747400sp From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3301 posts, RR: 2 Posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2212 times:
What route did Eastern fly from LAX. I remember seeing L1011 tristar, A300 and 757 flying in and which terminal did they did they use. I thought it was T6 but photos shows that they use T3, but I remebered them using T6.
Cschleic From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 1032 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2160 times:
For a long time they flew just to Atlanta. I recall them using T-3, same as TWA. Later they probably flew A-300's overnight to Houston when they had a short-lived overnight service through a Houston hub. It was carry-on luggage only as the belly was entirely for cargo.
Jsnww81 From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1858 posts, RR: 17 Reply 2, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2110 times:
Eastern first got ATL-LAX authority in 1969 (before that only Delta flew the route.) They started off flying Stretch DC8s, then moved to a mix of L1011s and 727-200s in the mid-1970s.
I'm pretty sure Eastern flew out of T6, at least initially. Until Deregulation, that was the "everybody else" terminal at LAX, housing Continental, Delta, PSA, and Hughes. All the others were leased to a single airline (3 to TWA, 4 to American, 5 to Western, and 7/8 to United) who could then sub-lease if they wished. That's how Texas International ended up at T7 and Mexicana at T5.
Dutchjet From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 7864 posts, RR: 58 Reply 3, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2097 times:
Eastern flew from LAX to several destinations over the years including ATL, IAH, MCI, JFK, but not all at the same time - the routes changed as Eastern adjusted its route network. Most services to ATL operated with 1011/A300 aircraft as did the services to JFK.
Eastern, in one its boldest and costliest moves, entered the JFK-LAX and JFK-SFO markets with their Eastern Transcon service.....AA, TW, and UA, which controlled those routes for decades were not amused, fare wars developed and EA reduced and then eliminated the service.
Gr8slvrflt From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1583 posts, RR: 16 Reply 4, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2062 times:
Some comments on the above:
Eastern actually began Atlanta Los Angeles with 727-100s. I believe the flights continued on to Ontario for a while. Moonlight Special flights originally went to Houston Intercontinental but were later changed to Chicago O'Hare. Eastern also flew Los Angeles to Miami for many years, eventually using DC-10s. Philadelphia was served nonstop with 757s. There were also nonstop flights to Orlando. I can't quite remember but I think there were also Los Angeles - San Francisco flights as continuations of Trans Cons (I might be confusing this with Delta, however). There may have also been Los Angeles - San Juan flights for a while. I do remember serving Steak & Lobster--in coach!!!!
Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6468 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2048 times:
My guess is they never flew LAX-SFO, but not certain.
They had a couple of shortlived flights out of SFO. I think they tried PIT, and (sounds unlikely, but...) I think I recall SFO-Louisville. So might be some surprises at LAX too.
Gr8slvrflt From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1583 posts, RR: 16 Reply 6, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 2014 times:
I just checked my records and I worked a Moonlight Special between Chicago and Los Angeles with a stop at Dallas/Ft. Worth....I forgot about that one.
Aeri28 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 595 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1883 times:
Yes, they did fly between Lax and SFO in either the late 80's or early 90's .. I remember picking up a friend on that flight. Have no idea how long that route lasted or even began..
Klwright69 From Saudi Arabia, joined Jan 2000, 1787 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1839 times:
In the early 80's I remember flying an EA 767 from LAX to ATL. Wasn't full at all though...The flight next door was going LAX-MIA-BOG. It was very exciting being on a flight with a movie for the first time!
Scariest flight of my life though. The storms and turbulence around ATL was unbelievable.... It caused us to divert to Birmingham, AL.
Jetdeltamsy From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 2984 posts, RR: 8 Reply 9, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1778 times:
jfk/iah/mia/mco/mci/phl..
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747400sp From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3301 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1713 times:
I do not think Eastern had 767's. Are you sure it was not a 757 or an A300 airbus? I maybe wrong but I never herd of Eastern having a 767.
Flyboy7974 From United States of America, joined Jan 2003, 1540 posts, RR: 2 Reply 12, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 1623 times:
eastern did serve both sfo and las from lax, the morning flight to las and the evening flight to sfo were both continuations from their miami service. as mentioned above, my timetables also show at diff times, mci, atl, phl continued to lga, jfk, ord, iah, bos, mia and panama city with a 757, dubbed el interamericano service.
Flyboy7974 From United States of America, joined Jan 2003, 1540 posts, RR: 2 Reply 13, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 1621 times:
eastern did serve both sfo and las from lax, the morning flight to las and the evening flight to sfo were both continuations from their miami service. as mentioned above, my timetables also show at diff times, mci, atl, phl continued to lga, jfk, ord, iah, bos, mia and panama city with a 757, dubbed el interamericano service.
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 15, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1497 times:
I remember EA flying out of both T-3 and T-6 at LAX. At the time they were at T-3, I believe they were on the east side of the satellite.
I'm not sure when they moved to T-6. I flew MSY-ATL-LAX back in November of 1988, and we arrived at gate 65, and then departed out of 65, as well. As I recall, on the LAX-ATL portion, which was a 757, our actual flight time was 3 hours and 15 minutes, when the usual flight time was 4 hours.
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DL_Mech From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 1761 posts, RR: 10 Reply 16, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1491 times:
I remember EA flying out of both T-3 and T-6 at LAX. At the time they were at T-3, I believe they were on the east side of the satellite.
In the '70's TW ground handled EA's L-1011's. Their ticket counter was located where Alaska's is today (closest to the escalator). I believe that they moved to T-6 sometime after the Texas Air buyout.
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JohnJ From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1620 posts, RR: 3 Reply 17, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1445 times:
747400sp From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3301 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1403 times:
Thank you John J this is an interesting time table. I would have flown Eastern if I had to go to Atlanta.
Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6468 posts, RR: 8 Reply 19, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1363 times:
Sure nuff Eastern did fly LAX-SFO. They probably started it when they took over Braniff's South American network in 1982 (Braniff flew maybe two DC-8-62s a week into SFO) and it reappeared in later years. Looking thru the old timetables there was other stuff I didn't expect: SJC-MCI, SJC-SFO, SJC-RNO, LAX-SAN. But I never found SFO-PIT or SFO-SDF.
Travelin man From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 3312 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1303 times:
I remember taking Eastern LAX-MCI-DCA-BOS in 1986. Flights were on a 757, which at the time was a pretty new plane. We left and arrived LAX at T3, because I distinctly remember watching the planes on RW 24.
EA CO AS From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 12559 posts, RR: 64 Reply 21, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1272 times:
PHX had a sizeable EA operation in the mid-late 80's...something like 14 flights/day to ATL, MCI, LAS, TUS, SNA, SAN and ONT?
EA did have a good amount of service to PHX during the 80s. Among the cities served nonstop were:
ATL
MCI
LAS
TUS
SAN
IAH
Most of this service was done via B-727-225 and B-757-225 equipment, although EA occasionally scheduled A-300B4s on their PHX-ATL service when they were still at the old T1. The occasional DC-9-51 or L-1011 would come through on equipment swaps, but rarely.
EA had a rating system for stations based on the volume of passengers they carried locally. "A" stations were primarily hub and focus city locations like ATL, LGA, SJU, etc. "B" stations were smaller, "C" stations smaller yet, and so on. PHX actually attained "B" station status for awhile (1985/6), but dropped dramatically after the sale to Texas Air Corporation.
I don't recall SNA or ONT service from PHX on EA, however. I could be mistaken though.
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