My grandma would take me to McCarran when I was a kid and let me wander around, I specifically remember being in both terminals. Once when I was in the AA terminal I witnessed the inaugural flight of Capitol Airways from LAS to either JFK or DC, I can' t remember. The PSA terminal was one story IIRC...
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http://www.renoair.net/renoair1996/index.html
When I worked for Delta the SLC-PHL flight was 1776 and Las Vegas was 777.
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http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/c ... er-flights
I think the DC-9 in the bottom left corner is Hughes Airwest and they merged with Republic in 1980 so this appears to be in the 70's. I am a Las Vegas native and remember when the airport looked like this, my dad worked for Hughes Airwest and Republic.
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8 is considered lucky for the Chinese!
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Jump to postSomone needs to add NYC, I just priced both <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> and <acronym title="New York - La Guardia (Glenn H Curtiss / North Beach / Municipal-La Guardia Field) (LGA / KLGA), USA - New York">LGA</acrony...
Jump to postI worked for <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> and <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> in <acronym title="Kalispell - Glacier Park International (Flathead County) (FCA / GPI / KGPI), USA - Montana">FCA</acronym> in the early 2000's and those flights were always f...
Jump to postOnce they cut over to Amadeus will <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> be bookable in other GDS systems, namely Worldpan? I'm sooo tired of having to use SWABIZ. As a travel agent for a large <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acron...
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Jump to postWhat is happening with the old terminal 2? If they don't tear it down could <acronym title="Air Guizhou (China) and Allegiant Air (USA)">G4</acronym> move there, kind of like the old <acronym title="Ukraine International Airlines">PS</acronym> or <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>...
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Jump to postBack in the day when I worked for QQ this route had quite a bit of college students going back and forth between UN<acronym title="Albanian Airlines">LV</acronym> and <acronym title="Underkhaan (UNR / ZMUH), Mongolia">UNR</acronym>. It's a great way for the students to come home for the weekend alth...
Jump to postAccording to the Southend Airport website easyJet will be serving 9 destinations from <acronym title="Southend - Rochford (SEN / EGMC), United Kingdom">SEN</acronym>. <a href="http://www.southendairport.com/flight-information/destinations-guides-amp-timetables/" target="_blank">http://www.southendai...
Jump to postReno Air (QQ) Parties were absolutely legendary!
My first and only QQ Christmas Party I won tickets on Garuda to Bali, never used them though. NW in Chicago I won S.A. Passes on Royal Jordanian to Shannon...never used them either.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/glid4500" class="quote" target="_blank">glid4500</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i> Do they fly jets into that airport </i>...
Jump to postGreat T.R.! I flew in to <acronym title="Bozeman - Gallatin Field (BZN / KBZN), USA - Montana">BZN</acronym> as a kid on the original Frontier right after that terminal opened. I vividly remember those geese as you go up the stairs and I always thought it was such a cool airport. Later in life I was...
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Jump to postThe entire metropolitan population of Las Vegas, NV is less than 2 million and yet it is the 15th busiest airport in the world. This is according to Wikipedia for 2008. It was actually number 10 in 2005.
[Edited 2009-12-24 12:02:30 by RW717]
Mine would have to be SGU back in the 80's. I flew on a OO metro from SGU to CDC. The entire terminal was basically one room.
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Jump to postThe little toys I got when I would non-rev on Hughes Airwest, i.e. the puzzle where you had to get the little ball bearing in the holes and the blow up "Top Banana" planes. My dad waiting at the edge of the jetway when i stepped off of the plane and driving me to the bag room at <acronym title="Las ...
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Jump to postI used to work at <acronym title="Kalispell - Glacier Park International (Flathead County) (FCA / KFCA), USA - Montana">FCA</acronym> and you are right it can be quite expensive. The cheapest airline is going to be Allegient, but that is only from <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (...
Jump to postMDW is easier to get to/from if you are using the <acronym title="Catania - Fontanarossa (Filippo Eredia) (CTA / LICC), Italy">CTA</acronym>. <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> you would have to take 1 train and 2 busses, whereas <acronym title...
Jump to postIt's a great hotel! When I worked for NW at ORD I used to be able to get distressed passenger rates at the Hilton for $50.00 per night. Such a deal!!!
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Jump to postI flew on a <acronym title="Horizon Air (USA)">QX</acronym> Q400 on it's first day of service from <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> to <acronym title="Kalispell - Glacier Park International (Flathead County) (FCA / KFCA), USA - Montana">F...
Jump to postI flew them from <acronym title="Stockton - Metropolitan (SCK / KSCK), USA - California">SCK</acronym>-<acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> to go home for Christmas last year. I bought the tickets just few days before departure and they were on...
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Jump to postI to am a former QQ employee in LAS, and while we seldom had an empty flight, I just don't see it working today. It sure would be great if it did though.
Jump to postWhen I was a kid in the 70's, and my dad was a ramp agent for Hughes AIrwest In <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym>, I rode from the ticket counter to the bagroom on the conveyer belt sitting in his lap. That was a different time and place tho...
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Jump to postI paid $460.00 one way from ACV to SFO which is about 300 miles.
Jump to postIs it true that the new terminal has basically the same number of gates as the old one? If this is true why wouldn't they add more gates, or is this just the first phase and there are more planned.
Jump to postI used to live in Chicago, and have visited GYY just for Sh*ts and Giggles. While Gary itself is pretty much the armpit of America, the airport is in a decent area and is really close to downtown Chicago. It is absolutely the best option for the third Chicagoland airport hands down. Peotone is just ...
Jump to postI still think <acronym title="Stockton - Metropolitan (SCK / KSCK), USA - California">SCK</acronym> might work since it is 40 miles from Sacramento and 50-70 miles from the Bay Area which totals about 6 million people, or more, within a 40-70 mile radius. Not to mention free parking and a very easy ...
Jump to postMy dad was a ramp agent at <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> for <acronym title="Pisa - San Giusto / Galileo Galilei (PSA / LIRP), Italy">PSA</acronym> during that time, and I was actually on the phone with him when the anouncement came acro...
Jump to postI was looking at an aerial view of <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> and noticed that there is a building attached to the the main terminal where gates A1 and <acronym title="Southern Winds (Argentina)">A4</acronym> used to be. These are the...
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Jump to postIt will be interesting to see if the proposed Ivanpah Aiport outside of Las Vegas will be built. Something has to be done though as LAS will be at max capacity by 2015 if not sooner.
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Jump to postWhat about G4 to IDA? FatFlyer, I'm surprised you didn't didn't add this one. I also know that AirCal used to serve TWF on a charter or seasonal basis because I saw a sign there for them, albeit very small, as a teen in the 80's.
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