Babaero From Philippines, joined Jan 2002, 448 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 4546 times:
Noticed in Clark Philippines last week, an MD80 painted up in Trans Global Airways colours ( sounds like something out of an Airplane movie). Believe this is the ex Asian Spirit airframe
The planned route for this aircraft was CRK-DAC-BAH
OkAY From Finland, joined Dec 2006, 549 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 4423 times:
I remember AY using their MD80 fleet on their routes from Helsinki to Cairo and Mombasa, the latter one did have a stop-over though, in Luxor if my memory serves me right.
TUGMASTER From Northern Mariana Islands, joined Jul 2004, 582 posts, RR: 10 Reply 4, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 4244 times:
I was talking about this subject a couple of days ago with Cedarjet..... he seems to remember aflight BRS-GOI in the 80's by a charter airline called Paramount.....
Just to clarify...thats Bristol UK to Goa India..... a bloody long way....
RAFVC10 From Spain, joined Sep 2005, 1980 posts, RR: 7 Reply 5, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 4230 times:
I remember the Spanair flights in the 90's (before the arrival of the Airbus A320 / A321) from LPA and TFS to HEL, ARN and other points in Scandinavia.
Time flight was about 6 hours and flights were operated with M82 and M83 equipment.
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Gerard
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AA767400 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 2271 posts, RR: 25 Reply 8, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 4138 times:
TW used their M83s on SJU-BOS, and SJU-STL. Also, AR operated their 80s on CCS-VVI-EZE.
Twal1011727 From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 597 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 4035 times:
American used to use MD83 on an LAX-IAD....almost 5 hrs
AA767400 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 2271 posts, RR: 25 Reply 10, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 4020 times:
Quoting Twal1011727 (Reply 9): American used to use MD83 on an LAX-IAD....almost 5 hrs
Thats one long flight in a Maddog....
AA never had M83s until the TW purchase. And after that, they never flew LAX-IAD with an M83. So I don't know where you are getting that from?
PremoBrimo From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 401 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 4000 times:
AA uses an MD-80 to fly ORD-ACA which is about 5.5 hours.
AA767400 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 2271 posts, RR: 25 Reply 12, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 3977 times:
Quoting PremoBrimo (Reply 11): AA uses an MD-80 to fly ORD-ACA which is about 5.5 hours.
That sure was a long flight! They still however operate ORD-PVR.
AA767400 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 2271 posts, RR: 25 Reply 15, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3926 times:
AA757MIA From United States of America, joined May 2008, 227 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3928 times:
Aerolineas Argentinas used to fly CCS-EZE in a MadDog, dont know how long is the flight, but I know it is long... I'm not sure if they stopped for fuel.
MD11junkie From Argentina, joined May 2005, 3091 posts, RR: 60 Reply 17, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3913 times:
Quoting AA767400 (Reply 15): Yeah, I know that. I was stating they operated them in the past. And I see you are no longer from Argentina, but Portugal Gaston?
Sorry man, I didn't see your post. Kinda same thing happened with AA757MIA
I'm in Argentina, just supporting my family's country in the Eurocup.
There is no such thing as Boeing vs Airbus as the queen of the skies has three engines, winglets and the sweetest nose!
Alitalia744 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 4660 posts, RR: 45 Reply 18, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3906 times:
Quoting AA767400 (Reply 10): AA never had M83s until the TW purchase. And after that, they never flew LAX-IAD with an M83. So I don't know where you are getting that from?
TWAL1011727 From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 597 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3901 times:
Yes they did fly between LAX-IAD w/MD80-83 back between 1989-1992 +/- 3yrs
maybe not continuosly but they did.
If you say they never had MD83s...which MD80 series had the aux tanks in them(not the MD87)
They flew them into MLB on occasion - reduced aft/mid belly size and I'm sure it was the MD83
HikesWithEyes From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 816 posts, RR: 8 Reply 20, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3863 times:
AS used to fly LAX/ANC with the MD.
Definitely at the outer range of the aircraft if it had a full load of pax/bags.
EXAAUADL From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3824 times:
Quoting Boeing744 (Reply 7): American also uses them on some pretty long ones, such as ORD-SEA.
AA use to fly IAD-LAX red eye with a MD-80 back in 1991 or so
Quoting AA767400 (Reply 10): AA never had M83s until the TW purchase. And after that, they never flew LAX-IAD with an M83. So I don't know where you are getting that from?
Jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7350 posts, RR: 7 Reply 23, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 3735 times:
Avianca from BAQ to JFK is over 2000 miles and almost 5 hours flying time.
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 24, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 3710 times:
Quoting Boeing744 (Reply 7): American also uses them on some pretty long ones, such as ORD-SEA.
Quoting Twal1011727 (Reply 9): American used to use MD83 on an LAX-IAD....almost 5 hrs
I fly SJC/SFO-ORD quite extensively.....4+ hours on the maddog, but not bad at all as long as the seats are good. They are quite quiet in the front.
"Up the Irons!"
25 Diesel1: Don't recall if the flight originated in BRS. As it was Paramount's base, it may have started from there, but it certainly it operated from LGW. Stop
26 Chugach: Didn't AS have extra fuel tanks installed on some of the MD's for longer flights like ANC-LAX and ANC-Russia?
27 Timz: JP says AA got ten M83s in 1987 and a bunch more in 1991. The LAX-IAD nonstop was 1987-1990. Forgot to check whether CO had M83s for their SAN-EWR no
28 HummingBird: JM operated JFK-UVF-JFK and with their MD- 83s......During winter there have been instances where flights have exceeded 6hrs....
29 SCL767: Same with BW UVF-JFK and BW ANU-YYZ. I believe that these flights had severe weight restrictions on them!
30 AirframeAS: You both are correct on that. But dont forget the SEA-YYZ from the 80's (I think...) that eventually got dropped rather quickly, but it was still don
31 WesternA318: They also did SLC-DEN-JFK...while i know its not THAT long, it sure felt like it in the very last row! Didnt AA get some from RenoAir as well?
32 AirframeAS: I think those were 87's. But don't quote me on that.
33 AA767400: I remember that! It was routed JFK-DEN-SLC. They got M87/M90/M81s. But never knew they already had M83s prior to the TW purchase.
34 HummingBird: I can imagine the restrictions from YYZ in the winter.....The MD was never my aircraft of preference...I took every necessary step to avoid flying on
35 SCL767: I used to love the BWIA milk-runs on the MD-83 when I was younger, fond memories. Also, my shortest commercial flight ever was on a BWIA MD-83 operat
36 ASMD11: Wasn't that LAX-YYZ against Air Canada who put a 747 on the route? If I remember correctly there were 4 "long range" MDs that had the extra tank. I t
37 HikesWithEyes: At one point there were 8 MDs in the AS fleet with aux tanks. (939/945/946/963/964/965/968/969) While they gave the aircraft more range, they made th
38 Lima: Back in the early 1990's Aerolineas Argentinas replaced the Boeing 707 on its run to Panama with the MD88. The route was Buenos Aires-Guayaquil-Bogota
40 WesternA318: Yep, it left SLC in the morning and got into JFK perfectly timed for the evening International push. On the return, it left 3-4 hours after the major
41 AirframeAS: I thought it was the SEA-YYZ market. I remember seeing a route map that had that. I don't remember the LAX one.... Hmmm... That explains the huge bul
42 Pliersinsight: Didn't Air Aruba fly the Mad Dog from New York to AUA before they went under? That would be a bit of a hike if true.
43 ASFlyer: Actually, AS never flew SEA-YYZ, we did fly LAX-YYZ though.
44 Max Q: At Continental we flew San - Ewr (eastbound only) non stop for a short time with the -80 Longest I ever operated was Cle-Lax, at a little over 1800 mi
45 EA CO AS: The nonstop service was Anchorage to Khabarovsk (KHV), Magadan (GDX), Vladivostok (VVO), Petropavlovsk/Kamtchatsky (PKC) and Yuzhno/Sakhalisnk (UUS)
46 TrijetsRMissed: TW operated JFK-PHX in the last few years of the airlines' existence. That's a near trasncon, making it a worthy mention. The last 20 or so Mad Dogs d
47 Connies4ever: I recall a conversation with a PIC of an AC DC-9 that it could do YYZ-YVR 'no problem' if it was scheduled. Not sure about that, maybe YYZ-YYC. I know
48 AirframeAS: Not only that, nobody in YYZ knew who the heck AS was as well.
49 Chrisair: AA got a variety of planes from Reno Air, and even AirCal. I believe the OC MD80s were sent elsewhere after the purchase, but the Reno Air ones laste
50 Viscount724: AC had been operating widebodies (including 747, L1011 and 767) for years prior to AS commencement of service. At one time AA operated DC-10s nonstop
51 Timz: Like I said, LAX-IAD started in 1987. JP says the 1987 M83s were bought new.
52 TrijetsRMissed: Ok...so? JP says this, JP says that. Like I said, the last 20 or so S80s delivered in 1991-92 were MD-83s.
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Kinda same thing happened with AA757MIA 
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