Originally Posted by
Seat 2A
I remember seeing First Air in the schedules years ago when I was looking for short and cheap routes on which to fly new airlines. I think we're talking about Ottawa to Montreal. If it wasn't Montreal, then it was Toronto but I'm pretty confident about Ottawa. Also, I believe First Air flew between Ottawa and Boston. If I remember correctly, we'd be looking at a 727-100 along with the HS-748.
Close enough! I was looking for a point-to-point route here and believe Ottawa - Montreal as flown by First Air may have been more of a tag route for service up to and back from remote locations of northern Canada.
And so, Ottawa - Boston is
correct!
Here are the round trip scheds from 1989.....
7F 900: Ottawa (YOW) 6:50a - 8:20a Boston (BOS)
Op: Daily except Sat. & Sun.
Equip: HS-748
Meal: Breakfast
7F 910: Ottawa (YOW) 7:50a - 9:25a Boston (BOS)
Op: Sat. only
Equip: HS-748
Meal: Breakfast
7F 920: Ottawa (YOW) 5:30p - 6:30p Boston (BOS)
Op: Daily except Sat.
Equip: B727-100 Combi
Meal: Dinner
7F 901: Boston (BOS) 8:55a - 10:40a Ottawa (YOW)
Op: Daily except Sat. & Sun.
Equip: HS-748
Meal: Breakfast
7F 911: Boston (BOS) 10:00a - 11:40a Ottawa (YOW)
Op: Sat. only
Equip: HS-748
Meal: Breakfast
7F 921: Boston (BOS) 7:10p - 8:15p Ottawa (YOW)
Op: Daily except Sat.
Equip: B727-100 Combi
Meal: Dinner
I wonder how much freight was actually transported on the main deck of the 727 Combi on the flights operated with this equipment?