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Old Feb 24, 2016, 2:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Seat 2A

B]54[/B]. At present the Seattle to Portland route is served by Alaska/Horizon, Delta and United. Turboprops handle 80% of the flights. Back in 1987 there were 13 airlines operating mainline jet equipment on this 129 mile route. How many of them can you identify?
PARTIALLY ANSWERED All but one airline has been identified. See posts #8425 and 8428

65. This airline operates more 727-200s into London Heathrow than any other.
54. I was tempted to guess Republic (RC); however, let's go with America West (HP) with a B737-200 instead.

65. Wild guess time: Pan Am.
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