Originally Posted by
jrl767
7. (1969) … how are you gonna get from Halifax to Auckland?
[color=#000000]Your travel agent has come up with a solution. It involves three flights on three airlines. The first flight is nonstop (Thank God, eh?!) but the second flight makes three enroute stops. After a three hour layover, you’ll connect to a nonstop flight to Auckland. The second and third flights are operated by the same type of aircraft.
The first flight is not. the three-stop second flight clearly suggests the Qantas “Fiesta Route” 707 service between Bermuda/BDA and Papeete/PPT; as we have discussed several times over the years, this flight operated via Nassau/NAS, Mexico City/MEX, and Acapulco/ACA
PPT-AKL on a 707 would have been Pan Am
in 1969, I have to think Air Canada’s YHZ-BDA service still featured a Vickers Vanguard
Close enough.
Air Canada AC 686 Halifax (YHZ) 1145a – 135p Bermuda (BDA) DC-8-40 Sa
Qantas QF 581 Bermuda (BDA) 430p – 540p Nassau (NAS) 630p – 850p Mexico City (MEX) 1000p – 1055p Acapulco (ACA) 1155p – 415a Papeete (PPT) 707-320 Sa
Pan American PA 815 Papeete (PPT) 715a – 1040a Auckland (AKL) 707-320 Su