Past 747 Routes to the US?
May 19, 2006, 3:33 am
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Past 747 Routes to the US?
On what routes from ZRH or GVA has LX operated 747 aircraft in the 1980s to the East Coast of the US? Anyone remember?
May 19, 2006, 10:27 am
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I have a North America summer timetable from 1984. (Souvenir from my first transatlantic flight. 
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Back then, Swissair operated the following routes to the US (all daily, all on 747s)
ZRH-JFK-ZRH (SR 100/101)
ZRH-GVA-JFK-GVA-ZRH (SR 110/111)
ZRH-BOS-ORD-BOS-ZRH (SR 128/129)
EDIT: Funny thing... I just noticed that I posted this exactly 22 years after that JFK-ZRH flight (May 19, 1984).
)Back then, Swissair operated the following routes to the US (all daily, all on 747s)
ZRH-JFK-ZRH (SR 100/101)
ZRH-GVA-JFK-GVA-ZRH (SR 110/111)
ZRH-BOS-ORD-BOS-ZRH (SR 128/129)
EDIT: Funny thing... I just noticed that I posted this exactly 22 years after that JFK-ZRH flight (May 19, 1984).
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May 19, 2006, 12:58 pm
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How long did the 747 last on the GVA-JFK-GVA route before switching to MD-11? or was it always off and on?
May 19, 2006, 7:33 pm
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Airfleets has interesting details on the SR 747s:
http://airfleets.net/flottecie/Swiss...story-b747.htm
Log of HB-IGB in the late 70s early 80s
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...b747&msn=20117
Log of HB-IGG flying IAD-BOS-ZRH in 1995:
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...b747&msn=23751
Log of MD11 HB-IWB flying GVA-JFK in 1996:
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...md11&msn=48444
http://airfleets.net/flottecie/Swiss...story-b747.htm
Log of HB-IGB in the late 70s early 80s
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...b747&msn=20117
Log of HB-IGG flying IAD-BOS-ZRH in 1995:
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...b747&msn=23751
Log of MD11 HB-IWB flying GVA-JFK in 1996:
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...md11&msn=48444
May 20, 2006, 4:55 pm
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Memory lane...
I definitely recall taking these 747 routes:
a) SR 100/101 ZRH-JFK
b) SR 110/111 ZRH-GVA-JFK
c) ZRH-BOS
d) ZRH-ATL
e) NRT-HKG-BOM-ZRH (a horrible routing, plus I had an intestinal flu!)
I think only the JFK routes were the full passenger configuration, the other routes were flown with combis. The big trick in those days was to get row 67: upper deck coach exit row. Actually I remember when the 747-300 first came on line in the 80s - now I really feel old
ZRH-ORD was on a DC-10 as best I can remember (took it in the late 80s I think). The DC-10s were actually great planes in coach as well - they even had huge motorized racks with room for everyone's coats that disappeared behind the movie screens! My favourite DC-10 landing ever: on packed snow in ANC en route from ZRH to NRT.
Andre
a) SR 100/101 ZRH-JFK
b) SR 110/111 ZRH-GVA-JFK
c) ZRH-BOS
d) ZRH-ATL
e) NRT-HKG-BOM-ZRH (a horrible routing, plus I had an intestinal flu!)
I think only the JFK routes were the full passenger configuration, the other routes were flown with combis. The big trick in those days was to get row 67: upper deck coach exit row. Actually I remember when the 747-300 first came on line in the 80s - now I really feel old
ZRH-ORD was on a DC-10 as best I can remember (took it in the late 80s I think). The DC-10s were actually great planes in coach as well - they even had huge motorized racks with room for everyone's coats that disappeared behind the movie screens! My favourite DC-10 landing ever: on packed snow in ANC en route from ZRH to NRT.
Andre
May 20, 2006, 6:07 pm
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Some of the DC10s in service with former SR are actually still flying with NW and are being phased out this year due to high fuel consumption.
So if you are interested catch one AMS-BOM or MSP-HNL!
Some info:
a DC10-3 from 1980:
http://airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-dc10-46583.htm
from 1974 still operating:
http://airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-dc10-46580.htm
So if you are interested catch one AMS-BOM or MSP-HNL!
Some info:
a DC10-3 from 1980:
http://airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-dc10-46583.htm
from 1974 still operating:
http://airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-dc10-46580.htm
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May 21, 2006, 9:29 am
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Originally Posted by Andre
I definitely recall taking these 747 routes:
a) SR 100/101 ZRH-JFK
b) SR 110/111 ZRH-GVA-JFK
c) ZRH-BOS
d) ZRH-ATL
e) NRT-HKG-BOM-ZRH (a horrible routing, plus I had an intestinal flu!)
Andre
a) SR 100/101 ZRH-JFK
b) SR 110/111 ZRH-GVA-JFK
c) ZRH-BOS
d) ZRH-ATL
e) NRT-HKG-BOM-ZRH (a horrible routing, plus I had an intestinal flu!)
Andre
May 22, 2006, 9:52 am
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Originally Posted by anewsenator
ZRH-BOS-PHL-BOS-ZRH was also operated by 743/743Combi but not on a daily basis, as was ZRH-PEK-SHA-PEK-ZRH as well as ZRH-BOM-ZRH. Formerly the routing to the Far East was ZRH-BOM-HKG-SEL but never to NRT, iirc.
Originally Posted by oliver2002
Some of the DC10s in service with former SR are actually still flying with NW and are being phased out this year due to high fuel consumption.
So if you are interested catch one AMS-BOM or MSP-HNL!
So if you are interested catch one AMS-BOM or MSP-HNL!
May 24, 2006, 11:39 am
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Originally Posted by oliver2002
Airfleets has interesting details on the SR 747s:
http://airfleets.net/flottecie/Swiss...story-b747.htm
Log of HB-IGB in the late 70s early 80s
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...b747&msn=20117
Log of HB-IGG flying IAD-BOS-ZRH in 1995:
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...b747&msn=23751
Log of MD11 HB-IWB flying GVA-JFK in 1996:
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...md11&msn=48444
http://airfleets.net/flottecie/Swiss...story-b747.htm
Log of HB-IGB in the late 70s early 80s
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...b747&msn=20117
Log of HB-IGG flying IAD-BOS-ZRH in 1995:
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...b747&msn=23751
Log of MD11 HB-IWB flying GVA-JFK in 1996:
http://airfleets.net/flightlog/index...md11&msn=48444
I flew on -IGE or -IGF (any way I could find out which one it was?) BOS-ZRH in August 99 in what would have been one of their last flights to US before the M11 took over. Flew in F and despite no flat bed etc etc I still felt like a prince!