Impressive DL77LR Take-off
03-29-2010, 07:08 PM
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I believe there was scheduled service between SFO and OAK in the late 80's. United, perhaps. Here's a post from airliners.net:
Mon Oct 10 2005 06:03:37 your local time (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 8189 times:
Oh, my...I had forgotten that OAK-SFO run! I even remember a story on the first time all the airlines had to match the ff plans of someone else. For a while, all the miles you flew within a certain time span would be tripled, and each leg was guaranteed at least 500 miles.
The national news interviewed a woman in OAK or SFO (can't remember which one), who bought a round trip to the neighboring airport and returning that day, no luggage, solely for the miles - two 500 mile (minimum distance) tripled came to 3000 miles - having travelled distance of 22 miles (as the crow flies) roundtrip, it was one of those human interest stories that intrigued me solely for the reason of the nature of the flight. How in the world could an airline make money on a short flight like that?
Mon Oct 10 2005 06:03:37 your local time (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 8189 times:
Oh, my...I had forgotten that OAK-SFO run! I even remember a story on the first time all the airlines had to match the ff plans of someone else. For a while, all the miles you flew within a certain time span would be tripled, and each leg was guaranteed at least 500 miles.
The national news interviewed a woman in OAK or SFO (can't remember which one), who bought a round trip to the neighboring airport and returning that day, no luggage, solely for the miles - two 500 mile (minimum distance) tripled came to 3000 miles - having travelled distance of 22 miles (as the crow flies) roundtrip, it was one of those human interest stories that intrigued me solely for the reason of the nature of the flight. How in the world could an airline make money on a short flight like that?
03-29-2010, 08:24 PM
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03-29-2010, 09:03 PM
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Didn't Cathay Pacific can that captain that did that 777 fly by?
03-29-2010, 09:04 PM
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Like a hotel van
Before we had commuter "feeders", a big jet was profitably used on a short hop to pick up more pax before a long flight, or to drop off pax at two close airports after a long flight. Few customers bought a ticket just for the short flight.
