Originally Posted by
Indelaware
28. Well it is not the airline you are thinking about, but for the fact that you want an existing airline: Midway Airlines (ML) which didn't start flying until deregulation 1978 (it received its certificate prior to deregulation but didn't the actually start flying until deregulation was in effect). I seem to recall that it was formed right around Jimmy Carter's election (1976), perhaps in anticipation of deregulation. Once it started flying, it flew DC-9s.
Might it have been a proposal by UA to fly 737s in order to try to scare away the proposed ML?
31. It think the technical answer is four airlines:
Delta, Southern, Republic (airline formed when Southern merged with North Central), and Texas International.
Aircraft I'm less sure about. I'd guess DL with 727-200, SO/RC with DC-9-14/15, and Texas International with DC-9-10.
28. Ah,
Seat 2A subsequently guessed United as well. However, it was not UA.
31. Delta, Republic and Texas International are all
correct! DL was operating two flights a day with 72S equipment, RC was also operating two flights a day, one with a DC9 and the other with a D9S, and TI was operating one daily flight with a D9S. Block time on the MSY to BTR route ranged from 23 to 25 minutes.