LAS being downsized?

[ClueByFour]

I think pre BK 1 US flew nothing but 737's on the route. The 757's came on either just before BK 1 or right after.

Incorrect. They date to at least the late 1990s, at least from PIT.

 

[Coffee_Tea_Or_Me]

Incorrect. They date to at least the late 1990s, at least from PIT.

And from PHL. When the 319/320 arrived in 99, the LAS redeyes between PHL and LAS became baby busses. I remember we had two redeyes between LAS and PHL -- an early and a late. Eventually, they wised up and the route went back to the 757.

 

[YVINTERN]

If US somehow managed to acquire some 757s or they could truly pull off a weight restricted A319 flight I would hope for some competition on DCA-LAX with Alaska Airlines and perhaps wishful thinking but I'd like to see DCA to SAN/SFO and make some of the commuters lives much easier 🙂

 

[BuffaloJoe]

Incorrect. They date to at least the late 1990s, at least from PIT.

I stand corrected then, I commuted back and forth from RDG-LAS every three weeks from Mar 1995-Aug 2002. I could have sworn that my flights on 757's wasn't long. Did they use 1L as entry/exit back then?

 

[Coffee_Tea_Or_Me]

I stand corrected then, I commuted back and forth from RDG-LAS every three weeks from Mar 1995-Aug 2002. I could have sworn that my flights on 757's wasn't long. Did they use 1L as entry/exit back then?

Nope -- it was 2L.

 

[BuffaloJoe]

Nope -- it was 2L.

I must have been on AA or DL going in 1L then. My memory must be going. :wacko:

 

[N965VJ]

1L and 2L were both used on the 757 in LAS.

IIRC, it depended on the jetway and ground equipment.

 

[FutureUScapt]

When the 319/320 arrived in 99, the LAS redeyes between PHL and LAS became baby busses. I remember we had two redeyes between LAS and PHL -- an early and a late.

It was that way from CLT for a while too. I believe there was a time when US has 6 flights to LAS (2 to each hub) and all of them were redeyes!

 

[john john]

I sure hope US Airways makes an announcement sometime soon about their turboprop plans for Piedmont, like maybe a mixed fleet of Q300s and Q400s. I believe high fuel prices are here to stay.

Can’t ALPA who represents both express and mainline won’t allow it
SCOPE