Legacy Airlines: Woolly Mammoths Or.....

[mweiss]

CO obtained their first six A300Bs directly from Airbus, 'pre-owned', in 1986

Oh, yeah! I forgot about those. Anyway, the A300s were gone by the end of 1994. IIRC, it was one of the first things Gordon did with the fleet.

 

[mga707]

Ahh, good catch. I was thinking of HP, but I forgot that Midwest was also born in the 80s.

Thanks. One could also make a case for ATA as a third '80s startup/survivor, since even though they were founded in the '70s as a charter airline, they first dipped their toe into scheduled service waters in the mid-80s (IND to several Florida airports).