Old Timer's Airline Quiz and Discussion.
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18. (2001) It’s been a wonderful week of sun and fun on the island of Maui but as ever, all good things must eventually come to an end. So it is that you turn your sunburnt face to the east - and a tad north I suppose - and prepare for the long journey back to your home in the bustling Caribbean metropolis of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Never one to pass up an opportunity for adventure in flying, you’ve worked out a fantastic itinerary between HNL and SDQ that will involve five flights on four airlines utilizing five different models of widebodied aircraft, none of which are European built. (It took me about an hour to research this question and I’ve found only one routing that makes it work. As always, my routings are fairly straight forward affairs - no irrational zigzagging involved.) Identify the four airlines (remember - one airline operates two of these flights), the routing (honestly, it shouldn’t be that hard. I mean, we’re talking Kahului here) and the five different aircraft types (none of which are different variants (i.e. -10, -30) from one another.
[b]
OGG-LAX Hawaiian DC-10 is correct!
LAX-ATL Delta is correct!
LAX-ATL 767-300 is correct!
LAX-ATL MD11 is incorrect
ATL-MIA is incorrect
ATL-SJU is incorrect
ATA L-1011 are correct!
OAK & MIA are incorrect
Lufthansa is incorrect
[b]
Originally Posted by jrl767
18- Third time the charm?
- OGG-LAX HA D10
- LAX-ATL DL M11
- ATL-MIA DL 763
- MIA-SJU AA 777
- SJU-SDQ KL 747 (yep, “744” was indeed a typo)
OGG-LAX Hawaiian DC-10 is correct!
LAX-ATL Delta is correct!
LAX-ATL 767-300 is correct!
LAX-ATL MD11 is incorrect
ATL-MIA is incorrect
ATL-SJU is incorrect
ATA L-1011 are correct!
OAK & MIA are incorrect
Lufthansa is incorrect
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Dec 3, 2021, 10:23 pm
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26. (2001) You’ll be traveling from your home outside Abbotsford, BC to Toluca, Mexico in order to study high altitude hydroponic gardening with some local enthusiasts that you read about in a recent edition of Mother Jones magazine. Two nonstop flights will be involved - neither of them on Canadian or Mexican airlines. Once you’ve determined the closest airports requisite to your home and destination as well as the two airlines involved, you’ll also need to identify the connection point and the two different aircraft types. Andale pues!
27. (1995) As the leading paleontologist at the University of Montana in Missoula, you’ve been invited to participate in the inspection of a fascinating new bed of fossils discovered along BC’s west coast, just 50 miles north of Vancouver. The local travel agent has found you a convenient connection between MSO and YVR involving two nonstop flights aboard two different airlines, each operating a different equipment type. Can you unearth the usual triumvirate of details?
28. (1994) After five days of frolicking on the idyllic beaches of Antigua, it’s time to relocate to the desert sands of Death Valley National Park. You’ve found a great connection to Las Vegas involving two nonstop flights, both of them utilizing the same type of equipment with a convenient hour and a half connection time which just meets the minimum connection time standard at your connection point. Identify the two airlines, the connection airport and the aircraft type.
29. (2001) As the recently elected representative of Florida's 8th Congressional District, you’ll be traveling often between Washington DC and Melbourne, Florida. You expected that you’d be making a lot of connections through Atlanta’s Hartsfield International, so you are pleasantly surprised to discover that there’s a single daily nonstop flight each afternoon out of Washington’s convenient National Airport. Identify the airline and aircraft type operating on this route.
30. (1993) There are no casinos nor any other type of legalized gambling in the state of Hawaii, so if you want to hone your considerable skills in the game of Baccarat, you’ll have to fly to the mainland. Vegas and Reno are all well and good but this time you’ve decided to try you luck down in Laughlin, Nevada. The decision is made that much easier upon discovering that Laughlin’s airport - located just across the Colorado River in Bullhead City, AZ - is accessible each day from Honolulu via a single connection involving two nonstop flights on two different airlines, each operating a different aircraft type. Identify the two airlines, the connection airport and the two aircraft types.
31. (1989) It’s a beautiful autumn morning as you alight from your taxi and head into the terminal at St. Croix’s Alexander Hamilton International Airport. Ahead lies a full day of flying - all aboard the same airline - all the way through to Cleveland, Ohio. All three flights will be nonstop, utilizing three different aircraft types. Please identify the airlines, aircraft and routing.
32. (1972) By 1972, scheduled flights aboard de Havilland’s Comet were becoming increasingly difficult to come by. So it is that you can barely contain your excitement at having just booked First Class seats aboard a pair of Comet 4s between Nairobi and London (LHR). Your first flight will be a mid-morning one-stop departure to the connection point where, after a one hour layover, you’ll continue on to London with the same airline aboard another one-stop flight to London. Identify the airline and the route, please.
33. (1992) Plane spotters parked out along NW 72nd Ave off Millam Dairy Road are in for a treat this winter with four airlines operating scheduled flights into Miami with DC-8s. Two airlines operate standard 8s (srs 10-50) while the other two operate the 60 series. Can you identify which airlines we’re referencing here?
34. (1991) From the sunny beaches of Puerto Plata to the snowy slopes of Colorado’s Rockies, yours is a life of adventure. This extends to your air travels as well, and tomorrow’s journey will be a good example. You’ll be flying from Puerto Plata to Denver aboard three different airlines, each operating a different aircraft type (not variant) with each of the aircraft having been built by the same manufacturer.
35. (MISC) Can you identify the highest and lowest airports in the U.S. that have had (past or present) commercial air service?
36. (2001) You need to fly from Milwaukee to San Juan next week and you’ve come up with a great itinerary involving two nonstop flights on two different airlines, both of which will be operating the same type of aircraft. There is one little hitch however - you will need to transfer from one airport to another at the connection point. No problem! You’ll have almost four hours and it just so happens that a friend who lives in the area has volunteered to provide the transfer if you’ll provide lunch. Right on! Identify all the usual stuff please keeping in mind that Northwest is not one of the airlines involved.
37. (1995) it’s been a great week of sun and snow on the slopes of Vail Mountain, but now you’re ready for a bit of sun and sand on the beautiful beach at Hanauma Bay. You were originally scheduled to fly through Denver but a big storm along the Front Range has shut down DIA. Thankfully it’s still possible to fly all the way through from Vail to Honolulu without changing airlines. There’ll be two nonstop flights involved as well as a change of aircraft types at the connection point. Identify all the usual stuff, please.
38. (1994) You are in Allentown, PA enjoying dinner with your wife when you receive a call from the head office asking if you can be in Ft. Worth, TX for a consultation with the Southwest Regional Office tomorrow afternoon. Hmm… Getting from ABE to DFW is gonna require at least one connection, so you are pleased to discover that there’s a two-stop direct flight departing ABE tomorrow morning. Right on! You book one seat - in First Class please - and return to the dinner table just in time to enjoy your wife’s delicious Crème Brûlée. Identify the airline, the two enroute stops and the aircraft type please.
39. (2001) Ay yi yi! What a great week you had in Puerto Vallarta! Additionally, you can hardly wait to sample the two bottles of boutique tequila you’ll be bringing back to Boston with you. As to your travel plans, they involve two airlines - each of them operating nonstop flights via a single connection point. Each flight is over 1000 miles long. Lunch and dinner will be served along the way and you’ll be able to fly First Class on the second leg. Identify the routing, the two airlines and the two aircraft types (both of them powered by the ubiquitous JT8D engine) to be flown.
40. (1989) Life in the hills around Roanoke, Virginia sure is pleasant but a recent radio contest offering a chance to spend a couple weeks in Hawaii simply can not be passed up. In order to win, all you have to do is figure out how to get from Roanoke to Honolulu on three airlines utilizing three different jets equipped with a total of eleven engines. If you’re only halfway mathematically proficient you should have no problem figuring out that your options are limited with regard to aircraft types. Oh - there is one more thing. You cannot fly through the state of California. So - there you have it? Are you game?
41. (1972) You need to fly from East Berlin (German Democratic Republic) to Beirut but the only nonstop flight is with Interflug operating a Russian built IL-62. There are no other nonstop or direct flights. You’ve never felt comfortable flying aboard Russian jets but of course there are not a lot of airlines flying into East Berlin that don’t operate Russian built equipment. KLM comes in with a DC-9 but only once a week and not the day you want. Tarom comes in with a BAC-111 but its flights don’t connect without an overnight. JAT comes in with a DC-9 from Zagreb but there’s no direct way to Beirut from there. Hmm… what’s this? An online connection featuring two nonstop flights, both of them utilizing the same type of western built equipment. The layover is just 1:50 and there’s even First Class available on both legs. Book it, Comrade! So what’re we looking at here? Gimme all the particulars, please.
42. (1992) If you wanted to fly into Birmingham, England on a scheduled flight aboard a widebody aircraft, you have to fly this airline from this location.
43. (1991) Next week you’ll be flying from Montreal to San Diego. A trip of this distance offers a great opportunity to check out some new airlines and different equipment types. Money is no object. Well now, you’ve found quite a nice deal involving three nonstop flights on three airlines, each of them operating a jet with a different number of engines. Your trip will involve one non-North American airline so you’ll be departing from Montreal’s Mirabel International Airport. Thankfully however, you’ll not have to route through New York City. Identify each of the three airlines and their respective aircraft as well as the route flown.
44. What airline operated the first jet flight within South America? What was the route and equipment?
45. (2001) Enough of this overbearing humidity! It’s time to dock the catamaran in Castries and relocate to the nice dry heat over on Lake Havasu in Arizona. Though you were expecting the transition to be fairly time consuming, you’ve found one airline that can get you from St. Lucia to Phoenix via a single connection involving two nonstop flights, both utilizing the same equipment type. Whhaaaat?! Book it, Danno! Airline, connection airport and aircraft type please.
46. (1995) What is the last city listed in the 1995 North American OAG that receives jet service? Identify the two airlines that serve it.
47. (1994) You need to get from Fairbanks, AK to Sacramento, CA on short notice. The normal thru fares are exorbitantly high with only a few hours advance notice, but your travel agent has managed to cobble together a surprisingly affordable itinerary involving three nonstop flights operated by three different airlines. Each airline operates an all-economy class configured fleet. Please identify the three airlines, the routing and - if you like - the aircraft types to be flown.
48. (1989) It’s not every day that business requires you to travel from New York City to Mexico, especially a place as seemingly obscure as Hermosillo. Still, with a population approaching 400,000 it’s not exactly a backwater. Indeed, it is the economic hub of an area covering hundreds of square miles. Now then, how to get there? Your travel agent has come up with a pretty decent deal involving a two stop direct flight out of LaGuardia to the connection airport whereupon, following an hour and forty minute layover you’ll fly nonstop to Hermosillo. Two airlines will be involved, both of which will be operating identical equipment, just painted in different colors. Please identify blah, blah, blah… You know what we want…
49. (1972) You are in Curacao and need to fly over to Nassau. For reasons best not discussed here, you’d prefer not to transit through Miami or anywhere else in the U.S. Thankfully you’ve come up with an excellent itinerary involving two nonstop flights on two different airlines, each operating a different type of jet equipment. You’ll have just over an hour layover at the connection point. Name the two airlines, the connection point and the two aircraft types.
50. (2001) The annual Conference of North American Meteorologists is being held this year in Dallas, Texas. As the chief meteorologist at Prince George’s CKPG television station, this conference offers a great opportunity to keep up with the latest advancements in the field as well as fly aboard a couple of aircraft types you’ve not yet flown before. You’ve pieced together an exciting itinerary involving three airlines operating three nonstop flights, each of them operated with equipment built outside of the United States. Identify the route, the three airlines and the three aircraft types.
27. (1995) As the leading paleontologist at the University of Montana in Missoula, you’ve been invited to participate in the inspection of a fascinating new bed of fossils discovered along BC’s west coast, just 50 miles north of Vancouver. The local travel agent has found you a convenient connection between MSO and YVR involving two nonstop flights aboard two different airlines, each operating a different equipment type. Can you unearth the usual triumvirate of details?
28. (1994) After five days of frolicking on the idyllic beaches of Antigua, it’s time to relocate to the desert sands of Death Valley National Park. You’ve found a great connection to Las Vegas involving two nonstop flights, both of them utilizing the same type of equipment with a convenient hour and a half connection time which just meets the minimum connection time standard at your connection point. Identify the two airlines, the connection airport and the aircraft type.
29. (2001) As the recently elected representative of Florida's 8th Congressional District, you’ll be traveling often between Washington DC and Melbourne, Florida. You expected that you’d be making a lot of connections through Atlanta’s Hartsfield International, so you are pleasantly surprised to discover that there’s a single daily nonstop flight each afternoon out of Washington’s convenient National Airport. Identify the airline and aircraft type operating on this route.
30. (1993) There are no casinos nor any other type of legalized gambling in the state of Hawaii, so if you want to hone your considerable skills in the game of Baccarat, you’ll have to fly to the mainland. Vegas and Reno are all well and good but this time you’ve decided to try you luck down in Laughlin, Nevada. The decision is made that much easier upon discovering that Laughlin’s airport - located just across the Colorado River in Bullhead City, AZ - is accessible each day from Honolulu via a single connection involving two nonstop flights on two different airlines, each operating a different aircraft type. Identify the two airlines, the connection airport and the two aircraft types.
31. (1989) It’s a beautiful autumn morning as you alight from your taxi and head into the terminal at St. Croix’s Alexander Hamilton International Airport. Ahead lies a full day of flying - all aboard the same airline - all the way through to Cleveland, Ohio. All three flights will be nonstop, utilizing three different aircraft types. Please identify the airlines, aircraft and routing.
32. (1972) By 1972, scheduled flights aboard de Havilland’s Comet were becoming increasingly difficult to come by. So it is that you can barely contain your excitement at having just booked First Class seats aboard a pair of Comet 4s between Nairobi and London (LHR). Your first flight will be a mid-morning one-stop departure to the connection point where, after a one hour layover, you’ll continue on to London with the same airline aboard another one-stop flight to London. Identify the airline and the route, please.
33. (1992) Plane spotters parked out along NW 72nd Ave off Millam Dairy Road are in for a treat this winter with four airlines operating scheduled flights into Miami with DC-8s. Two airlines operate standard 8s (srs 10-50) while the other two operate the 60 series. Can you identify which airlines we’re referencing here?
34. (1991) From the sunny beaches of Puerto Plata to the snowy slopes of Colorado’s Rockies, yours is a life of adventure. This extends to your air travels as well, and tomorrow’s journey will be a good example. You’ll be flying from Puerto Plata to Denver aboard three different airlines, each operating a different aircraft type (not variant) with each of the aircraft having been built by the same manufacturer.
35. (MISC) Can you identify the highest and lowest airports in the U.S. that have had (past or present) commercial air service?
36. (2001) You need to fly from Milwaukee to San Juan next week and you’ve come up with a great itinerary involving two nonstop flights on two different airlines, both of which will be operating the same type of aircraft. There is one little hitch however - you will need to transfer from one airport to another at the connection point. No problem! You’ll have almost four hours and it just so happens that a friend who lives in the area has volunteered to provide the transfer if you’ll provide lunch. Right on! Identify all the usual stuff please keeping in mind that Northwest is not one of the airlines involved.
37. (1995) it’s been a great week of sun and snow on the slopes of Vail Mountain, but now you’re ready for a bit of sun and sand on the beautiful beach at Hanauma Bay. You were originally scheduled to fly through Denver but a big storm along the Front Range has shut down DIA. Thankfully it’s still possible to fly all the way through from Vail to Honolulu without changing airlines. There’ll be two nonstop flights involved as well as a change of aircraft types at the connection point. Identify all the usual stuff, please.
38. (1994) You are in Allentown, PA enjoying dinner with your wife when you receive a call from the head office asking if you can be in Ft. Worth, TX for a consultation with the Southwest Regional Office tomorrow afternoon. Hmm… Getting from ABE to DFW is gonna require at least one connection, so you are pleased to discover that there’s a two-stop direct flight departing ABE tomorrow morning. Right on! You book one seat - in First Class please - and return to the dinner table just in time to enjoy your wife’s delicious Crème Brûlée. Identify the airline, the two enroute stops and the aircraft type please.
39. (2001) Ay yi yi! What a great week you had in Puerto Vallarta! Additionally, you can hardly wait to sample the two bottles of boutique tequila you’ll be bringing back to Boston with you. As to your travel plans, they involve two airlines - each of them operating nonstop flights via a single connection point. Each flight is over 1000 miles long. Lunch and dinner will be served along the way and you’ll be able to fly First Class on the second leg. Identify the routing, the two airlines and the two aircraft types (both of them powered by the ubiquitous JT8D engine) to be flown.
40. (1989) Life in the hills around Roanoke, Virginia sure is pleasant but a recent radio contest offering a chance to spend a couple weeks in Hawaii simply can not be passed up. In order to win, all you have to do is figure out how to get from Roanoke to Honolulu on three airlines utilizing three different jets equipped with a total of eleven engines. If you’re only halfway mathematically proficient you should have no problem figuring out that your options are limited with regard to aircraft types. Oh - there is one more thing. You cannot fly through the state of California. So - there you have it? Are you game?
41. (1972) You need to fly from East Berlin (German Democratic Republic) to Beirut but the only nonstop flight is with Interflug operating a Russian built IL-62. There are no other nonstop or direct flights. You’ve never felt comfortable flying aboard Russian jets but of course there are not a lot of airlines flying into East Berlin that don’t operate Russian built equipment. KLM comes in with a DC-9 but only once a week and not the day you want. Tarom comes in with a BAC-111 but its flights don’t connect without an overnight. JAT comes in with a DC-9 from Zagreb but there’s no direct way to Beirut from there. Hmm… what’s this? An online connection featuring two nonstop flights, both of them utilizing the same type of western built equipment. The layover is just 1:50 and there’s even First Class available on both legs. Book it, Comrade! So what’re we looking at here? Gimme all the particulars, please.
42. (1992) If you wanted to fly into Birmingham, England on a scheduled flight aboard a widebody aircraft, you have to fly this airline from this location.
43. (1991) Next week you’ll be flying from Montreal to San Diego. A trip of this distance offers a great opportunity to check out some new airlines and different equipment types. Money is no object. Well now, you’ve found quite a nice deal involving three nonstop flights on three airlines, each of them operating a jet with a different number of engines. Your trip will involve one non-North American airline so you’ll be departing from Montreal’s Mirabel International Airport. Thankfully however, you’ll not have to route through New York City. Identify each of the three airlines and their respective aircraft as well as the route flown.
44. What airline operated the first jet flight within South America? What was the route and equipment?
45. (2001) Enough of this overbearing humidity! It’s time to dock the catamaran in Castries and relocate to the nice dry heat over on Lake Havasu in Arizona. Though you were expecting the transition to be fairly time consuming, you’ve found one airline that can get you from St. Lucia to Phoenix via a single connection involving two nonstop flights, both utilizing the same equipment type. Whhaaaat?! Book it, Danno! Airline, connection airport and aircraft type please.
46. (1995) What is the last city listed in the 1995 North American OAG that receives jet service? Identify the two airlines that serve it.
47. (1994) You need to get from Fairbanks, AK to Sacramento, CA on short notice. The normal thru fares are exorbitantly high with only a few hours advance notice, but your travel agent has managed to cobble together a surprisingly affordable itinerary involving three nonstop flights operated by three different airlines. Each airline operates an all-economy class configured fleet. Please identify the three airlines, the routing and - if you like - the aircraft types to be flown.
48. (1989) It’s not every day that business requires you to travel from New York City to Mexico, especially a place as seemingly obscure as Hermosillo. Still, with a population approaching 400,000 it’s not exactly a backwater. Indeed, it is the economic hub of an area covering hundreds of square miles. Now then, how to get there? Your travel agent has come up with a pretty decent deal involving a two stop direct flight out of LaGuardia to the connection airport whereupon, following an hour and forty minute layover you’ll fly nonstop to Hermosillo. Two airlines will be involved, both of which will be operating identical equipment, just painted in different colors. Please identify blah, blah, blah… You know what we want…
49. (1972) You are in Curacao and need to fly over to Nassau. For reasons best not discussed here, you’d prefer not to transit through Miami or anywhere else in the U.S. Thankfully you’ve come up with an excellent itinerary involving two nonstop flights on two different airlines, each operating a different type of jet equipment. You’ll have just over an hour layover at the connection point. Name the two airlines, the connection point and the two aircraft types.
50. (2001) The annual Conference of North American Meteorologists is being held this year in Dallas, Texas. As the chief meteorologist at Prince George’s CKPG television station, this conference offers a great opportunity to keep up with the latest advancements in the field as well as fly aboard a couple of aircraft types you’ve not yet flown before. You’ve pieced together an exciting itinerary involving three airlines operating three nonstop flights, each of them operated with equipment built outside of the United States. Identify the route, the three airlines and the three aircraft types.
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18-
ATL-MCO DL M11
MCO-SJU AT L10
SJU-SDQ Iberia 747
9-
we’re not actually trying to identify the UX carrier, only the destination that had 727-100 service to IAD … let the guessing begin
Kansas City/MCI
ATL-MCO DL M11
MCO-SJU AT L10
SJU-SDQ Iberia 747
9-
we’re not actually trying to identify the UX carrier, only the destination that had 727-100 service to IAD … let the guessing begin
Kansas City/MCI
Dec 4, 2021, 1:45 am
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18. (2001) It’s been a wonderful week of sun and fun on the island of Maui but as ever, all good things must eventually come to an end. So it is that you turn your sunburnt face to the east - and a tad north I suppose - and prepare for the long journey back to your home in the bustling Caribbean metropolis of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Never one to pass up an opportunity for adventure in flying, you’ve worked out a fantastic itinerary between HNL and SDQ that will involve five flights on four airlines utilizing five different models of widebodied aircraft, none of which are European built. (It took me about an hour to research this question and I’ve found only one routing that makes it work. As always, my routings are fairly straight forward affairs - no irrational zigzagging involved.) Identify the four airlines (remember - one airline operates two of these flights), the routing (honestly, it shouldn’t be that hard. I mean, we’re talking Kahului here) and the five different aircraft types (none of which are different variants (i.e. -10, -30) from one another.
ATL-MCO DL M11
MCO-SJU AT L10
SJU-SDQ Iberia 747
Tenaciousness pays off. That's it.
Hawaiian HA 006 Kahului (OGG) 140p-940p D Los Angeles (LAX) DC-10 Daily
Delta DL 212 Los Angeles (LAX3) 1145p-703a S Atlanta (ATL) 767-300 Daily
Delta DL 1999 Atlanta (ATL) 845a-1010a Orlando (MCO) MD-11 Daily
American Trans Air TZ 433 Orlando (MCO) 1115a-205p San Juan (SJU) L-1011 Mo Tu We Th
Iberia IB 6511 San Juan (SJU) 320p-415p Santo Domingo (SDQ) 747-200 Tu Th Sa Su
9. (1991) You’ve just finished consulting on the new high-speed quad chairlift to be installed at Snowmass and Aspen Mountain and now you’re off for similar consultations at Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has thrown a wrench in the works with a spring blizzard along the Front Range that has shut down Denver’s Stapleton International. No problem, aren’t there a couple of flights through Chicago? Yes, but only on the weekends and tomorrow’s Thursday. Well jeez, what airlines fly into Burlington anyway? Your agent patiently taps away at her computer and voila - there IS another way - a three flight journey involving two connections with all flights aboard the same airline. Your flight out of Aspen will be on a regional jet followed by two mainstream jets. Identify the airline, routing and aircraft please.
We’re not actually trying to identify the UX carrier, only the destination that had 727-100 service to IAD … let the guessing begin
Kansas City/MCI
Knowing that Air Wisconsin is Not the operating carrier for UX might help eliminate some airport guesses such as MKE
As for MCI - well, as we like to say here...
Please, guess again!
ATL-MCO DL M11
MCO-SJU AT L10
SJU-SDQ Iberia 747
Tenaciousness pays off. That's it.
Hawaiian HA 006 Kahului (OGG) 140p-940p D Los Angeles (LAX) DC-10 Daily
Delta DL 212 Los Angeles (LAX3) 1145p-703a S Atlanta (ATL) 767-300 Daily
Delta DL 1999 Atlanta (ATL) 845a-1010a Orlando (MCO) MD-11 Daily
American Trans Air TZ 433 Orlando (MCO) 1115a-205p San Juan (SJU) L-1011 Mo Tu We Th
Iberia IB 6511 San Juan (SJU) 320p-415p Santo Domingo (SDQ) 747-200 Tu Th Sa Su
9. (1991) You’ve just finished consulting on the new high-speed quad chairlift to be installed at Snowmass and Aspen Mountain and now you’re off for similar consultations at Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has thrown a wrench in the works with a spring blizzard along the Front Range that has shut down Denver’s Stapleton International. No problem, aren’t there a couple of flights through Chicago? Yes, but only on the weekends and tomorrow’s Thursday. Well jeez, what airlines fly into Burlington anyway? Your agent patiently taps away at her computer and voila - there IS another way - a three flight journey involving two connections with all flights aboard the same airline. Your flight out of Aspen will be on a regional jet followed by two mainstream jets. Identify the airline, routing and aircraft please.
We’re not actually trying to identify the UX carrier, only the destination that had 727-100 service to IAD … let the guessing begin
Kansas City/MCI
Knowing that Air Wisconsin is Not the operating carrier for UX might help eliminate some airport guesses such as MKE
As for MCI - well, as we like to say here...
Please, guess again!
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Dec 4, 2021, 9:21 am
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12. (1994) Finally, you’re taking the family on that long awaited trip to Disneyland! From your home in Tucson you were initially planning to drive but major road construction in two spots along the 10 has made flying the more appealing option. You are surprised to find that only one airline offers nonstop flights between Tucson and Orange County, albeit with four mostly daily flights, all of them operated with the same aircraft type. Identify the airline and aircraft type, please.
However, I also think another airline initiated jet service on the route and that air carrier was Continental with B737-500 equipment. So I'll go with CO with the 735 here.
Dec 4, 2021, 11:12 am
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well let’s keep the tenacity going here …
9- I think the only other UX carriers with the BAe 146 were Aspen Airways (which became part of Air Wisconsin ~1990) and Presidential Airways (which morphed into Atlantic Coast Airlines around the same time, and iirc ACA didn’t keep the 146s in the fleet)
regardless, the connecting point for this question probably wasn’t a major city like MKE or MCI; how about one of UA’s smaller Illinois destinations — Moline/MLI
9- I think the only other UX carriers with the BAe 146 were Aspen Airways (which became part of Air Wisconsin ~1990) and Presidential Airways (which morphed into Atlantic Coast Airlines around the same time, and iirc ACA didn’t keep the 146s in the fleet)
regardless, the connecting point for this question probably wasn’t a major city like MKE or MCI; how about one of UA’s smaller Illinois destinations — Moline/MLI
Dec 4, 2021, 2:09 pm
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Believe we are missing just two stations from the list of 9 UA DC-8 departure points to DEN in 1989?
I will guess BOS and PHL as the final two.
I will guess BOS and PHL as the final two.
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12. 12. (1994) Finally, you’re taking the family on that long awaited trip to Disneyland! From your home in Tucson you were initially planning to drive but major road construction in two spots along the 10 has made flying the more appealing option. You are surprised to find that only one airline offers nonstop flights between Tucson and Orange County, albeit with four mostly daily flights, all of them operated with the same aircraft type. Identify the airline and aircraft type, please.
I used to fly out of John Wayne Airport (SNA) quite a bit back when I lived in San Clemente. And I do recall American Eagle operating Saab 340 service nonstop between SNA and TUS. However, I also think another airline initiated jet service on the route and that air carrier was Continental with B737-500 equipment. So I'll go with CO with the 735 here.
JL, your memory and air travel related experiences never cease to impress. Continental is indeed correct!
I used to fly out of John Wayne Airport (SNA) quite a bit back when I lived in San Clemente. And I do recall American Eagle operating Saab 340 service nonstop between SNA and TUS. However, I also think another airline initiated jet service on the route and that air carrier was Continental with B737-500 equipment. So I'll go with CO with the 735 here.
JL, your memory and air travel related experiences never cease to impress. Continental is indeed correct!
Dec 4, 2021, 3:02 pm
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9. (1991) You’ve just finished consulting on the new high-speed quad chairlift to be installed at Snowmass and Aspen Mountain and now you’re off for similar consultations at Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has thrown a wrench in the works with a spring blizzard along the Front Range that has shut down Denver’s Stapleton International. No problem, aren’t there a couple of flights through Chicago? Yes, but only on the weekends and tomorrow’s Thursday. Well jeez, what airlines fly into Burlington anyway? Your agent patiently taps away at her computer and voila - there IS another way - a three flight journey involving two connections with all flights aboard the same airline. Your flight out of Aspen will be on a regional jet followed by two mainstream jets. Identify the airline, routing and aircraft please.
Well let’s keep the tenacity going here … I think the only other UX carriers with the BAe 146 were Aspen Airways (which became part of Air Wisconsin ~1990) and Presidential Airways (which morphed into Atlantic Coast Airlines around the same time, and iirc ACA didn’t keep the 146s in the fleet). Regardless, the connecting point for this question probably wasn’t a major city like MKE or MCI; how about one of UA’s smaller Illinois destinations — Moline/MLI
You are correct with regard to Aspen Airways. Additionally, per the schedule I used to reference this question, the UA flight number still indicated it having been operated by Aspen Airways - an error per the OAG?
As to Moline - well now you're just being silly. Suffice it to say that the airport we're looking for is indeed a major airport and one that has enjoyed nonstop service from Aspen with another airline. So enough of the Molines, Grand Islands, Amarillos and Rapid Citys of the world. Let's clear this one off.
Well let’s keep the tenacity going here … I think the only other UX carriers with the BAe 146 were Aspen Airways (which became part of Air Wisconsin ~1990) and Presidential Airways (which morphed into Atlantic Coast Airlines around the same time, and iirc ACA didn’t keep the 146s in the fleet). Regardless, the connecting point for this question probably wasn’t a major city like MKE or MCI; how about one of UA’s smaller Illinois destinations — Moline/MLI
You are correct with regard to Aspen Airways. Additionally, per the schedule I used to reference this question, the UA flight number still indicated it having been operated by Aspen Airways - an error per the OAG?
As to Moline - well now you're just being silly. Suffice it to say that the airport we're looking for is indeed a major airport and one that has enjoyed nonstop service from Aspen with another airline. So enough of the Molines, Grand Islands, Amarillos and Rapid Citys of the world. Let's clear this one off.
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14. (1989) I’m borrowing a page from JoeDTW here, to wit: In 1989, United was just a couple years away from retiring its fleet of DC-8-71s. In October of 1989, Denver’s Stapleton International saw DC-8-71 service from nine different cities. Can you identify each of those cities? (Submissions should include a total of nine airports. No piecemeal guessing, please.)
Believe we are missing just two stations from the list of 9 UA DC-8 departure points to DEN in 1989? I will guess BOS and PHL as the final two.
Good call, Herb
That closes it out. Here's the listing of all of the flights...
UA 287 Boston (BOS) 525p-747p D Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 221 Chicago (ORD) 800a-925a B Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Su only
UA 200 Honolulu (HNL) 1005p-840a SB Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 270 Los Angeles (LAX) 625a-941a B Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 X7
UA 857 Newark (EWR) 230p-425p S Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 281 Newark (EWR) 540p-743p D Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 297 Philadelphia (PHL) 600p-752p D Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 318 Portland (PDX) 646a-945a B Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 352 San Diego (SAN) 630a-945a B Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 341 Washington (IAD) 250p-428p S Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
Believe we are missing just two stations from the list of 9 UA DC-8 departure points to DEN in 1989? I will guess BOS and PHL as the final two.
Good call, Herb
That closes it out. Here's the listing of all of the flights...UA 287 Boston (BOS) 525p-747p D Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 221 Chicago (ORD) 800a-925a B Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Su only
UA 200 Honolulu (HNL) 1005p-840a SB Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 270 Los Angeles (LAX) 625a-941a B Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 X7
UA 857 Newark (EWR) 230p-425p S Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 281 Newark (EWR) 540p-743p D Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 297 Philadelphia (PHL) 600p-752p D Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 318 Portland (PDX) 646a-945a B Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 352 San Diego (SAN) 630a-945a B Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
UA 341 Washington (IAD) 250p-428p S Denver (DEN) DC-8-71 Daily
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4. (1994) Your business has you traveling often between Colorado Springs and Guadalajara. Normally you make the connection through Dallas but for some reason all DFW-GDL flights - what of them there are - are sold out on the day you need to travel. What about Houston? Nope. Whut tha… even LA’s not available! ¿Qué pasa con estos pinche horarios de las aerolíneas?! Okay, okay… here’s a possibility. You’ll take a one-stop direct flight to airport A where you’ll transfer to a well-timed bus that’ll take you to airport B 25 miles away. From there it’ll be nonstop to Guadalajara. Unfortunately, neither flight offers a First Class cabin so you’ll have to sit behind the curtain all the way through. Esta bien. Book it, Pedro! Please identify both airlines, the three enroute airports involved and the two different aircraft types.
5. (1993) It’s the first weekend of football season and your brother the neurosurgeon has called to invite you to join him at Soldier Field for Da Bear’s home opener against the New York Giants. He’s snagged a pair of great seats about 20 rows up from the field on the 45 yard line and as an added bonus, he’ll pick you up and buy you dinner if you can fly into Midway on Saturday night. Right on, Bro! Your first call to ATA ends in disappointment upon discovering its MDW-RSW service is seasonal. Lots of options exist into O’Hare but your brother lives on the opposite side of town. A bit more investigation discovers that there is a single airline that serves the RSW-MDW market with two daily one-stop flights. You quickly book a seat on the Saturday afternoon departure and call Chicago with the good news. Please identify the airline, enroute stop and aircraft type.
6. (1989) A life of retirement in the Bahamas sure is nice, but even you can take only so much sun and surf every day. It’s time to switch it out for a bit of sun and snow in the Colorado Rockies. When you made this trip from Nassau last year, Delta offered a nice connection through Atlanta into Denver. Alas, neither Delta option is available for this trip. Instead, you’ve got a choice of online connections utilizing an all-economy class airline or one that offers a First Class cabin all the way through to DEN. You’ll take the First Class option, thanks. You know the drill by now. Please identify the usual triumvirate of details.
7. (1972) You’ve just completed work on a new irrigation project in Somalia and now are headed to Athens, Greece for a well-deserved three day respite before continuing on to your next job. No matter where you’re flying to, there are not a lot of options out of Mogadishu. Alitalia runs a couple of flights per week up to Rome, but not on the days that work best for you. But hey - what’s this? Here’s a connection all the way through on the same airline. You’ll have a one stop flight to the connection point followed by a nonstop into Athens. The aircraft type will remain the same all the way through. Please identify the airline, routing and aircraft type.
8. (1992) Few things could be finer than a week in February in the Canary Islands, so the thought of having to return home to comparatively cool and cloudy Leeds is not such a happy one. At least you’ll be able to get there relatively quickly via a couple of nonstop flights and a single connection. Two airlines are involved, each operating the same type of aircraft. Airlines, connection point and aircraft please.
9. (1991) You’ve just finished consulting on the new high-speed quad chairlift to be installed at Snowmass and Aspen Mountain and now you’re off for similar consultations at Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has thrown a wrench in the works with a spring blizzard along the Front Range that has shut down Denver’s Stapleton International. No problem, aren’t there a couple of flights through Chicago? Yes, but only on the weekends and tomorrow’s Thursday. Well jeez, what airlines fly into Burlington anyway? Your agent patiently taps away at her computer and voila - there IS another way - a three flight journey involving two connections with all flights aboard the same airline. Your flight out of Aspen will be on a regional jet followed by two mainstream jets. Identify the airline, routing and aircraft please.
Please see post #24595
10. (2001) After a thoroughly enjoyable month spent filming a documentary about steel drum music, its history and styles around the Caribbean, it’s time to return home to Los Angeles from your final filming location on Bonaire. You’ve found a surprisingly convenient connection involving two nonstop flights via a single connection on the same airline. Two different aircraft types will be involved. Are you up for this one? Of course you are! Please identify all the usual stuff.
11. (1995) As you’re heading out to the airport in the middle of the night, you can’t help but wonder how many - if any - have ever had a need to fly between Durango, Mexico and Regina, Canada. Stifling a yawn, you ponder the day ahead - a total of three nonstop flights aboard three different airlines utilizing three different types of jets - two of them built by the same aircraft manufacturer. Identify the three airlines, the routing flown and the aircraft types involved.
12. (1994) Finally, you’re taking the family on that long awaited trip to Disneyland! From your home in Tucson you were initially planning to drive but major road construction in two spots along the 10 has made flying the more appealing option. You are surprised to find that only one airline offers nonstop flights between Tucson and Orange County, albeit with four mostly daily flights, all of them operated with the same aircraft type. Identify the airline and aircraft type, please.
A N S W E R E D
14. (1989) I’m borrowing a page from JoeDTW here, to wit: In 1989, United was just a couple years away from retiring its fleet of DC-8-71s. In October of 1989, Denver’s Stapleton International saw DC-8-71 service from nine different cities. Can you identify each of those cities? (Submissions should include a total of nine airports. No piecemeal guessing, please.)
A N S W E R E D
15. (1972) There are plenty of large, four engine jetliners flying between Delhi and London. While shuttling back and forth to private school in England, you reckon you’ve flown them all over the past couple of years. But, as one who appreciates vintage aircraft as well as the finer things in life, you’re thrilled to discover that you can fly in First Class aboard a Caravelle utilizing the same airline all the way through to London with just a single 1:05 connection enroute. As an added bonus, the flight operates on Sunday which will allow you to get back in plenty of time for Monday morning’s assembly. Your departure from Delhi will make one stop while your connecting flight onward to London (LHR) will also make one stop. Identify the airline and the routing for this trip.
It's not JAT or ALIA
16. (1992) It used to be that getting from Gothenburg, Sweden to South Florida in the winter months always meant a dodgy connection through some northern or central European airport or worse - New York’s JFK - any of which could be compromised by winter weather, not to mention crowds. So it is then that you are positively thrilled to learn of a new once weekly nonstop flight from GOT straight through to Miami. Bestill det, Danno! Identify the airline and aircraft please.
17. (1991) Alas, all good things must come to an end and so it is that after a week on the sun-kissed beaches of South Florida, you pack your bags in preparation for tomorrow’s flight from Ft. Lauderdale up to snowy Syracuse. Normally you route through Atlanta or Pittsburgh but those options are sold out this week. Thankfully you’ve found there’s a single a two-stop direct flight on this route with a First Class seat available. Perfect! Name the airline, enroute stops and aircraft please.
18. (2001) It’s been a wonderful week of sun and fun on the island of Maui but as ever, all good things must eventually come to an end. So it is that you turn your sunburnt face to the east - and a tad north I suppose - and prepare for the long journey back to your home in the bustling Caribbean metropolis of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Never one to pass up an opportunity for adventure in flying, you’ve worked out a fantastic itinerary between HNL and SDQ that will involve five flights on four airlines utilizing five different models of widebodied aircraft, none of which are European built. (It took me about an hour to research this question and I’ve found only one routing that makes it work. As always, my routings are fairly straight forward affairs - no irrational zigzagging involved.) Identify the four airlines (remember - one airline operates two of these flights), the routing (honestly, it shouldn’t be that hard. I mean, we’re talking Kahului here) and the five different aircraft types (none of which are different variants (i.e. -10, -30) from one another.
A N S W E R E D
20. (1994) This U.S. city is served by two mostly daily jet flights from a Mexican carrier, but no jet flights from any U.S. carriers. Which city are we talking about and what is the Mexican airline that serves it?
A N S W E R E D
21. (2001) You need to fly from Los Angeles to Manchester, New Hampshire next week. You’ve found an interesting routing involving two nonstop flights - each over 1000 miles in length. Two airlines will be employed, each operating a different variant of the same aircraft model. Identify the route, the two airlines and the aircraft types.
A N S W E R E D
22. (1993) After a week at the fabulous Solmar Resort in Cabo San Lucas, it’s time to return home to Colorado Springs. Although you sailed here from Guaymas, located across the Sea of Cortez, you’ll be flying home. You’ve found a very convenient itinerary involving two nonstop flights on two different airlines via a single nicely timed connection. Short of flying way out of your way, this is the only two flight connection available. Please identify all of the usual things we like to know about here at the OTAQ&D.
4. (1994) Your business has you traveling often between Colorado Springs and Guadalajara. Normally you make the connection through Dallas but for some reason all DFW-GDL flights - what of them there are - are sold out on the day you need to travel. What about Houston? Nope. Whut tha… even LA’s not available! ¿Qué pasa con estos pinche horarios de las aerolíneas?! Okay, okay… here’s a possibility. You’ll take a one-stop direct flight to airport A where you’ll transfer to a well-timed bus that’ll take you to airport B 25 miles away. From there it’ll be nonstop to Guadalajara. Unfortunately, neither flight offers a First Class cabin so you’ll have to sit behind the curtain all the way through. Esta bien. Book it, Pedro! Please identify both airlines, the three enroute airports involved and the two different aircraft types.
5. (1993) It’s the first weekend of football season and your brother the neurosurgeon has called to invite you to join him at Soldier Field for Da Bear’s home opener against the New York Giants. He’s snagged a pair of great seats about 20 rows up from the field on the 45 yard line and as an added bonus, he’ll pick you up and buy you dinner if you can fly into Midway on Saturday night. Right on, Bro! Your first call to ATA ends in disappointment upon discovering its MDW-RSW service is seasonal. Lots of options exist into O’Hare but your brother lives on the opposite side of town. A bit more investigation discovers that there is a single airline that serves the RSW-MDW market with two daily one-stop flights. You quickly book a seat on the Saturday afternoon departure and call Chicago with the good news. Please identify the airline, enroute stop and aircraft type.
6. (1989) A life of retirement in the Bahamas sure is nice, but even you can take only so much sun and surf every day. It’s time to switch it out for a bit of sun and snow in the Colorado Rockies. When you made this trip from Nassau last year, Delta offered a nice connection through Atlanta into Denver. Alas, neither Delta option is available for this trip. Instead, you’ve got a choice of online connections utilizing an all-economy class airline or one that offers a First Class cabin all the way through to DEN. You’ll take the First Class option, thanks. You know the drill by now. Please identify the usual triumvirate of details.
7. (1972) You’ve just completed work on a new irrigation project in Somalia and now are headed to Athens, Greece for a well-deserved three day respite before continuing on to your next job. No matter where you’re flying to, there are not a lot of options out of Mogadishu. Alitalia runs a couple of flights per week up to Rome, but not on the days that work best for you. But hey - what’s this? Here’s a connection all the way through on the same airline. You’ll have a one stop flight to the connection point followed by a nonstop into Athens. The aircraft type will remain the same all the way through. Please identify the airline, routing and aircraft type.
8. (1992) Few things could be finer than a week in February in the Canary Islands, so the thought of having to return home to comparatively cool and cloudy Leeds is not such a happy one. At least you’ll be able to get there relatively quickly via a couple of nonstop flights and a single connection. Two airlines are involved, each operating the same type of aircraft. Airlines, connection point and aircraft please.
9. (1991) You’ve just finished consulting on the new high-speed quad chairlift to be installed at Snowmass and Aspen Mountain and now you’re off for similar consultations at Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has thrown a wrench in the works with a spring blizzard along the Front Range that has shut down Denver’s Stapleton International. No problem, aren’t there a couple of flights through Chicago? Yes, but only on the weekends and tomorrow’s Thursday. Well jeez, what airlines fly into Burlington anyway? Your agent patiently taps away at her computer and voila - there IS another way - a three flight journey involving two connections with all flights aboard the same airline. Your flight out of Aspen will be on a regional jet followed by two mainstream jets. Identify the airline, routing and aircraft please.
Please see post #24595
10. (2001) After a thoroughly enjoyable month spent filming a documentary about steel drum music, its history and styles around the Caribbean, it’s time to return home to Los Angeles from your final filming location on Bonaire. You’ve found a surprisingly convenient connection involving two nonstop flights via a single connection on the same airline. Two different aircraft types will be involved. Are you up for this one? Of course you are! Please identify all the usual stuff.
11. (1995) As you’re heading out to the airport in the middle of the night, you can’t help but wonder how many - if any - have ever had a need to fly between Durango, Mexico and Regina, Canada. Stifling a yawn, you ponder the day ahead - a total of three nonstop flights aboard three different airlines utilizing three different types of jets - two of them built by the same aircraft manufacturer. Identify the three airlines, the routing flown and the aircraft types involved.
12. (1994) Finally, you’re taking the family on that long awaited trip to Disneyland! From your home in Tucson you were initially planning to drive but major road construction in two spots along the 10 has made flying the more appealing option. You are surprised to find that only one airline offers nonstop flights between Tucson and Orange County, albeit with four mostly daily flights, all of them operated with the same aircraft type. Identify the airline and aircraft type, please.
A N S W E R E D
14. (1989) I’m borrowing a page from JoeDTW here, to wit: In 1989, United was just a couple years away from retiring its fleet of DC-8-71s. In October of 1989, Denver’s Stapleton International saw DC-8-71 service from nine different cities. Can you identify each of those cities? (Submissions should include a total of nine airports. No piecemeal guessing, please.)
A N S W E R E D
15. (1972) There are plenty of large, four engine jetliners flying between Delhi and London. While shuttling back and forth to private school in England, you reckon you’ve flown them all over the past couple of years. But, as one who appreciates vintage aircraft as well as the finer things in life, you’re thrilled to discover that you can fly in First Class aboard a Caravelle utilizing the same airline all the way through to London with just a single 1:05 connection enroute. As an added bonus, the flight operates on Sunday which will allow you to get back in plenty of time for Monday morning’s assembly. Your departure from Delhi will make one stop while your connecting flight onward to London (LHR) will also make one stop. Identify the airline and the routing for this trip.
It's not JAT or ALIA
16. (1992) It used to be that getting from Gothenburg, Sweden to South Florida in the winter months always meant a dodgy connection through some northern or central European airport or worse - New York’s JFK - any of which could be compromised by winter weather, not to mention crowds. So it is then that you are positively thrilled to learn of a new once weekly nonstop flight from GOT straight through to Miami. Bestill det, Danno! Identify the airline and aircraft please.
17. (1991) Alas, all good things must come to an end and so it is that after a week on the sun-kissed beaches of South Florida, you pack your bags in preparation for tomorrow’s flight from Ft. Lauderdale up to snowy Syracuse. Normally you route through Atlanta or Pittsburgh but those options are sold out this week. Thankfully you’ve found there’s a single a two-stop direct flight on this route with a First Class seat available. Perfect! Name the airline, enroute stops and aircraft please.
18. (2001) It’s been a wonderful week of sun and fun on the island of Maui but as ever, all good things must eventually come to an end. So it is that you turn your sunburnt face to the east - and a tad north I suppose - and prepare for the long journey back to your home in the bustling Caribbean metropolis of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Never one to pass up an opportunity for adventure in flying, you’ve worked out a fantastic itinerary between HNL and SDQ that will involve five flights on four airlines utilizing five different models of widebodied aircraft, none of which are European built. (It took me about an hour to research this question and I’ve found only one routing that makes it work. As always, my routings are fairly straight forward affairs - no irrational zigzagging involved.) Identify the four airlines (remember - one airline operates two of these flights), the routing (honestly, it shouldn’t be that hard. I mean, we’re talking Kahului here) and the five different aircraft types (none of which are different variants (i.e. -10, -30) from one another.
A N S W E R E D
20. (1994) This U.S. city is served by two mostly daily jet flights from a Mexican carrier, but no jet flights from any U.S. carriers. Which city are we talking about and what is the Mexican airline that serves it?
A N S W E R E D
21. (2001) You need to fly from Los Angeles to Manchester, New Hampshire next week. You’ve found an interesting routing involving two nonstop flights - each over 1000 miles in length. Two airlines will be employed, each operating a different variant of the same aircraft model. Identify the route, the two airlines and the aircraft types.
A N S W E R E D
22. (1993) After a week at the fabulous Solmar Resort in Cabo San Lucas, it’s time to return home to Colorado Springs. Although you sailed here from Guaymas, located across the Sea of Cortez, you’ll be flying home. You’ve found a very convenient itinerary involving two nonstop flights on two different airlines via a single nicely timed connection. Short of flying way out of your way, this is the only two flight connection available. Please identify all of the usual things we like to know about here at the OTAQ&D.
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4. (1994) Your business has you traveling often between Colorado Springs and Guadalajara. Normally you make the connection through Dallas but for some reason all DFW-GDL flights - what of them there are - are sold out on the day you need to travel. What about Houston? Nope. Whut tha… even LA’s not available! ¿Qué pasa con estos pinche horarios de las aerolíneas?! Okay, okay… here’s a possibility. You’ll take a one-stop direct flight to airport A where you’ll transfer to a well-timed bus that’ll take you to airport B 25 miles away. From there it’ll be nonstop to Guadalajara. Unfortunately, neither flight offers a First Class cabin so you’ll have to sit behind the curtain all the way through. Esta bien. Book it, Pedro! Please identify both airlines, the three enroute airports involved and the two different aircraft types.
21. (2001) You need to fly from Los Angeles to Manchester, New Hampshire next week. You’ve found an interesting routing involving two nonstop flights - each over 1000 miles in length. Two airlines will be employed, each operating a different variant of the same aircraft model. Identify the route, the two airlines and the aircraft types.
AA LAX-STL 738
WN STL-MHT 73G
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