SheikhDjibouti wrote:(Yes, Swissair also had a number of early DC-10s, but not a huge number.)
Errrmmm.... Swissair had 9 (!) DC-10s at least by the time of the 1979 grounding of the type, when this picture was taken at ZRH:

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SheikhDjibouti wrote:(Yes, Swissair also had a number of early DC-10s, but not a huge number.)
blandy62 wrote:ClassicLover wrote:What about the current United Airlines flight 155? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Hopper
HNL - Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
MAJ - Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
KWA - Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
KSA - Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
PNI - Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
TKK - Weno, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
GUM - Guam, United States
Would love to do this someday!
This a bit different. This is not due to plane range limitation as on the past. This mainly because the islands are all over the Pacific. and dont forget that in the past it would Also stop at Johnston atoll between Majuro and Honolulu too.
I used it from Guam to Majuro some years back. Nice flight
OzarkD9S wrote:So I've been reading this thread and YES, some people did fly "all the way" on those globe straddling multi-stops. But to dial it back to the US, many airlines had milk-runs in the regulated era. I myself flew Ozark PIA-MLI-CID-RST-MSP. Not for fun, though it was, but because there were seats open and we were non-revving. The nonstop PIA-MSP was 59 minutes gate-to-gate. My itinerary was 2 hrs 25 minutes.
DUSdude wrote:SheikhDjibouti wrote:(Yes, Swissair also had a number of early DC-10s, but not a huge number.)
Errrmmm.... Swissair had 9 (!) DC-10s at least by the time of the 1979 grounding of the type, when this picture was taken at ZRH:
SheikhDjibouti wrote:DUSdude wrote:SheikhDjibouti wrote:(Yes, Swissair also had a number of early DC-10s, but not a huge number.)
Errrmmm.... Swissair had 9 (!) DC-10s at least by the time of the 1979 grounding of the type, when this picture was taken at ZRH:
Guilty as charged! (if you consider 9 is a huge number)![]()
In truth, I was already aware in that particular case I was stretching a point slightly, but the principle is still valid.
For instance, Swissair's last active fleet (2002) included 34 widebodies, and at times before that it may have been closer to 40. That's a lot more than eleven (9 + 2 B742s)
Many thx for that epic photo featuring all that bare unpainted metal, including #2 engine in the tail. So shiny, you can almost smell it.
OzarkD9S wrote:So I've been reading this thread and YES, some people did fly "all the way" on those globe straddling multi-stops. But to dial it back to the US, many airlines had milk-runs in the deregulated era. I myself flew Ozark PIA-MLI-CID-RST-MSP. Not for fun, though it was, but because there were seats open and we were non-revving. The nonstop PIA-MSP was 59 minutes gate-to-gate. My itinerary was 2 hrs 25 minutes.
Revelation wrote:OzarkD9S wrote:So I've been reading this thread and YES, some people did fly "all the way" on those globe straddling multi-stops. But to dial it back to the US, many airlines had milk-runs in the deregulated era. I myself flew Ozark PIA-MLI-CID-RST-MSP. Not for fun, though it was, but because there were seats open and we were non-revving. The nonstop PIA-MSP was 59 minutes gate-to-gate. My itinerary was 2 hrs 25 minutes.
WN often ends up with such itineraries. I remember in the early 00s dong MHT-BWI-JAX-MOB-MSY. Seemed a bit ridiculous at the time, but WN really was mostly a point to point airline, and if you happened to want some points that weren't well served you found yourself bouncing around a lot of different airports.
Revelation wrote:
WN often ends up with such itineraries. I remember in the early 00s dong MHT-BWI-JAX-MOB-MSY. Seemed a bit ridiculous at the time, but WN really was mostly a point to point airline, and if you happened to want some points that weren't well served you found yourself bouncing around a lot of different airports.
DUSdude wrote:
I once flew ORD-LAS-RNO-TUS on Reno Air in the mid-90s.
departedflights wrote:davidjohnson6 wrote:aircraft didn't have the enormous range that they do now.
As I said... I can see the POLITICAL reasons for these routes.... but again.... my curiosity is whether not anyone actually traveled these routes from beginning to end.