In the archive I have a momento from my father's first airline flight, on American Airlines, from New York to Detroit during World War II. He saved up a couple of months pay to fly home on a short leave.
My first airline flight was on Eastern Airlines, from Detroit to Tampa. I flew down to help my grandmother drive home. I flew Eastern a few times in the late 70's. I was in Atlanta changing planes from Delta to KLM, when Eastern shut down.
I flew Continental once. It did not go well. The flight changed destinations during a stopover in Cleveland, resulting in a long wait. The return flight was messed up by weather.
I flew TWA once. My first consulting trip for the largest aging organization in the USA, to Sacramento with changes in St. Louis. TWA had already announced merger with American Airlines.
I flew Northwest a few times, it was not a good option from Lexington as they only had a couple of flights a day, and if anything went wrong it could take days to get rescheduled.
US-Air, was largely the same as Northwest from Lexington. When I moved to DC, I started using US-Air a lot more, lots of flight options from National. My bookmark for American Airlines, still says US-Air.
What long gone airlines have you flown?
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