Airpearl From Malaysia, joined May 2001, 934 posts, RR: 37 Posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1221 times:
Are there any defunct (or about to go defunct) airlines you have flown and/or respected which you still wish was with us?
For me, a sad loss was British Caledonian. "BCal" was a fantastic airline which died a premature death, not from deregulation but over-regulation. Would BA be a different airline now had BCal taken over instead? After all, weren't the "Caledonian girls" just the greatest?
Sccutler From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 5101 posts, RR: 28 Reply 1, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1102 times:
No surprises from me-
1. Braniff International. They were really good, had style.
2. Legend. Ditto. And their traffic was ramping up nicely. A different capital market would have them flying high now.
3. Air Cal. Good folks, good service, it took typical AA arrogance to completely destroy a well-entrenched west coast network in a matter of months.
4. PSA- See No. 3 above, and substitute "USAir" for "AA," and "incompetence" for "arrogance."
There are others whose people and service I liked- the original Frontier, Muse Air, Pan Am.
...three miles from BRONS, clear for the ILS one five approach...
Rominato From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 268 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1084 times:
Miller22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 707 posts, RR: 4 Reply 7, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1038 times:
B727 From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 513 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1023 times:
Lindy field From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 3073 posts, RR: 15 Reply 12, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1027 times:
Acvitale From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 921 posts, RR: 13 Reply 13, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1028 times:
Pan Am (ver 1.0) the most influential airline in the history of aviation
Braniff (ver 1.0) creativity maximus!
MGM Grand One word "Luxury"
Air Atlanta Proving the small guys can do it better
Legend killed by "AA" AKA Anti Christ Air
Florida Express without a doubt the most attractive single FAs in the business
Mls515 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 3069 posts, RR: 9 Reply 14, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1010 times:
I'm with Vw, I miss AccessAir as well. In their second attempt at operating, you could fly between Des Moines and Chicago real cheap. Last April I had to take Greyhound because, even with a one-week advance purchase, it would have cost me more to fly from CHI-DSM than it it cost me to fly VS LHR-ORD!!
AC_B777 From Canada, joined Aug 2000, 785 posts, RR: 13 Reply 15, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 998 times:
Hey all,
I miss a lot of different airlines like Pan Am, Braniff, CP Air, etc, but I would have to say that the one I miss most is Eastern Airlines. I loved their bare metal scheme with the blue "hockey stick" cheatline.
Matt D From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 9502 posts, RR: 51 Reply 17, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 986 times:
CB777 From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 1216 posts, RR: 4 Reply 18, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 981 times:
Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3922 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 983 times:
I will miss Braniff I loved seeing all those bright colors
Picarus From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 298 posts, RR: 1 Reply 22, posted (12 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 976 times:
All of them:
Pan Am
National
Western
Air Cal
PSA
Hughes Airwest
Piedmont
Flying Tiger
Braniff
Eastern
28 Contrails: 1. Braniff. Sometimes looking out my office window I think I can see one of BN's beautiful 727's on final to DCA. BN had their problems, but they were
29 EyeSky: Contrails, I appreciate your metaphor of a wolf dismembering US Airways. As it gets down to business, the wolf will find the remains of Colonial, Moha
30 DCA-ROCguy: I miss People Express because of the great fares they brought to my hometown, Rochester, and the way they opened up a whole new era in air travel for
31 FedExHeavy: Reno Air and PSA . Have a nice day, FedExHeavy
32 Fanofjets: I miss Air Florida and Laker; both provided excellent service between the US and the UK, even flying charter.
33 Quebecair: Any airline who goes belly-up is a sad story for me. Here is a list of airline I flew and are no longer flying: Northeast Eastern Wardair (Best servic
34 Fan_I_am: Flying Colors................. the TRUE and original Flying Colors............ The original Braniff.......... Just a side note, after living in Phoeni
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