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YVR Cockroach Feb 15, 2002 6:45 am

Airlines you never flew and will never get a chance to
 
because they're gone to the great terminal in the sky

My list (scheduled only):

Eastern Provincial (CP/AC)
QuebecAir/NordAir (CP/AC)
Air Cal (AA)
Frontier (CO? original)
Midway (original)
Eastern
Braniff
TWA (AA)
Republic (NW)
Ozark (NW?)
New York (CO)
Texas (became Continental?)
Toa Domestic
Japan Air Systems (still have time before absorption by JL) but not much)
UTA (AF)
British Caledonia (BA)
Ansett (original)

Misc. others
VIASA
Air Afrique
Mark Air
Morris Air

Yours?

richard Feb 15, 2002 9:42 am

MGM. They had an all-business (or was it all F) flight LAX-JFK.

nwr1txg Feb 15, 2002 9:53 am

Reno Air
Western Airlines

Tyler Durden Feb 15, 2002 10:39 am

A ton, actually. But I don't feel all that bad about, say, People Express or Western or stuff like that. Nothing against them, I just don't feel bad I missed out.

The ones I wish I'd flown ...

Pan Am
Braniff (I may have flown them, but been too young to remember. Evidence is spotty, at best.)
BOAC (before my time.)

Interflug (why not?)


[This message has been edited by Tyler Durden (edited 02-15-2002).]

Middle_Seat Feb 15, 2002 5:23 pm


<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
Texas (became Continental?)</font>
I believe that Trans Texas Airways became Southwest Airlines.

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Middle_Seat

DENROC Feb 15, 2002 7:55 pm

WOW --MGM ; there's a name from the past.

Morrissey Feb 15, 2002 11:05 pm

I can't believe no one has mentioned Pilgrim Airlines!

777fan Feb 15, 2002 11:36 pm

What about PSA?
They had the smile on the plane.

BillMorrow Feb 16, 2002 7:11 pm

Chalks.

Although there is a small remnant left. It's route structure is nothing like the original.

aamilesslave Feb 17, 2002 8:17 pm

Legend...never had the chance to try out their service out of Dallas Love Field.

makin'miles Feb 17, 2002 10:11 pm

Air-Inter
Air Alma

ExMo Feb 17, 2002 11:03 pm


<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Middle_Seat:
I believe that Trans Texas Airways became Southwest Airlines.

</font>

Nope, terenz was correct. Trans Texas Airlines (often referred to by those that flew them as Tree Top Airlines, with some justification) morphed into Texas International and eventually bought the remnants of Continental in the early '80s, assuming the latter's name in the process.

I believe Herb Kelleher started Southwest from scratch as an intrastate Texas airline in the early '70s.


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