Originally Posted by
hfly
Blue, OAG may have published that, but I can say with 100% certainty that neither AA nor any other carrier had a Transatlantic flight into GLA in October 1991. 1) Because I remember vividly remember that NWA was the ONLY airline that flew into Scotland prior to GLA (into Prestwick), 2) NWA was the first to then fly into GLA (when they switched airports), and 3) I flew Prestwick-BOS on NWA in December 1991. This was the days before the internet and "printed" schedules often printed things that were planned, but not everything happened the way they were planned and you could have errors extend through several seasons. Now when one looks at the 1990-1992 time period there was A LOT going on in regards to US/UK bilaterals (Bermuda 2), there was the sale of the Pan Am London hub to United, as well as TWA's routes to AA. There were A LOT of negotiations happening, allowing the "new" carriers to operate, allowing VS to operate from LHR, and as a part of this allowing airports other than Prestwick to accept Trans-Atlantic flights, IIRC Glasgow was originally looking to get these flights since 1987 or so, and the negotiations went on and on, there were issues with GLA building out its new terminal, and of course the fact that Scottish aviation obviously took a backseat to everything else they were negotiating.
That's a lot of words to say
"Dude, trust me"
However, I'll rest with my ticket from February 1992 which I still have (and I wasn't on the inaugural flight), over a faulty recollection.
Originally Posted by
Redmongoose
Thanks, good article. I remember visiting that office that's mentioned to be ticketed.
Originally Posted by
DYKWIA
I wouldn't do it myself (gave up on BA years ago), but plenty of people still do.
Yes, me for one. I just wouldn't go via the Middle East.