Anyone Remember This?
Nov 29, 2009 | 5:49 pm
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Anyone Remember This?
1964: UNITED AIR LINES Network
Originally from airlineroute.net (none of the work is mine).
I notice a there was a pseudo hub in ATL and BWI. UA also had a presence in the south. Yes this was during regulation but it is still interesting to me.
Originally from airlineroute.net (none of the work is mine).
I notice a there was a pseudo hub in ATL and BWI. UA also had a presence in the south. Yes this was during regulation but it is still interesting to me.
Nov 29, 2009 | 6:33 pm
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Very interesting. Thanks for posting it. Some non-obvious city pairs!
Nov 29, 2009 | 7:02 pm
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Buffalo to Rochester? Must have been a 10 minute flight. Funny - growing up in BUF, and going to college in ROC, I do vaguely remember taking this flight once, but i think it was to pick up pax on route to next stop.
but then again, i did also fly SFO-OAK once on UA!
but then again, i did also fly SFO-OAK once on UA!
Nov 29, 2009 | 7:11 pm
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And if I read the listing correctly, BWI to DCA. Can that be more than 30 air miles?
Nov 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm
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Nov 29, 2009 | 10:36 pm
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1964: UNITED AIR LINES Network
Originally from airlineroute.net (none of the work is mine).
I notice a there was a pseudo hub in ATL and BWI. UA also had a presence in the south. Yes this was during regulation but it is still interesting to me.
Originally from airlineroute.net (none of the work is mine).
I notice a there was a pseudo hub in ATL and BWI. UA also had a presence in the south. Yes this was during regulation but it is still interesting to me.
Based on the Aug 1964 North American OAG, BWI DCA block time is 25 minutes, BWI IAD (DIA at the time) is 42 minutes. BUF ROC is 24 minutes
Nov 29, 2009 | 10:42 pm
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this was back in the day when the airlines did not have to worry about profit.
Nov 29, 2009 | 11:29 pm
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Buffalo to Rochester? Must have been a 10 minute flight. Funny - growing up in BUF, and going to college in ROC, I do vaguely remember taking this flight once, but i think it was to pick up pax on route to next stop.
but then again, i did also fly SFO-OAK once on UA!
but then again, i did also fly SFO-OAK once on UA!
Nov 29, 2009 | 11:39 pm
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I love commercial aviation history. 
UA also once operated a hub in CLE, but it was dismantled by the time I started flying, in 1989 (LAX-IAD on a DC10). Interesting too is that UA had always had a small presence in NYC and MIA, factors that I believe led to the failure of the efforts to build hubs at each location later on.
UA also once operated a hub in CLE, but it was dismantled by the time I started flying, in 1989 (LAX-IAD on a DC10). Interesting too is that UA had always had a small presence in NYC and MIA, factors that I believe led to the failure of the efforts to build hubs at each location later on.
Nov 29, 2009 | 11:46 pm
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Nov 29, 2009 | 11:51 pm
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I love commercial aviation history.
UA also once operated a hub in CLE, but it was dismantled by the time I started flying, in 1989 (LAX-IAD on a DC10). Interesting too is that UA had always had a small presence in NYC and MIA, factors that I believe led to the failure of the efforts to build hubs at each location later on.
UA also once operated a hub in CLE, but it was dismantled by the time I started flying, in 1989 (LAX-IAD on a DC10). Interesting too is that UA had always had a small presence in NYC and MIA, factors that I believe led to the failure of the efforts to build hubs at each location later on.
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Nov 30, 2009 | 12:24 am
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AA was headquartered in New York until deregulation. It had always had a large presence in the local NYC market, albeit based in LGA, with a much larger customer base compared to UA. Thus AA did not develop JFK solely on the backs of TWA's LHR slots.
Nov 30, 2009 | 12:47 am
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Wow, Akron to Cleveland? That's just a regular daily commute to some!