Originally Posted by
WHBM
I think this was Braniff, on a One-Eleven through Shreveport. It likely continued on across the farm belt and ended up in Minneapolis. Good One-Eleven type operation, completely different to how they were used in Europe. I think this was an old Mid-Continent Airways routing who Braniff took over in the 1950s.
10. Correct on all counts, sir! Here's the complete milk run sched.....
BN 250: New Orleans (MSY) 6:30p - 7:25p Shreveport (SHV) 7:40p - 8:23p Fort Smith (FSM) 8:38p - 9:09p Tulsa (TUL) 9:25p - 10:12p Kansas City (MKC) 10:50p - 11:32p Omaha (OMA) 11:52p - 1:43a Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: F/Y
Meal service: Dinner MSY-SHV
Equip:
JET BAC One-11
The acquisition of Mid-Continent by Braniff enabled BN to begin serving such cities as New Orleans, Shreveport, Omaha, Minneapolis/St. Paul and St. Louis for the first time. Braniff was already serving Fort Smith on a basically east-west basis when it acquired Mid-Continent which also served Fort Smith.