falstaff From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 5707 posts, RR: 29 Posted (4 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 3398 times:
Have you flown any routes in the past that can no longer be done on any airline? As airlines go away there are always routes that go away too. Sometimes multiple carriers fly the same route, but if one carrier were to drop that route you could still take another.
An example of that would be STL-YYZ . I flew TW STL-YYZ once and that flight is long gone, but a passenger could still fly nonstop between the two on Air Canada Jazz.
The route that sticks out in my mind is STL-SGF. I flew that route on Ozark a bunch of times as a kid and I know TW kept it for a while. Today you can't fly directly between the two cities anymore.
I can think of many routes that are gone, but the STL-SGF route is the only one I can think of that I have flown on that is gone.
b2319 From China, joined Jan 2013, 108 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 months 4 days ago) and read 3374 times:
There must be many such routes as the range of widebodies has increased over the years; so- ANC, PIK and SNN are all airports that have lost a lot of passenger services over the years.
Plus, we can accuse the likes of FR dropping routes like erm, "ladies of the night's underwear".....
Personally I have flown these discontinued routes, possibly more:
1995 MAN to BOM & return with SQ (744)
1997 MEM to AMS with KL (MD11)
2000 LGW to TLV & return with BA (772)
2002 BSL to BHX & return with LX (Saab 2000; I think)
2002 LGW to DFW with BA (772)
2004 EDI to ZRH with Duo Airways (CRJ)
2004 ZRH to DFW with AA (763)
2005 PVG to VIE with OS (332)
2006 NCL to TRF with FR (738)
2006 NGB to SHA with MU (320)
2007 MME to LHR with BD (321)
2007 MME to WAW & return with W6 (320)
2007 MAN to SIN & return with SQ (77W)
2007 AYQ to PER with QF (717)
2008 NCL to PRG & return with U2 (73G)
Of all of these, the one that surprises me is the AYQ to PER route. Most of the others I can explain e.g. global downturn for MAN to SIN, high speed rail taking out NGB to SHA, LCCs (FR & U2) leaving after their incentives expire, lucrative slot warmer in the case of BD for MME at LHR.
Not a massive list, though a geographically broad one nonetheless.....
Yflyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 845 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (4 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3332 times:
Back in 2007 I flew OAK-IAH on CO not long before CO pulled out of OAK. WN does still fly OAK-HOU, so you can still fly to Houston but it's no longer possible to fly the exact same route I flew.
shamrock350 From Ireland, joined Mar 2005, 6124 posts, RR: 15 Reply 11, posted (4 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3265 times:
These are the first routes that come to mind, a lot of routes I've flown which have been discontinued by certain airlines have been restarted but these are the ones that remain unserved.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23 Reply 12, posted (4 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 3254 times:
Around 1976 I flew SAA JFK-SID-JNB and back, 747-200. SID (Sal Island in Cape Verde) was mainly a fuel stop but I'm pretty sure SAA had 5th freedom rights to/from SID. No service on those sectors now.
A few other routes come to mind that I've flown that have no current service. There are probably a few others.
YYZ-BUF (US Air 733, 1989)
YYC-GTF (Western Airlines L-188 Electra, mid-'60s)
YYC-GEG (Hughes Airwest DC-9-30, early '70s)
YWG-DLH (North Central Convair 580, sometime in the '70s; first leg of a 6-stop flight that ended at ORD; I went as far as MKE, the 2nd last stop.All stops were in Wisconsin except DLH.)
YWG-LHR (AC around 1974. Operated YVR-YWG-LHR. I boarded at YVR. DC-8-63.)
YEG-AMS (CP)
YWG-AMS (CP)
YHZ-AMS (CP)
YYZ-MXP (CP)
YVR-LIM (CP DC-10-30, 1983. Routing YVR-LIM-SCL-EZE. I went all the way.)
YYZ-CPH (SAS, 763 sometime in the early to mid-1990s)
YYC-ZRH (AC, 763 in July 1996. AC operated YVR/YYC-ZRH about twice a week for about 2 years during that period, codeshared with Swissair. I think it was seasonal (summer only). They dropped the route when the Star Alliance was created in 1997 and FRA became more important.)
CXfirst From Norway, joined Jan 2007, 2756 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (4 months 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 3243 times:
Quoting b2319 (Reply 1): Of all of these, the one that surprises me is the AYQ to PER route.
When I saw this thread this came immediately to mind. Have guests here in PER at the moment, and we decided to book that flight a few days ago, and I was very surprised that route is gone. Now, I either have to fly via the East Coast, or fly to ASP and drive, or drive directly from PER. None are ideal for a weekend trip....
Another for me is PER-AVV
Stopped when JQ decided to move PER flights to MEL.
FreshSide3 From United States of America, joined Nov 2012, 213 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (4 months 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 3230 times:
AKL-HNL on CO
OAK-SFO on SFO Helicopter(I think their code was FN, but I could be wrong)
SRQ-MIA on EA
YYZ-GLA on AC
DOK-VIE on OS
Some of my friends have flown on these flights that don't exist anymore
SFO-SCK on UA
ZRH-ETH on SR
SEA-KHV on SU
OAK-ATL on DL
PIE-ORD on AA
STL-AIZ on TW
ATH-SPJ on OA
b2319 From China, joined Jan 2013, 108 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (4 months 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 3206 times:
Quoting CXfirst (Reply 14): When I saw this thread this came immediately to mind. Have guests here in PER at the moment, and we decided to book that flight a few days ago, and I was very surprised that route is gone. Now, I either have to fly via the East Coast, or fly to ASP and drive, or drive directly from PER. None are ideal for a weekend trip....
I agree. Although 1000 plus miles by road isn't unusual in Australia, it still isn't my cup of tea.
My complete route in 2007 was MAN-SIN-MEL-SYD-CNS-AYQ-PER-MEL-SYD-CHC-SIN-MAN (all Boeing, by the way, including a 743).
This route just wouldn't have worked without the AYQ to PER segment, and I find it a little odd that CNS to AYQ survives, at least according to wiki last night.
dba4u From Germany, joined Mar 2005, 625 posts, RR: 15 Reply 21, posted (4 months 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 3179 times:
Just realized how many interesting routes my "homeport" lost within the last years...
LBC-STN Ryanair
LBC-SNN Ryanair
STR-KTW Germanwings
VCE-KRK Volotea
KRK-SZZ OLT Express
POZ-TXL Jet Air
LPX-RIX Air Baltic
HAM-LPX Air Baltic
HAM-DRS Augsburg Airways, Cirrus
HAM-LEJ Cirrus
HAM-GDN LOT, OLT Jetair
HAM-KRK Eurolot
HAM-KBP Aerosvit
HAM-JFK Emirates
HAM-FMM TUIfly
HAM-TLL Estonian Air
HAJ-KLU TUIfly
Counting only sheduled flights, all withdrawn within the last 5-6 years...
Conclusion?! If you're owning an airline and have plans to open up a route to Hamburg, better put my name on the "no-fly list" if you want to have any success! That said I'm now fearing the worst for BM's new HAM-BRS service, me beeing aboard the inaugral flight last monday....
Keep Condor my Condor ~ Gib "airberlin" keine Chance!
cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7724 posts, RR: 55 Reply 23, posted (4 months 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3145 times:
Had a really nice flight on JAL 747 in 2005 KIX-LHR - nowadays the only flights from the United Kingdom to Japan are on the London to Tokyo (JL, NH, BA and VS to NRT; BA to HND) route.
Quoting 71Zulu (Reply 9): Flew MSY - PIE a few times in the early 80s on Northeastern.
Nice!!
fly Saha Air 707s daily from Tehran's downtown Mehrabad to Mashhad, Kish Island and Ahwaz
OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 25125 posts, RR: 60 Reply 24, posted (4 months 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 3137 times:
EI BFS-SNN/BFS-JFK
EI DUB-SNN
EI DUB-ORK
BE BHD-LDY
GY GEO-CUR
LX SKG-ZRH
YK BFS-AYT-ECN
Most likely alot more but thats off the top of my head.
OLYMPIC AIR - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΗ "Η ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΨΗΛΑ" "GREECE FLYING HIGH"
25 nicode: ORY-ORD with AA (American Airlines) ORY-GRO with TO (Transavia France) ORY-PRG with NE (SkyEurope) CDG-SOU with A5 (Airlinair) SXB-LCY with WX (CityJe
26 BlueLine: ORD-ISP on AA MDW-ISP on WN ISP-LAS on WN (then onward to SAN)
28 SRQKEF: First is the year(s) I used the service, than the route and airline(s) I used. 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007: KEF - BWI, FI 757-200. Iceland
29 foppishbum: From 2000 to 2008 (IIRC), JetBlue served ONT-JFK. No carrier flies ONT-JFK anymore nowadays. JetBlue also cut 2x daily flights to JFK to 1x daily from
30 theobcman: LHR-ATH on an SQ742 back in the day & visited the cockpit !
31 threeifbyair: Only 1 that I can remember: STL-JAX on TWA, flew that in 1997 IIRC.
32 OA260: Corrections on the list below : Would have been Olympic Airways or Olympic Airlines . Olympic Air are a private company owned by MIG and nothing to d
33 flyboy_se: TSR-ARN and ARN-TSR on RO TU154, and BAC 1-11 ( could have been ROMBAC 1-11 too) BEG-TSR JU 727 (this flight replaced the bus service from Belgrade to
34 RyanairGuru: The first one that came to mind is ORF-BNA on a 727, when I was 9 months old. I remember it vividly The other major one is MAN-LGW. I flew that route
35 RussianJet: I can think of: STN-BOD with Buzz TXL-STN with Air Berlin STN-NQY with Ryanair I think that's about it.[Edited 2013-02-16 17:57:18]
36 usflyer msp: I have many: All on US except as marked - BUF-ISP BUF-BDL BUF-ALB BUF-SYR-SWF-ISP BUF-ROC-ISP BUF-PIT BUF-YYZ BUF-YUL BUF-IND BUF-DFW - AA BUF-RDU - J
37 flyTPA: PIE-MIA-PIE. I flew this sometime in the 1984-85 winter on a Convair 580 of Atlantic Gulf Airlines. The fare was $19 one way. I also flew this route o
38 sk736: In the 1980s I flew MAN to BHX ( under 100 miles) on a BA HS748. A great flight that I remember to this day!
39 visualapproach: It's a shame we missed the E135 which was originally scheduled! I'll put that down to your luck.. I was on the inaugural BRS-HAM. As for me anyway..
40 Icarus75: Routes I have flown and that do not exist anymore : ORY - GNB by Air Inter ORY - FNI by Air inter ORY - DFW by American
41 c5load: I miss the DAY-TPA, MCO, FLL that Chataqua used to operate when I worked for OH back in 2005. I loved taking those. I also miss the hop from DAY-CVG t
42 dba4u: I'm indeed having occasional periods in which I really attract lots and lots of bad luck Got my boarding pass that day, it read 17A, almost returned
43 Viscount724: Forgot one on my list. GVA-BSL on LX. They dropped that route which had 3 or 4 daily Saab 2000s when they closed the former Crossair hub at BSL. Conne
44 CoachClass: JFK-BGO used to be served by SAS DC8-63 REK-LUX used to be served by Loftleider NAS-LUX used to be served by International Ar Bahama SJC-TVL (Lake Tah
45 blueflyer: I can't think of too many. Just a few obvious ones that jump to my mind. BRU-DFW BRU-SIN DAL-LAS FTW-SAT ITM-HKG ITM-SEL ITM-SFO ITM-SIN (back when, p
46 visualapproach: I had 17A too. Hope it was kept adequately warmed. They are launching FRA, HAJ and MUC with the E135 too which is more affordable.
47 OA260: Also forgot to add LGW-DFW which I flew AA MD11 on many years ago .
48 aerdingus: DUB - SNN TS A310 DUB - SNN 5G A330 (Mostly because the airline has ceased aswell as the stopover!) GRO - MAD FR 737
50 FreshSide3: Never flew these personally, but heard about them..... There was some carrier that had EWR-PMO(Palermo, Sicily), for a brief period......anyone know w
51 afterburner: TKG (Radin Inten II Airport Bandar Lampung) - JKT (the old Jakarta Kemayoran Airport). Kemayoran Airport was closed in 1985 and its operation was move
52 teo747: There are a few routes from the US to the UK that I have flown but are no longer in operation: MSP-LGW (NW) DEN-LGW (CO) EWR-BRS (CO) In the US, MEM-P
53 NWADC9: PIT-MKE on YX SEL-YEC on KE and OZ (YEC no longer has airline service) DTW-SEL on NW (SEL changed to GMP, so that should be a clue why this route is o
55 CoachClass: I believe that was Eurofly. My recollection is that they flew from JFK to Palermo and Naples seasonally.
56 FreshSide3: I also remembering Alaska flying from ANC to a couple of Far East Russian cities......Provideniya(PVS) and Magadan(GDX).
57 raffik: BEY - DAM JU 727 The airline no longer serves Beirut and doesn't operate the 727
58 Viscount724: Originally Western Airlines around 1980/81. Didn't last long, about 18 months. They also operated HNL-ANC-LGW during that period. They acquired one D
59 Roseflyer: Of all the routes I have flown, I can only think of some from airports that no longer have long haul service. SEA-Seoul Gimpo-DEL, SFO-Hong Kong Kai T
60 deltacto: Yes - early 1990's - Anchorage to Magadan and Khabarovsk Here is the June 1992 Route Map http://www.departedflights.com/AS060792.html Vladivostock is
61 FreshSide3: BOS-ATH on both TW and OA ALP-ARN RB ALP-ATH RB GRU-ATH VP(V.A.S.P.) SNN-HAV SU LAS-NRT JL SFO-DUB EI ORD-TLV LY ORD-KBP Air Ukraine(forgot the carrie
62 YVRLTN: ANU - LHR BGI - LHR EDI - MSE EDI - YYZ - though this will be resumed by AC Rouge this summer LHR - POS STN - TLL though FR will move their LTN flight
64 MCO2BRS: For Me: LGW-MSP - NW LGW-DTW - NW ... I miss those DC10's! LGW-IAH - CO LGW-STL - TW LGW-MIA - BA (I think this has been discontinued) BRS-EWR - CO AM
65 KGRB: You do realize that DL restored CVG-PHX service and that it was only drawn down for the winter, right? http://flightaware.com/live/flight/D...1/histo
66 gr8circle: Some routes out of India, no longer available: BOM-Seychelles BOM-Aden BOM-Lusaka BOM-HRE BOM-BEY All flown by AI on the B707 in the past...1960s to 8
67 rwy04lga: Only two: KEF-PIK on Pan Am PIK-JFK on Pan Am
68 BoeingGuy: Actually, AS flew to five different Russian Cities.
69 PHX787: Can no longer fly because I live in Japan now Next time I'm back in the states it will be drawn back down again.
70 chootie: Hi.. my major loss is CGN-FRA by LH Now operated by the german railway system... What a crock..
71 CPH-R: Flew KE LHR-GMP-SYD and later on SYD-GMP-FRA a few months before ICN came into use. A shame really, because that 7-hour layover in GMP was murder (it
72 Ldriver: I'm assuming many are listing one -or more -stop routes? Or is that just a few bloopers? As a TWA timetable collector, TW STL-AMS I'm pretty sure was
73 Ldriver: If these haven't been listed yet, I have done -FLL-MIA on Eastern 757 1983. Price was $17 for 11 mile trip (or $11 for 17 mile trip, can't remember wh
75 PlymSpotter: Quite a few, not counting one off or charter flights: GRO-NQY - Ryanair NQY-BHX - FlyBe NQY-SBK - Isles of Scilly Skybus CWL-NQY - Air Southwest, Isle
76 EL-AL: TLV-YMX YMX-TLV YMX-YYZ YYZ-YMX - all 4 in El Al B747-200 in 1994. ORY-TLV on El Al B747-200 in 1998 (all flights to Israel moved to CDG) TLV-DLM DLM-
77 YVRLTN: I flew on that old girl too MAN - BGI return, summer 98 season IIRC.
78 mia305: How about Mia/Mth, Mia/Srq & Mia/Dab all served by AE and discontinued
79 surfpunk: Only ones that come to mind are ORD-ORY and ORY-RDU on AA back in 1990.
80 WildcatYXU: A few comes to mind: YYZ - PRG - OK (310) YYZ - BUD - MA (762) YUL - VIE - OS (343) YVR - NGO - AC (763)
81 thegoldenargosy: AA STL-COU AA STL-BOD AA ORD-PVD BM LHR-AMS BM LHR-DUB DL PVD-CVG DL CVG-PBI DL BOS-DCA DL PVD-DCA DL PVD-RDU DL MEM-COU DL ATL-COU FL MKE-PIT FL MKE-
82 KingFriday013: I didn't realize they dropped the route, but DL no longer flies ATL-ACA (Acapulco, Mexico). I flew that back in 2007, B757s each way. Does Air Panama
84 Akiestar: I can only recall two so far: TKU-TLL on BE. I flew this route on January 31, 2012, and it was discontinued less than a month later on February 24. Th
85 pwm2txlhopper: You can no longer fly between PWM - BOS on any airline! The route existed for over 60 years with airlines such as Northeast, Delta, USair, Northwest,
86 rahulrahul: Also MAA-BLR Indian Airlines/ Alliance Air CDG-MAA AF
87 AirGabon: DME-KGD with KD Avia 733 LBV-FCO-NCE-CDG with GN 74M LBV-MRS-CDG with GN 74M LBV-LOS-COO-LFW with RK AB3 LBV-DLA-LFW with GN F28 BJM-KGL-NBO-CDG with
88 PHX787: I damn near cried when that route was cut. Used to fly it all the time when I was little Such good memories
89 beakerltn: Only time I ever flew on a 146, with Buzz (great airline) and on the very short run route Stansted to Blackpool. Anyone remember them?? View Large Vie
90 redzeppelin: I see only two such routes in my log: MDW-IND-MDW on ATA in 2004. SLC-TPA on DL in 2006 and again in 2008. Neither route is currently served by any ca
91 vatveng: While it's still possible to fly region-to-region, with the departure of AirTran the following Newport News nonstops are no longer possible airport-to
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