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Post by keithh on Oct 2, 2017 19:42:38 GMT
After the sad demise of Monarch, it started me thinking about the airlines I have flown with that are no longer with us. I was surprised to see how many there were and I have listed them below. I'm sure there must be many members, especially the older ones amongst us, who have flown on some great old airlines so why not post them here.
British airlines
Caledonian and later British Caledonian
Skyways Coach Air
Dan Air
B E A
Monarch
Northeast
British Island Airways
Laker
Air Europe
Air2000
Air UK
British Midland
Airworld
Buzz
Airtours
My Travel
American airlines
Eastern
Air Florida
Chalks
Continental
Northwest
Others
Aer Turas
Mexicana
Caribbean Star
Sky Europe
Wizz
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Post by rh226 on Oct 2, 2017 20:45:54 GMT
I haven't flown on any of these, but just thinking back to my civil spotting days a long time ago, the following spring to mind of what also used to be seen in the UK:-
BOAC Eagle/Cunard Eagle
Pan American Trans World National................remember the "I'm (........), Fly Me" advert?........which resulted in the 10cc song Seaboard World
Flying Tiger
Sabena Swissair VARIG...................anyone remember the Connie in MCR for the 1966 World Cup? Panair do Brasil Ghana Airways East African Trans Canada Transair Sweden VIASA
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Post by deke on Oct 2, 2017 23:18:37 GMT
Quick top of my head, some Brit airlines flown but not mentioned so far, sure there must be others:
Court Line
Britannia Airways
Janus Airways
Overseas airlines, there must be plenty, VLM springs immediately to mind, as does Olympic, and Braathens SAFE.
With Monarch in mind, in '94 I was in Asuncion, Paraguay due to fly out on their national carrier LAP when word came through it had ceased operations.
It took a couple of days to find another flight out via Bolivia to Colombia, can't remember who with and I wasn't keeping any records at that time.
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Post by lordevanelpuss on Oct 3, 2017 5:14:07 GMT
My first holiday abroad was a short while after I left school in 1976. We flew from Gatwick to Vancouver on CP Air DC8 CF-CPT. We then had an internal flight on a Pacific Western B737. I do know that Pacific Western was one of those domestic Canadian carriers that joined together to form 'Canadian Airlines International'. What was the fate of CP Air?
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Post by keithh on Oct 3, 2017 18:47:25 GMT
CP Air formed Canadian with PWA and Nordair
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Post by davidallum on Oct 4, 2017 9:17:19 GMT
Thought I would check my flights spreadsheet and have come up with the following:
UK Airlines
Air UK
BEA
Britannia (now of course TUI)
British Airtours (holiday subsidary of BEA)
British Caledonian
British Island
British Midland
Buzz
Dan Air
Go Fly
First Choice
Monarch
Northeast
United States
Continental
Eastern
Golden West (Twin Otters in the LA area)
Northwest
PSA (Pacific Southwest)
TWA
US Airways
Others
Airlinair (now merged into HOP)
Braathens
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Post by davidallum on Oct 28, 2017 7:54:16 GMT
Can now add one more to the list:
Air Berlin
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Post by dave on Oct 28, 2017 9:09:58 GMT
hi,
now you've got me in nostalgia mode,
Mohawk in the mid 60's.
American Flyers late 60's early 70's.
American Trans Air early 90's.
those were the real spotter days, regards,
dave...
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Post by dibleysdog on Oct 28, 2017 21:18:36 GMT
The 70's and 80's really were halcyon days so many airlines came and went,stretched 8's 707's galore.
Forgot just how many airlines have been and gone.
ONA
TIA
SATURN
AIRLIFT
WORLD
Why didn't I get a camera sooner?.
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Post by lordevanelpuss on Oct 29, 2017 10:17:58 GMT
In 1981 we had a family holiday to Canada and flew Wardair from LGW - YYZ on B747 C-FDJC. We returned a few weeks later on DC-10 C-GXRB.
Ten years later my late father & I flew LHR - INV & back a few days later on Dan Air B737 G-BKNH. Also in 1991 I joined my late parents out in Canada, flying with Nationair from Gatwick on B747 C-FFUN and returning a few weeks later on C-FDJC, of course, that was my second flight on this one!
Another ten years on, my late parents & I flew from Gatwick to Malaga on Britannia's B757 G-BYAE & returned a week later on G-BYAY. Later on in 2001, a mate & I had a few days spotting in Brussels. We flew from LHR on Virgin Express B737 OO-LTP and returned on OO-VEX.
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Post by starlifter on Oct 29, 2017 14:23:58 GMT
Though my photos and logs from the early days went into a skip 20 years ago, I remember the following from days at Ringway (Manchester), Yeadon and Squires Gate
Ace Freighters
Autair
BKS
British Eagle
British United
Cambrian Airways
Channel Airways
Derby Airways (became British Midland)
Mercury Airlines
Morton Air Services
Silver City
Starways
Treffield International Aviation
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Post by tonys4it on Oct 29, 2017 16:05:55 GMT
A couple from down under that I’ve flown on....
Trans Australian Airlines
Ansett
Tony
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2017 18:42:12 GMT
I have loaded some photos under the heading MORE MANCHESTER PHOTO OF 1980'S AND 1990'S.
Some of them are now defunct airlines such as NATIONAIR / CP AIR / CONTINENTAL etc.
LES
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Post by sheffieldspotter on Oct 29, 2017 21:07:32 GMT
I once flew on an Intra Viscount out of Gatwick on a school ski trip late 70’s.
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Post by davebasing on Oct 30, 2017 17:36:45 GMT
I once flew on an Intra Viscount out of Gatwick on a school ski trip late 70’s. Presumably of these two which I took in Jersey in 1977. My only flight with Intra was that day, training flight Jersey to Dinard & straight back on G-AMPY below.  77-ak by dave tompkins, on Flickr  77-aj by dave tompkins, on Flickr  77-ai by dave tompkins, on Flickr |
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Post by graham on Oct 31, 2017 7:47:22 GMT
Not sure whether they've been mentioned yet..
Overseas National
Trans International
Panagra
Ozark
Piedmont
Bonanza Airlines
Braniff
Capital Airlines
Capitol Airways
Comair
Midway Airlines
Northeast
Pacific Southwest
Republic Airlines
Seaboard World
ValuJet
Western
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