Notdownnlocked From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 915 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (11 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 744 times:
From what I can tell from 1952-1979 BN never had regular svc to ELP or ABQ for some reason. In western TX only AMA/LBB/MAF and way long before that Wichita Falls. CO/TI/AA were the main carriers in ELP. EA also had flights there at one point during this time.
Bkkair From Thailand, joined Aug 2001, 408 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (11 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 733 times:
I used to commute from LAX-SFO and always took Braniff on their old DC8-62's from Terminal 3. ( A little bit more fun than the PSA 727's at the time). The flights were all continuations of flights coming or going to South America. Loved those big, huge windows and the drapes you could pull closed. No windows shades on these planes.
AAtripleseven From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 324 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (11 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 725 times:
Continental had a hub in El Paso until the mid 80s when they filed for bankruptcy. Anyone have any information about that hub operation?
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 5, posted (11 years 9 months 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 706 times:
I just checked my 2 Braniff timetables from '81 and '82, BN was not serving ELP then.
As for Continental's hub at ELP, when they merged with Texas International in mid-1982, here are the cities each served from ELP:
Continental: Albuquerque, Austin, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Antonio
Texas International: Houston-IAH, Midland/Odessa, Phoenix, Tucson
There were a combined 22 daily departures between them.
In terms of cities served by the two of them at the time, ELP was the third largest market behind DEN-Stapleton and Houston-IAH.
Tom in NO (at IAH)
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