Ozzie From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 338 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 6 days ago) and read 5153 times:
Obviously, this question is open to debate in terms of how "obscure" something is, but for fun, name the strangest, least common, most foreign airline you've been on--to you, for example if you live in Helsinki than GOL might be your most obscure, but not if you live in Sao Paulo.
For example, since I live in Phoenix, my most obscure airline is Air Malta.
AlexPorter From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 5104 times:
Definitely Champion Air here, MSP-PVR r/t in March 2001. Everything else is a scheduled US-based carrier so they aren't that obscure, although a majority of people haven't heard of Sun Country either, my second most obscure airline.
Timology From Netherlands, joined Jan 2006, 216 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 5084 times:
Has to be Bouraq Surabaya - Den Pasar for me.
Worst airline experience ever too. They let us wait for over 8 hours for another plane to come, since our scheduled plane had a broken window in SIN (no idea how a window (passanger window that is) can be broken though)
DesertAir From Mexico, joined Jan 2006, 1392 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 5075 times:
In 1973 I flew betwee ALB and Los Alamos, NM. I cannot remember the name of the airline. It was a small twin engine prop. Tikal Jets in the mid 90s in Guatemala from Guatemala City to Flores.
NateDAL From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 416 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 5058 times:
FlyBoy84 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 364 posts, RR: 5 Reply 13, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 5021 times:
PanAm III BLV-GYY over Christmas in 2000 or 2001. It was obscure because the airline only offered a couple of flights out of the St. Louis area. I wanted to experience the extra legroom and the hot bread and cookies for the in-flight service.
I wasn't disappointed on the first part as there was more room...OOPS...that's another airline altogether! Alas the only thing served was soft drinks, so I was disappointed on the service.
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 19266 posts, RR: 63 Reply 17, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 4980 times:
Transavia, back in the day they codeshared with Continental at LGW for the short hop to AMS. Great little airline, but my traveling partner at the time kept insisting on calling it Transylvania Airlines.
RIHNOSAUR From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 362 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 4967 times:
Quoting UAalltheway (Reply 1): For me it was TACA last summer, MIA-SJO-MGA and MGA-MIA.
that is interesting.......being from Costa Rica that is so every day to me, but still that is what's so cool about this thread...
for me it has definitely been last Christmas
EUROGUINEANA DE AVIACION
local airline inside Equatorial Guinea, flight was MALABO to BATA round trip,
try to find this on the map of the world and you get cheers from me!!!
particles and waves are the same thing, but who knows what that thing is...
Sfomb67 From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 417 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 4953 times:
TUNisia From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1834 posts, RR: 5 Reply 22, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 4943 times:
TUNINTER (Tunisair subsidiary) TUN-DJE on a ATR-72
Someday the sun will shine down on me in some faraway place - Mahalia Jackson
AirxLiban From Lebanon, joined Oct 2003, 4492 posts, RR: 55 Reply 24, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 4931 times:
Hmm...I haven't been on too many obscure airlines, I guess the most obscure would be Olympic Aviation, flights around the Greek islands in the late 80s with the flying box car.
PARIS, FRANCE...THE BEIRUT OF EUROPE.
25 LoungeLover: Adria Airways on LJU-VIE leaving LJU in the snow, just after de-icing...very obscure...
27 AirCop: TransAir of Canada - YAM to YYZ in 1978 on a yellow/brown F-28 Harbor Air - SEA to ODW Skystream - MQT-TVC-LAN-DTW in 1974 on a Metro Ansett New Zeala
28 NorthstarBoy: i'm not sure about obscure, the two most exotic airlines i've flown have been CAAC (before they subdivided into all those different airlines) in China
29 Soups: AeroGaviota Havana-Cayo Largo. No safety demo, no departure time. Baracoa-Cayo Largo (dom Cuba) AN26 AeroGaviota (by Soups Feb 24 2006 in Trip Reports
31 MEA-707: Defunct: National I, Frontier I, Dan-Air, Air Alfa, Sabena, Istanbul Air, Reeve Aleutian, TWA, Muk Air, Crossair, Swissair, Vanguard Airlines, Aerolin
32 Mrcraigdav: Royal Air Cambodge from PNH to KUL - was less hideous than it could have been and was actually a code-share with Malaysian.
34 FXramper: Sun Country, IAH-MSP, when I volunteered for Camp Victory on Lake Minnetonka.
35 UpperDeck79: Air Koryo Pyongyang-Beijing on Il-62M...
36 Jeremy: Iran Air 747SP GVA-ORY in October 1995. I don't think too many Americans choose this carrier unless they have to. Not that it's a bad carrier.
37 Fanofjets: Mine would have to be Sun Jet International, Newark to Long Beach, via Dallas: Rich International Airways, LGW to JFK View Large View MediumPhoto &cop
38 VirginAbby: Istanbul Airlines Heathrow-Istanbul-Ercan, North Cyprus
39 LTBEWR: Global International Airways/Airlines - A charter Airline JFK-LGW in 1983 (707) Transamerica Airlines - A charter Airline - JFK-Shannon-JFK in 1984 (D
40 NoelG: For me it is Origin Pacific AKL-NSN in Jan this year (although hopefully not too obscure soon...), I also flew an Airtran 717 in the USA, and a Malays
41 SW733: Hewa Bora Airways from Johannesburg-Kinshasa and than from Kinshasa-Lubumbashi
42 Komododx: Most obscure would be Air UK (considering at the time [1992] I lived in South America). The next ones would be FlyMe, Fly Nordic, and Blue 1 (coming u
43 Rmcf: For me probably Coastal Aviation, a charter airline that deserves several tourist destinations in Tanzania. Had some great rides in a Caravan and a Pi
44 RoseFlyer: For me it would be TAME which is a division of the Ecuador Air Force on a 727. Others would be RenoAir, Air Tahiti and probably some others I can't th
46 Wrighbrothers: Probably America west ,WN or UA doing SFO/LAX-LAS. And, not all that far away, but so far my only propeller flight and my first trip more North that E
48 DavidT: Live in England. Most obscure in terms of being foreign - America West probably! Although obscure in the usual sense - probably Aero Airlines, a partn
49 Loadsheet: Iran Aseman Fokker 100: Asayoleh-Teheran Caspian Air TU-154: Teheran-Kish Island-Teheran Saha Airlines B707: Teheran-Asayoleh, Teheran-Kish-Teheran
50 Spottingpete93: My most obscure is probably Air Wisconsin CRJ from YYZ to IAD and then IAD to JFK (both operating under UA express banner in full UA colours - everyth
51 Vhqpa: I may sound very obscure myself for saying this but - Silkair the only non Australian airline I have flown. Jason
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