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Old Jul 31, 2019, 11:59 am
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Originally Posted by jlemon
46. (1995) You’ve recently received an invitation to join friends whose son is playing in a polo match in Hamilton, Bermuda. Sounds like fun! Why not? The last time you flew to Bermuda from New York, all of the flights departed from JFK. These days you’re pleased to find that one airline offers a single daily nonstop out of LaGuardia. You call the airline and book a First Class seat. Identify the airline and aircraft you’ll be flying upon.

This sure sounds like USAir. And since we'll be in First Class, of course, let's go with a B727-200.

That's the ticket, JL. ^ Here's the schedule...

US Air US 599 New York (LGA) 830a-1125a B Bermuda (BDA) 727-200 Daily

59. (1995) Boy, this has been one helluva rough trip to Reno. First you misplaced your cell phone at the National Automobile Museum and then you lost your socks playing poker against some wily local card sharks posing as affable if somewhat mildly brain damaged tourists from Nashville. Damn! How could this happen?! And now you don’t even have enough to buy plane fare back to Denver on United. Thankfully there’s another airline offering a single daily nonstop flight for considerably less than United’s nonstops. You book yourself a seat and then call your cousin Jimmy to see if he can give you a ride home from DIA. Identify the airline and the aircraft type if you please.

Back in 1995, MarkAir was struggling to survive. Neil Bergt had decided to re-create his air carrier (which had begun life flying intrastate routes in Alaska with B737-200 combi aircraft) as a low fare airline with a Denver hub. So I think we are talking about MarkAir here with an all-coach configured B737-300.

Correct! At its peak, Markair flew coast to coast with a surprisingly diverse route network. The fleet included 737-300 and 737-400 aircraft.

Markair BF 422 Reno (RNO) 105p-400p Denver (DEN) 737-300 Daily
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