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Miami To Costa Rica In 1987?Airline Name

mhulton From United States of America, joined Feb 2011, 3 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 5112 times:

Does anyone recall the name of an airline I flew on this route? The female flight attendants wore tuxedo like uniforms, and the aircraft was a former Lufthansa 727-100; the galley equipment and Seat Belt signs were still in German.

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wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5566 posts, RR: 5
Reply 1, posted (2 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 4913 times:

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Could it have been Aero Costa Rica?

mhulton From United States of America, joined Feb 2011, 3 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (2 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 4700 times:

No, I'm pretty sure it was a US airline, and it definitely was an ex LH 727-100, in 1987.

NorthStarDC4M From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2829 posts, RR: 40
Reply 3, posted (2 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 4665 times:

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Aero Costa Rica wasn't flying yet, they started in the early 90s i think?

Challenge International is a possible, they had at least 1 727-100 but i don't know if they had any ex-LH ones.

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wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5566 posts, RR: 5
Reply 4, posted (2 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 4593 times:

It couldn't have been Private Jet Expeditions?

fshplns From United States of America, joined Oct 2010, 85 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (2 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 4560 times:

Could have been AA back then. Back then i remember seeing PanAm seatbelt buckles on the Continental 727 I was on. Seatbets are exchangable, not mounted permanently, each side of the belt has a latch that connects to the seating area

Prinair From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 744 posts, RR: 3
Reply 6, posted (2 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 4176 times:

AA did not fly from Miami to Costa Rica in 1987.

I believe it was Challenge International.

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flaps30 From United States of America, joined May 2009, 261 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (2 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 4058 times:

Could it have been LACSA?

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mhulton From United States of America, joined Feb 2011, 3 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (2 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 3502 times:

Thanks so much. I agree that it must have been Challenge. I have found a photo of their 727-100 (and registration details of this aircraft in its long career), but I can't locate any pictures of the unusual stewardess outfits (tuxedo like). Does anyone have photos, reports, or memories of this short-lived airline? I was bumped from an Eastern flight in MIA, and had to run to catch this flight.

OP3000 From United States of America, joined Jun 2009, 1678 posts, RR: 2
Reply 9, posted (2 years 4 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 2960 times:

Quoting mhulton (Reply 8):

Thanks so much. I agree that it must have been Challenge. I have found a photo of their 727-100 (and registration details of this aircraft in its long career), but I can't locate any pictures of the unusual stewardess outfits (tuxedo like). Does anyone have photos, reports, or memories of this short-lived airline? I was bumped from an Eastern flight in MIA, and had to run to catch this flight.

Your question made me curious enough to search. No photo, but an article describing why and how the tuxedo-like uniforms came about:

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/198...784_1_attendants-uniforms-airlines

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