Well, it was not Singapore (SQ)......however, Lufthansa operating a B747-200 is correct!

This leaves just one air carrier left.....and as previously noted, this airline was based in Asia.

So here's another hint: the equipment operated by this carrier from SFO to LAX as part of a transpacific route was more modern than a B747-200.

miniliq, you are, of course, correct with QF!

However, we are looking for an airline based in Asia!

So please guess again, sir!

Seat 2A: 7. In May of 1988, two airlines offered nonstop service between Tucson and Los Angeles. On weekdays, one of them offered five MD-80 nonstops while the other countered with three 737-200s. Which airlines were these?


Good Sunday Morning All!

Well, deep tropical moisture is very much evidence over the nearby Gulf of Mexico this morning.....and that means Thunderstorms with a capital T! The various weather radars are definitely lighting up across our region......

So we are expecting a stormy and wet day here in south Looziana.....but, fortunately, it does not appear at this time that this weather system will develop into anything of an organized tropical nature......although August & September, which are the most active months for hurricanes in the Gulf, still loom large on the near horizon here.

And now back to official quiz business!

7) I think the two air carriers were Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) with MD-80s and Delta with B737-200s.

The PSA LAX-TUS service was assumed by USAir following the acquisition of PS by US. By the end of 1989, USAir was flying three different equipment types between LAX and TUS: MD-80s and BAe 146s formerly operated by PSA as well as B737-300s.

And the Delta LAX-TUS flights reflected service previously flown by Western before DL acquired WA.

By the fall of 1991, the USAir LAX-TUS service was gone. Delta was still flying the route with four daily round trip services, two flights with 72S aircraft and two with 73S aircraft from LAX to TUS, and three flights with 72S aircraft and one with 73S aircraft from TUS to LAX. Another airline had replaced US on the route and was competing with DL with three flights a day. So here's a bonus quiz item: identify this competing airline and the equipment it was operating between LAX and TUS.

BTW, I remember trying to fly standby from LAX to DFW on Delta in the late 80s on an airline employee pass. However, the nonstop L10 flight I was trying for was full. But no problem: a short time later, I departed from LAX for DFW in first class on board a DL 73S via an intermediate stop in TUS.

I can't think of any Asian operators of the 747-300, and I scarcely consider the 747SP as "more modern" than the -200 ...

so a 747-400 it is ... could be Malaysian (MH) ...

AA MD-80 seems plausible

The aircraft is a B747-400.....and it's actually a special version of the 744.

However, the airline we are looking for here is not Malaysian....so please guess again!

It was not American.....so please guess again!

But wait! I see that Seat 2A has responded.....

Alaska Airlines with MD-80 service between LAX and TUS is correct! And just about all of these AS flights flew an actual routing of SEA-LAX-TUS and return.

Well, we are looking for a B747-400 operator here....and a special version of the 744 at that.....so please guess again!

so that leads me to think 747-400 Combi

which leads me to think EVA

Yes, the aircraft was a B747-400 Combi....and this airline is still around.

However, it was not EVA Air......so please guess again!

Well, through trial and error one of us is bound to hit the mark eventually! :D

I'll chip in with Korean Air Lines - 747-400

Ah, but it was not Korean Air Lines.....so please guess again, sir!