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Jun 10, 2004, 7:42 am

#76

transporter99

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Singapore and Cathay Pacific are the best airlines I have flown....

Jun 10, 2004, 8:00 am

#77

GoldCircle

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1. Aer Arran
2. Aer Lingus
3. Air Atlanta Icelandic
4. Air Engiadina
5. Air France
6. Air Malta
7. Alitalia
8. America West
9. American Airlines
10. Bangkok Airways
11. bmi/British Midland
12. bmiBaby
13. British Airways
14. British Caledonian
15. Cathay Pacific
16. CityJet
17. Continental
18. Crossair
19. DanAir
20. Delta
21. Dragon Air
22. Iberia
23. KLM
24. KLM Alps
25. LOT
26. Lufthansa
27. Monarch
28. PanAm
29. RyanAir
30. Sabena
31. SAS
32. SN Brussels Airlines
33. Spanair
34. Swiss
35. TAP Air Portugal
36. Thai
37. TWA
38. United Airlines
39. US Airways
40. Virgin Atlantic

Sep 8, 2004, 3:13 pm

#78

Andrius

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I am quite new here, so I will not bore you with a couple of dozen "regular" airlines.

My top three most exotic airlines were Vladavia (Vladivostok Airlines), Dalavia (Khabarovsk Airlines) and Sakhalin Avia - all in Russia's Far East.

Vladavia flight from Osaka to Vladivostok featured a travelling companion with no neck and a very thick golden chain, who kept talking on his mobile during actual take-off. When an attendant told him not to do this, he said he would switch the mobile off as soon as the reception is lost, which he did.

A flight from Vladivostok to Toyama in Japan had last-minute aircraft change: because of breakdown or loss of wing on scheduled Tupolev Tu-134 we got "executive" Yak-40 jet with peeling walnut veneer decor and shiny formica tables. I understand local administration boss was not using it that day.

Memories, memories.

Sep 8, 2004, 3:43 pm

#79

Reindeerflame

Join Date: May 2002

Location: Sacramento, CA, US

Posts: 2,229

Royal Bhutanese Airlines

I didn't see Druk Air on anyone else's list, which I flew last October from Bangkok to Paro. They own 2 planes.

Sep 8, 2004, 4:12 pm

#80

N674UW

Join Date: Jun 2003

Location: Somewhere west of the Atlantic Ocean and east of the Pacific Ocean...

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Posts: 1,232

My own little list...

American
Continental
United
United Express
US Airways
US Airways Express
Piedmont
Southwest
Song
jetBlue
AirTran
Frontier
ATA
America West
Ryan International Airlines (charter)
Air New Zealand
Ansett Australia
Bahamasair

Coming soon...Mexicana and Aeromexico

N674UW

Last edited by N674UW; Sep 8, 2004 at 6:26 pm Reason: Edited to add one that I left out

Sep 8, 2004, 5:51 pm

#81

hnechets

Original Member

Join Date: May 1998

Location: Niceville, FL, USA

Posts: 2,793

Not to repeat a lot of the usual, I'll just list the "more off beat" as well:

SCAT (South Central Air Transport--Baton Rouge to Ft. Walton Beach, circa 1977)

Southern Airways (from ?? to around 1971 or '72)

Republic (1984 and 1989 [i think])

PMIA (Pacific Missionary Island Airways--from/to small islands in Micronesia)

Janet AKA "Red Stripe Airlines" (Las Vegas to wherever)

Air Micronesia (From/to larger islands in Micronesia and Honolulu)

MAC (Naw, never mind, that ain't an airline!)

Last edited by hnechets; Sep 8, 2004 at 5:57 pm

Sep 8, 2004, 9:08 pm

#82

SonOfACockroach

Join Date: Nov 2002

Location: Annapolis, MD

Programs: AC, WN, AA

Posts: 1,169

Some rarer ones for the list. I won't bore you with the more mainstream airlines.

Pulkovo
KrasAir
Sibaviatrans

Sep 8, 2004, 10:18 pm

#83

Gardyloo

Moderator, OneWorld

Join Date: Feb 2002

Location: SEA

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Posts: 11,804

Lifted from an earlier post...

Aeroflot (original Proletariat class)
Aeromexico
Air California (RIP)
Air Canada
Air France
Air New Zealand
Air Pacific
Air West (RIP)
Airpac (RIP)
Alaska
Allegheny (RIP)
America West
American
American Eagle
BEA (RIP)
BOAC (RIP)
Bonanza (RIP)
Braniff (RIP)
British Airways
British Caledonian (mini-kilts, oh wow - RIP)
British Midland
Canadian Pacific (RIP)
Continental
Debonair (RIP)
Delta
Eastern (RIP)
Easyjet
El Al
Finnair
Frontier
Horizon
Hughes Airwest (RIP - not really)
KLM
Lufthansa
Markair (RIP)
Mexicana
National (the original) (RIP)
Northwest Orient (bing bong) Airrrlinessss
Pan Am (RIP)
Penair
Piedmont (RIP)
PSA (RIP)
Reeve Aleutian (RIP, for sure)
Reno Air (RIP)
SAS
Southwest
TWA (RIP)
United
US Air
Wardair Canada (RIP)
Wein Consolidated (RIP)
West Coast (RIP)
Western (RIP) The oonnnly way to fly...

Sep 8, 2004, 11:31 pm

#84

Sjoerd

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Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Posts: 9,418

A few that I haven't seen in anyone else's list:

Merpati (Indonesia)
MIAT Mongolian Airlines
Montenegro Airlines

Sep 9, 2004, 8:59 am

#85

sxpsxpsxp

Join Date: Feb 2002

Location: BOS

Programs: AA EXP 1MM, DL PM, Bonvoy Titanium (Plat Life), HH G, Amtrak, B6, MR

Posts: 1,551

Let's see here... In no particular order:

AA/Eagle
TWA/TWE (RIP

-- recently found my Aviators Elite card)
DL/Shuttle/ASA/ComAir
AeroFlot (both in the Communist days and more recently)
AirFrance
BA
CO
NWA
Alaska/Horizon
USAir/Piedmont
AeroSvit operated by ARP 410 Airlines
United Shuttle
AeroMexico

Hmm... pretty short list when compared with some of the others.

Sep 9, 2004, 9:04 am

#86

boilermaker

Join Date: Mar 2001

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hnechets

MAC (Naw, never mind, that ain't an airline!)

Howabout SAC or TAC?

Sep 9, 2004, 11:41 am

#87

Deacon

Join Date: Aug 2003

Location: OKC

Posts: 906

Quote:

Originally Posted by WHBM

It was Autair. Maybe this very plane; they didn't have many.

Just noticed WHBM's addition to my list of airlines (Autair) and aircraft (Handley Page Herald 101). While that flight was a while back (summer of '69) I recall being somewhat disconcerted by the proximity of the seat to the ground. I believe this was the first high-wing commercial a/c I'd ever flown aboard. C-123 didn't count ...

Sep 9, 2004, 12:28 pm

#88

LapLap

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Jul 2004

Location: London

Posts: 18,408

Swiftest disembarkation I've ever seen

Among the usual suspects:
Aeroflot
Air 2000
Air France
Alitalia
Asiana
BMI
British Airways
British Caledonian
Buzz
Dan Air
Easyjet
Go
Iberia (BOOOOH!!!! Hijos y hijas de la gran p*ta!)
KLM
Lufthansa
Monarch
Ryanair
SAS
Spanair
Virgin Express
Hoverspeed - Dover-Calais (they called it a flight!)

coming up:
United
ANA

I think this one hasn't been mentioned:

European Aviation

One of Paul Stoddart's planes which was chartered to a few Formula One Teams (I blagged a ride).
The memorable thing with this journey (full of tired F1 mechanics returning from Barcelona) is the breathtaking speed with which everybody disembarked - even though every single person had carry on luggage.
None of the usual faffing around - just shows what air travel would be like if absolutely everybody was a FFer.

Last edited by LapLap; Sep 9, 2004 at 12:38 pm Reason: a little sprinkle of vitriol

Sep 9, 2004, 2:23 pm

#89

Sin5Cents

Join Date: Aug 2003

Location: Providence, RI USA

Programs: NWA Lowly Silver ; Priceline Whore

Posts: 138

American
Aer Lingus
British Airways
Continental
Copa
Delta
Eastern
Iberia
KLM
Lufthansa
Malev
Mapiex Aero (small carrier - Panama)
Northwest
Pan Am
Southwest
Spantax (defunct charter)
Swiss Air -- R.I.P.

United
USAir