I then immediately ordered a rum drink in the front cabin.....
