Originally Posted by
jlemon
12. According to the OAG, in late 1978 this small, obscure airline was operating nonstop service between Miami (MIA) and Key West (EYW) with three different equipment types including the Douglas DC-3, the Convair 440 and the Boeing 737. And none of these flights were indicated in the OAG as code sharing services. They were all operated by the same specific air carrier on an independent basis. Name this airline.
14. It's 1985 and you are in Geneva planning to depart to Albuquerque. Uh oh.....the Swissair 747-300 nonstop from GVA to JFK is completely sold out! And you've also discovered there is no nonstop service offered from any New York City area airport to ABQ. So you are going to have to be creative with your itinerary. Ah, here's a solution! You will have to make two connections. Your journey will involve two air carriers with the first airline operating two nonstop flights and the second airline operating a direct one stop flight. Different aircraft types will be operated on each flight. Identify the air carrier operating the first two flights as well as the first connection airport along with the second connection airport and the second airline with your answer including the stop made by this flight. And, of course, name all three aircraft types.
Time to close out these two....
12. The OAG identifies this air carrier as Key West-based Air Sunshine using the two letter "AG" code. And it appears Air Sunshine was in transition at this time as the company had been recently purchased by Air Florida which reportedly then transferred the Convair 440 and Douglas DC-3 prop equipment to its Air Florida commuter operation. But what about the jet equipment which the OAG identifies as the 737-100? Well, information is scarce concerning the Air Sunshine jet service....but
Seat 2A and yours truly think this may have actually been an Air Florida 737 being operated as an Air Sunshine flight via the "AG" code. By the fall of 1979, a later edition of the OAG lists five roundtrip flights a day between Miami and Key West operated with Air Florida "737" equipment. Air Florida indeed operated the 737-100 including this aircraft which was acquired from Singapore Airlines and was still wearing the Singapore livery with Air Florida titles...
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/547566/N46AF
BTW, it appears the airplane in the photo was initially delivered new to Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA) and then subsequently operated by Singapore following the breakup of MSA into two separate air carriers.
14. Here are the KLM Royal Dutch and Eastern scheds...
KL 320: Geneva (GVA) 11:10a - 12:35p Amsterdam (AMS)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: C/Y
Meal service: None listed
Equip: DC-9-15
Connecting to....
KL 621: Amsterdam (AMS) 1:45p - 5:15p Atlanta (ATL)
Freq: Daily except Tuesdays and Thursdays
Service classes: F/C/Y
Meal service: Lunch
Equip: 747-200
Note: KL 621 operated as KL 665 on Mondays only
Connecting to....
EA 691: Atlanta (ATL) 7:26p - 8:35p El Paso (ELP) 9:05p - 10:03p Albuquerque (ABQ)
Freq: Daily
Service classes: F/Y
Meal service: Dinner ATL-ELP
Equip: 727-200
BTW, KLM Royal Dutch reportedly operated its DC-9-15 aircraft until 1989. Here's one in Geneva....
https://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM-...9-15/1177552/L
I'll now withdraw the other unanswered quiz questions from my first set for possible resubmission in the future.