Originally Posted by
jlemon
50. As the schedule in question appeared in the OAG, we can safely say it wasn't a charter....and please know my quiz items always concern scheduled services and thus not charters. Plus, oh by the way, you are correct! Here's the sched.....
The charters I alluded to were a way used by Canadian airlines to get around the limitations on where they could fly to the U.S. in the pre open skies days. They were operated by the vacation arms of the airlines, and were pretty much "regular" flights that had fixed schedules. I'm curious to know if your schedule/timetable source shows the flights from YVR/YYC (among other western Canada origins) to RNO and LAS. These ran regularly on Thursdays and Sundays evenings (turning around the same night) and were usually operated by CP and PW. I'm not sure if one could buy a seat only or if a package (including accommodation) was required.