Whats Your Favorite Airline Past Or Present

[Parche]

Mine was Braniff, they were so colorful!!!!



Even though my first flight ever was on PanAm to Honolulu 1975 707/747-200

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Flew on Braniff many times!

Also, loved TWA back in the '60s




And Braniff was the airline with the cool/mod attendant outfits

[HEyHEY]

2. Canada 3000

Was a great airline. good food, good service... now they're gone :-(

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Pan Am

Years ago, I flew Pan Am on a charter to Ireland. Free booze was served on the entire trip over, and several people became the worse for drink (not I).

One woman across the aisle and down a row or two decided to start barfing uncontrollably during the landing. One of the flight attendants held the bags under the woman's mouth and knelt in the aisle throughout the landing at Shannon. And managed to be pleasant about it to the drunk-sick woman and the rest of the passengers. She was amazing, and I will always remember her name.

[BOSSHOG]

4. United States Navy VR Squadrons (C9 Aircraft) in the 80s and 90's

Nothing fancy but chances are you knew the pilots and crew and about 100% of the passengers and you parked real close to wear you were headed. And the safety record - priceless.

[Parche]

7. Navy Airlines???

Ok they dont count!!!! :rofl: :hi:


I also loved Eastern, and remember when they gave me a free first class ticket for 2
to anywhere they flew





I also knew alot of people at TWA



Western Rocked also, the only way to fly

[BOSSHOG]

9. That Air Force C-130 that flew me out of Saudi Arabia 11 years ago

God what a wonderful flight.

[DrDan]

17. you flew from the U.S. to Saudi on a C-130?

are you still shakin'?

I flew from Richards Gebaur in KCMo to Hickham Hawaii once . . . geez, I thought we would never get there.

How many stops did you make?

Into Riyadh?

[BOSSHOG]

19. Flew from Saudi (Riyadh) to Germany on the C-130

then took a commercial back to CONUS. It was a rough flight in the C-130, we were packed like Sardines however, we all wanted to leave that place. The C-130 remains my favorite plane ever, because of that one flight.

[DrDan]

40. when did you do this . .

I was in Riyadh from '85 to '89. Spent quite a bit of time with the A.F. - but do not remember seeing many 130's there - mostly AWACS and F15s.

[BOSSHOG]

43. Operation Southern Watch

Departed August 96 shortly after the Dahran Terrorist Attack. Berthed at Eskan Village, spent a fortune on Kartoushes for every female family member on both sides of the family.

[DrDan]

47. I traveled to Cairo monthly during the 4 years I was there

so brought back kartouches from there.

I lived near the ROC compound - and my wife and I played team tennis with the ROC team. Most of the F15 and AWACS project people from the AF lived there. It was also a place we could get a piece of bacon every once in a while.

[Parche]

52. Alaska Airlines Salmon Thirty Salmon

Sounds a little fishy!! :rofl:

[Blue_Tires]

50. another vote for Eastern

i have wonderful memories flying with them as a kid up and down the east coast from ORF...


my second favorite? ValuJet....When I was in college in Atlanta ('95-'99), ValuJet took me to Newport News FOR 79 FREAKIN DOLLARS! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

[geardaddy]

5. Yep, I loved Braniff too.

and North Central



and flew Allegheny to my grandparents in PA.

[Dora]

6. Southwest Airlines, Phoenix to LAX, 1986-87.

Good times.

[RebelOne]

8. I am not sure of the name, but it was either Air Atlanta or Southern Air.

It went down the tubes in the '80s. The whole plane was first class at a really low price.

[Parche]

11. air atlanta

Yes I remember them, I still have their system timetable (I have over 5000 collection)
They were around for a year I think flew 727

[RebelOne]

37. I only flew on them once round-trip to Atlanta and

I was totally impressed. They even had their own concourse. No having to go through the airport at Hartsfield.

[geardaddy]

10. What about People Express?

The original discount airline.

[Parche]

14. People Express

They were a good airline I flew on them once, but over expanded

Actually PSA and Air California were the orginal 'Low fare' airlines, followed by Southwest

[Lydia Leftcoast]

12. My current favorite is All Nippon Airways

which is Japan's "number two" airline. They have good food, free drinks, and the world's sweetest flight attendants.

I only wish they flew within the U.S. instead of just back and forth to the U.S.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. A foreign airline flying within the U.S. is called cabotage.

And few things piss off airline workers more than the possibility of cabotage. If that happens (and the Republicans are, of course, pushing for it), there will be yet more cheap labor competing with us, more airline jobs lost and wages reduced. ANA might be a fine airline, but we do NOT want cabotage!

[uppityperson]

13. SAS USA>Scandihoovian places

SAS has more room, better service, nice and cute attendants, good food, free drinks, I like them.

[DrDan]

15. SwissAir

followed by AirFrance, KLM, and Singapore Airlines

[Rambis]

16. Aer Lingus

Very friendly service and good tea for once.

[Parche]

22. AER LINGUS

I heard they have changed their name to AER CUNNA LINGUS :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:



I also heard that the airline of Italy has changed their name from ALITALIA
to GENITALIA :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[SiobhanClancy]

44. I love Aer Lingus

I agree,the service is superb as is the tea...plus,when I'm flying with them,I'm going to Ireland:)

[Rambis]

48. Do me a favor

Have a 1/2 of Smithwicks, a pint of Guinness, some Guinness lamb stew, then once you are good and langered have some fine curry chips at 2:00am. Where are you headed I would love to hear the itinerary.
thanks

[SiobhanClancy]

51. I go fairly often...

I have cousins in Cork,and my sister lives in Strangford(near Belfast).

[Rambis]

49. sorry double vision (nm)

x

[underpants]

18. Hooters?

Actually I flew home from Germany on "Evergreen". I had never heard of them. Turns out (thank you internet) it is/was owned by a DoD contractor who basically bleeds money out of the system. Wanna guess which party he supports?

[Parche]

24. HOOTERS

Hooters are out of business now, they went 'Tits Up':rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:





Evergreen is based here in Oregon, they do contract work for CIA sometimes......

[Lydia Leftcoast]

33. I used to live in the town where Evergreen is headquartered

They were widely rumored to be a CIA contractor, and the uh...friend of the founder is a Republicanite legislator.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. I've heard those same rumors for years.

[terrya]

20. Air Canada

Great service and I like the fact that they make all their announcements in English and French...I know they have to do that, but still...

:-)

[Deep13]

21. Air Canada

just is

[Cruzan]

23. National

[cobalt1999]

25. Singapore Airlines

If you want to feel like complete royalty during a flight...

[Roon]

27. Nice!

Even if I hit the lottery, I still wouldn't be able to travel to Europe because of the long flights....but if I had one of THESE!!! I could travel around the world!!!

[Cruzan]

36. I did that once

First class, Singapore Airlines Flight 1, San Francisco to Hong Kong (and Flight 2 coming back). It definitely makes a 14 hour transpacific flight go a little easier.

[Roon]

26. I always liked Delta

The first time I ate a salad and enjoyed it was on a Delta flight to Orlando. Of course, they don't serve meals on the flights anymore.

[Hangingon]

28. I liked Braniff and flew it for years....

but Southwest really shhok up the business

[av8rdave]

29. I'm partial to Delta, since that IS my paycheck, however...

Mrs. av8rdave worked for Braniff, and liked the company.

I love your 707 pic. I flew the military version of that for a couple of years (actually the 720 - almost identical).

[hellbound-liberal]

30. I always liked these guys:

Alaska Airlines



The face on the tail section just seemed so out of place. Hey, I never said that I ever flew on them!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. Mine:

Airbus A-330. Totally cool airplane. Actually, I took this picture just before departing AMS from the identical A-330 behind it. LOOOVE the 330! It will do just about everything but shine your shoes for you.

[Robeson]

35. Aeromexico and KLM....

...are my favorite to fly on. As a child, though, we lived by an airport, and I was always fascinated to look up and see those colorful Braniff planes.

[donheld]

38. Frontier, the one with the animals

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[Hawkeye-X]

45. Yep, Frontier's cool;

I flew the Moose and the Mustang just last week.

Great flights, just wish they would STOP charging for their 24 channel DirecTV. Wife and I frequently fly Jetblue to New York from Denver, and offers free TV.

Jetblue is also neat (and naturally supports the Dems - CEO of Jetblue contributes to the Dems (I'll forgive Romney contributions - Neeleman's a Mormon)

[querelle]

39. British Airways

Even in economy class, BA has nice wide seats and lots of leg room. The flight attendants are polite and the food is pretty good too. I flew Iceland Air last year from Boston to Reykjavik and it was a very pleasant experience as well. The flight attendants dressed just like the stews from the 50's and 60's. You know, the little tailored suits with pillbox hats and white gloves. Very charming!

Q

[ScreamingMeemie]

41. Republic!!! The stewardesses gave out little activity card decks

along with your parents' playing cards...



My least favorite was Eastern. They had the worst sandwiches ever with 2 inch fake cheese on them.

[Danmel]

42. New York Air

I used to take their shuttle to NY when I was in law school in Boston.

They gave you a snack- "The Flying Nosh"

One time it was a sesame bagel with smoked turkey and gouda & an apple and I had a New Amsterdam Lager- best food I ever ate on a plane.

It was way way better than that cattle car People Express

[KeepItReal]

46. Fav Coach Class: Singapore Air.... Fav non-coach: Virgin Atlantic

My first flight was on TWA.

[Parche]

53. Homer Simpson On Airplane

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

54. This is the best airline ever.

http://www.skyhighairlines.com/main.asp

[sakabatou]

55. First flight was Delta

Best was British Airways

[Initech]

56. I like Jet Blue a lot (surprised that no one has mentioned them yet)

[DS1]

57. Tower Air

Best service I ever had. They even shined up my leather luggage

[fizzgig]

58. it's a tie between jet blue and frontier

i only take jet blue to nyc, so it comes down to price, otherwise it's usually frontier for everything else.

british airways was fantastic when i went to europe several years ago, although i can't say i was disappointed with united the last time i went to europe. united domestic, however, sucks.

[KitchenWitch]

59. Several!

North Central Airlines (AKA the Blue Goose)
Eastern
Allegheny
Western
and PBA (Provincetown Boston Airlines)

[Scooter24]

60. Air France- Concorde

It was a lot of fun.

[Withywindle]

61. Oceanic!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_Airlines



In all seriousness, Varig. Because of their food. Yes, really. :9 Yum.

I have to give Malaysia Airlines huge props for the prettiest flight attendant uniforms, and the ability to put up with neurotic ME on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Newark via Stockholm. I can't believe I stayed meltdown-free.

[DFW]

62. Today? Probably Air France

I travel a LOT, and they go to great pains to make sure you make
tight connections, even driving you to your next flight if there
isn't enough time to change terminals, etc. Lufthansa just says
tough luck, go sleep on the floor.

Old days? I loved the old PSA, New York Air and PBA for regional
airlines. Swissair and Cathay Pacific for International, and I found
the service on the British Airways Concorde to be better than on the
French version.

But the most fun flight by far was on a BWIA flight from JFK to Barbados
in 1981. From frozen NY on Chistmas Day, first a fabulous meal of
curried whatever plus other spicy stuff and Caribbean fruits, and then
the movie FAME, which had just come out. By the time the movie was over,
we pulled up the window shades to see the blue tropical waters and green
islands, one after another. Now THAT was a flight!

[flamingyouth]

63. I loved Western Airlines from my childhood.

Mostly for their ads featuring Wally Bird (voice of Jim Backus): "Western Airlines, the oooooooonly way to fly!" I took my very first flight on Western as a little girl back in the early '70s. :D