Originally Posted by
jlemon
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.
I don't believe Air Jamaica had any Tristar on strength; they ordered them in 1968 but never took delivery. In the late 1980s they had a number of A300s, which would have been appropriate for such flights. They had given up their transatlantic services to London by then, until some years later when they bought a few of the Delta A310s and started these up again. Likely the Tristars were indeed leased.
Meanwhile ... the WHBM menagerie now heads southwards in a nice Embraer 190, for some sunshine R&R in a place which, 40 years ago, would have resounded to One-Elevens, Comets, 707s, and a big locally-based fleet of Convair 990s. But alas, not any more ...