Matt D From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 9502 posts, RR: 51 Posted (11 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 621 times:
Ok...that last topic was getting a bit long. But I still have a few more questions. So I've elected to start a new topic, regarding the "Darth Vader" airline.
First, regarding Express. Is the reason they use an "Allegheny", a "Piedmont", and a "PSA" is to maintain rights to the names and prevent any new airline from ressurecting those names a la Midway, Frontier, or Pan Am?
Second, when was the last 727-100 retired from the fleet and did any of them make it into the last red and blue USAir livery? I could not find any pix of them in the database.
Third, when and why were the MD-80's pulled off the West Coast routes?
Fourth, why did US go with the F-100 as opposed to the 737-500? Given the huge 737 fleet total, with a combined USAir/Piedmont, they could've no doubt saved themselves at least some financial headache with a standard fleet?
DIA From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3273 posts, RR: 30 Reply 1, posted (11 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 599 times:
F-100s were very cheap and efficient to operate. That's why AA still has those odd-balls.
No airline can pass up a great deal.
Ding! You are now free to keep supporting Frontier.
D L X From United States of America, joined May 1999, 10561 posts, RR: 53 Reply 3, posted (11 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 574 times:
MD80s were brought east because they couldn't fly to the east coast hubs. (And, US bungled the merger.)
The 737-500 wasn't purchased most likely because it is too heavy. The much lighter F-100 is much better suited for short hops than the heavier 735.
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