Originally Posted by
jlemon
Interesting to see this 707 service not only on the relatively long flights to the west but also on the shorter runs to the east. But then again, not too surprising as Cleveland was, of course, an intermediate stop on the LAX-CLE-ROC, LAS-CLE-BUF and SFO-CLE-BDL routings. One also wonders if there was any opportunity for American connecting traffic via Cleveland between the east and the west.....
BTW, my very first jet flight (which occurred back in the mid 1960's) was LAX-MEM on board an AA 707.
AA's timetable shows that these flights all connected with one another. The westbound flights also connected with CLE-PHX, but the eastbounds did not. It looks like in 1980 AA had a little focus city in CLE, although I question how profitable short haul 707 flying was.....