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Old Nov 28, 2019 | 8:24 pm
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Originally Posted by STS-134
Wow that's absolutely pathetic. I wouldn't take any airline seriously that didn't at least fly to PEK, PVG, ICN, LHR, and FRA from the US. It's shocking that as late as 1983, UA flew to none of the above.
Wow I feel so old.

STS-134, I don't even know where to start, but you might find the history of the U.S. aviation industry fascinating.

OK maybe I do know where to start - here: Until not that long ago (as in, within my lifetime and I like to think I am not THAT old), only two U.S. airlines, neither of which still exist today, were allowed to have transatlantic and transpacific operations. What we consider to be the "majors" today (UA, AA, DL) could only operate domestically, with some exceptions to Canada and Mexico.

Things have come a long way in a short period of time. As an example, it was quite a fight for AA to be allowed to fly even DFW-LHR. I think that wasn't allowed until like the 1990s, maybe even 2000s?
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