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jlemon
48. Also in 1980, this air carrier was operating a direct flight once a week from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo. The service in question made four stops en route from GIG to NRT. Identify the airline, all four stops in order and the aircraft type.
JAL certainly served Brazil in the 1980s, I know they operated NRT-LAX-Brazil with 747 later in the '80s. And MEX-YVR-NRT was another classic JAL route. So, to squeeze more stops in in 1980, how about JL with a D8L operating GIG-VCP-LIM-MEX-YVR-NRT.
60. Also in 1996, four airlines were operating flights from Sao Paulo to Miami and although not all of these flights were nonstop, they were all operated with various wide body aircraft types. Only one of these airlines was operating a daily flight from GRU to MIA with a Boeing 777-200. Name that air carrier.
Maybe the twilight of UA's Latin America hub at MIA that it picked up from PA in 1992 or thereabouts? UA is my guess.