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Dec 8, 2018 | 1:42 pm

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Originally Posted by jrl767

18. The year is 1998. You’re in Mexico City and you’re looking to fly up to Winnipeg, Canada. Now here’s where it gets fun – You’ve come up with a fairly straight-line itinerary (no wildly zig-zagging routings – they don’t count and never will with my questions) utilizing four flights aboard four different airlines, all of which will be operated with the DC-9-10. Thinking about the airlines that still operate the DC-9-10, here are some additional hints:

One of the connecting cities is in Mexico, which means a domestic Mexican flight, which means a Mexican airline out of MEX.
The flight from the Mexican connecting city has one intermediate stop enroute to Dallas where you’ll overnight.
From Dallas you’ll fly nonstop to the next connecting city. The flight from that city to Winnipeg has one intermediate stop.
We know that the first connecting point is MTY. Aeromexico and Midwest Express are not airlines of record. Northwest is involved at some point.

Let's try this:

Aero California MEX-MTY Correct! JR 422 Mexico City (MEX) 1110a-1225p Monterrey (MTY) DC-9-10 Daily
Continental MTY-IAH-DFW Correct! CO 496 Monterrey (MTY) 430p-550p Houston (IAH) 650p-756p Dallas (DFW) DC-9-10 X6
Midwest Express DFW-MKE Incorrect!.Remember, YX is not involved in this itinerary
Northwest MKE-MSP-YWG Incorrect! NW is correct.Once you identify the correct airline and connecting city out of DFW, you'll be home free.

Way to wade in and tackle the tough ones, J! ^^ You've almost got this! Good luck on the final two legs.

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