Originally Posted by
Herb687
Next guess: Tampa.
9. Now that's what I call a direct routing....and Tampa is
correct!
Here's the complete Northwest Orient sched....
NW 1: Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 7:00a - 7:50a Tampa (TPA) 8:30a - 10:45a Los Angeles (LAX) 12:35p - 5:05p+1 Tokyo Narita (NRT) with an equipment change at LAX (see Note below for continuing scheds from NRT)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: F/Y FLL-LAX, F/C/Y LAX-NRT and beyond
Meal services: Breakfast TPA-LAX, Lunch followed by a Snack with Regal Imperial service LAX-NRT
Equip: 757-251 FLL-LAX, 747-251B LAX-NRT and beyond
Note: On Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays, NW 1 continued on to Taipei (TPE), depart NRT 6:05p, arrive TPE 8:55p. On Thursdays and Saturdays, NW 1 continued on to Osaka (OSA) and Taipei (TPE), depart NRT 6:05p, arrive OSA 7:10p (no local traffic NRT-OSA), depart OSA 7:55p, arrive TPE 9:55p. On Fridays, NW 1 continued on to Taipei (TPE), depart NRT 7:10p, arrive TPE 10:00p
Here's a photo of a Northwest Orient Boeing 757-251 (named the "City of Boston") at LAX in 1985....
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Nort...7-251/313077/L