Originally Posted by
WHBM
I'll guess this was Air New Zealand, who were still stuck at Gatwick at the time, operating FRA-LGW-LAX-AKL.
56. Air New Zealand is
correct! Here's the complete sched....
NZ 3: Frankfurt (FRA) 12:40 - 13:25 London Gatwick (LGW) 15:15 - 18:30 Los Angeles (LAX) 20:15 - 06:00 Auckland (AKL)
Freq: Fridays only
Equip: B747-400
Service classes: P/J/Y
BTW, Air New Zealand was the only airline operating nonstop B747-400 service between LGW and LAX at this time.
Bonus quiz item.....
Only one airline was operating B747-400 service nonstop from Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to London Gatwick (LGW) in the fall of 1993. This flight was operated three days a week. However, on November 1 of that year, this airline began serving London Heathrow (LHR) instead of LGW from CDG with a B747-400 and dropped the frequency to just one nonstop flight a week. Both of these flights originated in Asia. Name this air carrier.