SE210Caravelle From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 239 posts, RR: 1 Posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1628 times:
I have always liked the idea of having a classic airline.
The airline would have the Pan American name and would fly only classic planes: The 727's, 707's, Caravelles , original 747's, BOAC's, DC 8's, 9's and MD 80's, 90's, VC-10's, etc, etc. The cabins would be all first class and the flight attendants would wear classic uniforms (hat included ). There would be no in flight entertainment unless there were TV's and a radio connection originally built into the aircraft.
Nothing would be modernized except for safety features and possible mandatory improvements on the flight decks!
I think this would be great!
What do you think? Would you want an airline like this? What planes would you use?
AZjetgeek From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 235 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1610 times:
I'm not really certain what you believe is a "classic" airline, but the one I'd choose is Braniff. Not that I had any great love for the antics of Harding Lawrence, but I did like the airline's use of script for its livery. I also enjoyed the solid color aircraft.
Braniff did best with the 727 and the BAC 1-11. I'd operate it today with Embraer 170's and Fokker 100's. Staying in a regional carrier mode, I'd operate the 170's on shorter, lower-load service. The F-100's would be used on medium-range flights with higher loads. I'd cover Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas initially.
Lawrence got greedy when De-Regulation went into effect in 1978. He bit off WAY more than he could chew, including purchasing a couple of 747's. He wound up keeping one to use for service to London. Those who attempted to restart Braniff in the 80's and 90's did not appear to have much vision or understanding of the industry. I'd like to see what Herb Kelleher would have done with Braniff if he owned it.
Delta767300ER From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2559 posts, RR: 14 Reply 2, posted (8 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1591 times:
I already have a classic airline. CheapJet Airways, we operate BAC-111's, DC-9's, 727's, 747-100's and L-1011's. I will have the website up and running soon!
Thrust From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 2673 posts, RR: 11 Reply 3, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1566 times:
I would choose Trans World Airlines
We would have the L-1011s, Boeing 747 Classics (-100 and -200), Boeing 747-400, Boeing 767-200ER, -300ER, Boeing 727-200, Boeing 757-200, DC-9s, McDonnell Douglas MD-80, Boeing 777-200ER and 777-200LR. Our stewardesses would wear the old TWA uniforms of the 1950s, we would offer full meal service on all flights, offer MRTC, and our global network would include transpacific routes to NRT, HKG, Singapore, and Taipei out of ORD, LAX, JFK, and STL. THis transpacific network would be in addition to TWA's services to Europe in the 1980s (LHR routes retained), and TWA's big domestic network. It would be the perfect TWA
Thrust From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 2673 posts, RR: 11 Reply 4, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1565 times:
Forgot to add more stuff. We would also have service to the Carribean and to South America, particularly Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and Buenos Aires in Argentina, and Santiago, Chile.
FlagshipAZ From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3419 posts, RR: 15 Reply 5, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1561 times:
Western Airlines...the onlyyy way to fly!
I would have the 707-347s, 720-047s, 727-247s, 737-247s & the DC-10-10s.
Regards.
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." --Ben Franklin
VS4ever From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 113 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (8 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1558 times:
Mind would be Orion airways, they were wonderful and I would fly 737-300's in the Easyjet mode! Plus it was a classic livery. I hated Britannia for a while when they absorbed them, now I hate Tui!, see a pattern emerging?
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From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 239 posts, 
name and would fly only classic planes: The 727's, 707's, Caravelles 
, original 747's, BOAC's, DC 8's, 9's and MD 80's, 90's, VC-10's, etc, etc. The cabins would be all first class and the flight attendants would wear classic uniforms (hat included 
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