jlemon

30. Air Florida operating from St. Petersburg (PIE) to Miami via a stop in Orlando is correct! However, the aircraft type wasn't an L-188 Electra....so please guess again!

And for bonus points, what was the standard one way fare from PIE to MIA offered by Air Florida at this time?

jlemon

34. Correct! Here's the sched....

OZ 535: Baltimore (BWI) 6:00p - 7:00p St. Louis (STL) 8:08p - 9:59p Houston Hobby (HOU)
Op: Daily except Saturdays
Equip: DC-9-30
Meal service: Dinner BWI-STL

jrl767

31- I can think of only three airlines serving both DAL and BOS in 1973 (American, Delta, and Eastern) ... of these, I'd think the EA route map was the weakest as I believe they only had nonstops to New Orleans and Atlanta from DAL, and I don't recall too many flights with four or five stops between Atlanta and BOS

when I think of early morning AA departures from DAL, I can imagine getting to Washington or New York or Philadelphia with maybe three stops, but I don't recall much if any multi-stop service from those points to BOS

so let's look at DL: there were PLENTY of DAL-ATL milk runs in those days ... while a DC-9-30 occasionally showed up, these were mostly flown with 727-200s ... herewith my first guess is a 72S via

1. Shreveport (SHV)
2. Monroe (MLU)
3. Jackson (JAN)
4. Birmingham (BHM)
5. Atlanta (ATL)
6. LaGuardia (LGA)

jlemon

31. Delta is correct....but not with a B727-200. And please see above concerning how you did with regard to the routing.

jrl767

31- ok, here we go again ... DL D9S, first three stops at SHV, JAN, BHM ...

now let's back up to something buried in one of last week's answers
which gives the following:
4. LGA
5. EEN
6. Manchester/Concord (MHT)

jrl767

38- y'know, I halfway suspect we have another example of DL single-plane service to multiple points between Dallas and Atlanta ...how about a 72S via Alexandria (AEX), Baton Rouge (BTR), and Montgomery (MGM) as stops 2, 3, and 4

jlemon

31. Well, I was wondering if anyone would pick up on my reference to little ol' Keene, NH and Delta's DC-9-30 service into that small airport back in the day.....

And, yep, you've nailed it. Here's the sched.....

DL 458: Dallas Love Field (DAL) 7:00a - 7:41a Shreveport (SHV) 8:01a - 8:43a Jackson (JAN) 9:05a - 9:46a Birmingham (BHM) 10:10a - 1:00p New York LaGuardia (LGA) 1:40p - 2:22p Keene (EEN) 2:42p - 3:02p Manchester (MHT) 3:22p - 3:46p Boston (BOS)
Op: Daily
Equip: D9S
Meal service: Snack DFW-SHV, Lunch BHM-LGA

BTW, the only other airline operating nonstops between Birmingham and New York LaGuardia back in the early and mid 1970's was Eastern, usually with a DC-9-30 as well.

jlemon

38. And we are off and running once again with good ol' Delta. Plus, the aircraft was indeed a B727-200.

Let's take a look at the stops....

1) DFW - Yes!
2) AEX - Nope
3) BTR - Yes!
4) MGM - Nope
5) ATL - Yes....but ATL wasn't the fifth stop

jrl767

38- how about a couple encores: 2=SHV again; 4=ATL; 5=LGA again

jlemon

38. You're getting closer.....and here's where we are at the moment:

LAS - DFW - SHV - BTR - ATL - ___ - BDL

So just one stop to go.....

jrl767

38- my recall of Delta's 1983 routes between ATL and New England rules out any stop south of the DC area, but basic geography still leaves more than a few possibilities: IAD, DCA, BWI, PHL, EWR, JFK

I'm pretty sure that neither IAD nor EWR had onward service to BDL, so I'll guess JFK for now

jlemon

38. Nope, it wasn't JFK....but that's a great guess, nonetheless. And one of the other airport codes you've listed above is the one we are looking for.

Seat 2A

30. Now you are in Clearwater, Florida and it's 1972. You're off to Miami and have found an evening flight departing from the airport closest to your location. This service operates daily and makes one stop en route. Name the airport you'll be departing from, the airline, the stop and the equipment.

Per jlemon:Air Florida operating from St. Petersburg (PIE) to Miami via a stop in Orlando is correct! However, the aircraft type wasn't an L-188 Electra....so please guess again!

And for bonus points, what was the standard one way fare from PIE to MIA offered by Air Florida at this time?

If I may, I know that early on Air Florida operated a 707, a 727-100 and one or more DC-9-10s. I have postcards of them all. Let's go with the 707 - if so the only one of its type operated by an intrastate airline that I'm aware of.

As for the fare, how about $10.00.

And now it's off to catch the train into downtown Seattle. Lunch at the Athenian Restaurant at Pike Place market, then off to Fairbanks a bit later on my 250th flight aboard an Alaska Airlines 737-900.

jlemon

30. Air Florida operating a Boeing 707 is correct! And I too believe that Air Florida was the only U.S. airline ever to operate the 707 flying as an intrastate air carrier.

It also appears that Air Florida was only operating one 707 in 1972 which was used to fly the following intrastate "triangle" routings......

QH 1: Miami (MIA) 8:00a - 8:45a Orlando (MCO) 9:00a - 9:45a St. Petersburg (PIE) 10:15a - 11:05a Miami (MIA)
Op: Daily
Equip: 707

QH 4: Miami (MIA) 5:30p - 6:20p St. Petersburg (PIE) 6:50p - 7:20p Orlando (MCO) 7:35p - 8:35p Miami (MIA)
Op: Daily
Equip: 707

And that was the full extent of scheduled operations flown by Air Florida at this time. As for the standard one way air fare, you are very close! It was actually a $12.00 one way introductory fare for all flights.

I have the feeling the 707 proved not to be the most economical aircraft to operate in this new startup scenario. For whatever reason, the 707 was soon gone as Air Florida was only operating the Lockheed L-188 Electra on all flights in 1974 and 1975. In 1974, only one intrastate route was being flown: MIA-MCO as service to PIE had been discontinued (perhaps they heard that someone in a Cessna 152 had a habit of delaying commercial air traffic departures at PIE..... ). And by 1975, Air Florida had added intrastate Electra service to two other destinations: TPA and TLH.

jrl767

38- for lack of a better approach I will go north to south and speculate that the last stop was PHL