Originally Posted by
LovePrunes
i had no idea that old AA flights had "route names" like Amtrak continues to have for its trains. This lists "the night owl", "the southerner", "American Arrow", and then some with just numbers.
there could be a whole thread for appropriate nicknames for particular flights today (not to get off topic)
just amazing how few flights there really were that they would extend naming from trains to planes. Pretty cool actually.
And it was pretty cool when airlines branded their service on flights. "Flagship Service" was of course AA. UA had "Ocean to Ocean", "Four Star", and "Friendship Service". The FA's would refer to it in their pre-flight announcements. We didn't know how good we had it back then! Now, it is often more akin to riding a bus and I probably just insulted Greyhound!