Originally Posted by
WHBM
Did the Pan Am/Delta codeshare flight which ran London-Washington-Atlanta-New Orleans ever have the 747 go through to New Orleans ? The odd timetable I've seen has a Change Of Gauge at Atlanta (to a DC9 !), but given the through flight number did the 747 ever work through, maybe at the start. The DC8 used before the widebody changeover certainly worked right through.
That possibility occurred to me as well. In fact, I researched it extensively. However, I could find no evidence concerning Delta operating 747 service into New Orleans and that when the DL/PA DC8 interchange service went away, passengers originating in MSY then had to connect to the DL/PA 747 interchange service via ATL and vice versa.
At least, that's the conclusion I came to.....and I would love to see any information that supports scheduled 747 service into New Orleans.