Showing posts with label 1984. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1984. Show all posts

Saturday, April 28, 2018

American Airlines - October, 1984

Honolulu to Maui service was advertised on the timetable cover, although it would not start until December, 1984.

https://twitter.com/AvGeek71/status/990246772248375296












Monday, June 24, 2013

Chaparral Airlines - July, 1984

Chaparral Airlines' planes wound up eventually painted in American Eagle's livery, as per this account of the Eagle's growth at DFW:
The ‘80s marked American’s massive “Growth Plan” which added dozens of new markets and by design, new hubs. DFW was by far the largest and most logical place to start the foundation of an Eagle operation. In the summer of 1984, Senior Vice President of Marketing Thomas Plaskett, who later went on to become President of Pan Am, made the official announcement that Metroflight and Chaparral Airlines would be the “first two” of American’s Eagle network.
Chaparral joined with its Gulfstream 1Cs, CASA 212s and Beech 99s, and by year’s end, 60 daily flights were serving eight cities from DFW. The carriers adopted AA ticket stock, flight numbers, and a new AA-inspired livery.



Saturday, March 9, 2013

AirCal - September, 1984

From Wikipedia:
AirCal, along with its equipment, routes, and facilities, was eventually acquired piecemeal by AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines, in 1987. American continued to fly many of the former AirCal aircraft from a new hub at San Jose International Airport (SJC) until American transferred the bulk of its San Jose operations to Reno Air in the mid-1990s. American also continued to operate former AirCal Boeing 737-300 aircraft into the Lake Tahoe Airport before turning over all Lake Tahoe service to their regional affiliate, American Eagle. American would later acquire Reno Air in 1999, and San Jose was an American Airlines hub until the early 2000s (and a downturn in the economy). All eight former AirCal Boeing 737-3A4s were later operated by Southwest Airlines. AirCal also had ordered a ninth 737-3A4, but it was never delivered. Eventually, this aircraft found its way into the Southwest Airlines' fleet as well. As of August 2010, Southwest retired most of the former AirCal fleet, with N679AA being the only remaining Boeing 737-300 series aircraft still in service.


I didn't know that AirCal and Muse Air worked together - the Midland/Odessa and New Orleans schedules show connections to San Francisco through LAX.


Saturday, November 17, 2012

Friday, November 25, 2011

Air 1 - June, 1984

I couldn't find much about Air 1 on the internet other than this small item from the New York Times.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 31— Air 1 said it would extend its service from coast to coast with the inauguration this spring of flights to Houston and Los Angeles. Air 1, which is based here, said it would operate nonstop from St. Louis with connections to other airlines and other cities the airline serves. The carrier, which began service April 1, 1983, serves airports in Newark, Washington D.C., Dallas- Fort Worth and Kansas City.