Old Airline Ads @OldAirlineAds

Your occasional dose of old airline ads, pulled from the @NYTimes. A public service of the @AirlineFlyer media empire. Joined August 2019

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Old Airline Ads @OldAirlineAds

7 months ago

Ignore this tweet, please do not reply to it. I’m running an experiment. Thank you. Help. Flight. Cancel. Canceled. Delay. Delayed. Lufthansa JetBlue British Airways SAS Delta American Air Easyjet Ryanair Air France

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Old Airline Ads @OldAirlineAds

7 months ago

Ignore this tweet, please do not reply to it. I’m running an experiment. Thank you. Help. Flight. Cancel. Canceled. Delay. Delayed. @lufthansa @JetBlue @British_Airways @SAS @Delta @AmericanAir @easyJet @Ryanair @airfrance

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Old Airline Ads @OldAirlineAds

a year ago

1961: Get excited! The first and only jet service to Fort Lauderdale started February first on Northeast Airlines' new Convair 880. It's the world's fastest jet!

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2 years ago

1968: Ever wanted to depart JFK at 3:30am for a southbound red eye to Atlanta? Good news! Delta now offers Super DC-8 Night Coach service with easy one-stops to Shreveport.

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2 years ago

1973: Fly British Caledonian, you won’t hate it as much as its competitors do.

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3 years ago

1950: Fly Northwest Orient Airlines New York to Seattle in just 17 hours 25 minutes!

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3 years ago

1972: The JFK AirTrain and Narita Express don't exist yet, so fly Northwest Orient on the afternoon flight out of JFK and avoid traffic jams on both ends of your journey to Tokyo.

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3 years ago

1952: Introducing the Pan American Super-6 Clipper featuring The Rainbow tourist fare service. 10,000 horsepower, 117 feet wingspan, costs more than a million dollars and they're getting 38 of them!

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3 years ago

1970: Migrate south on the Northeast Yellowbirds and if you're lucky you can half a seat and a half with a special big armrest n the middle seat.

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3 years ago

1982: TWA's new Ambassador Class to California is roomy enough for Wilt Chamberlain AND Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, even after they enjoy the free cocktails and filet mignon.

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3 years ago

1963: Only Trans Caribbean, the '5th Engine' Fan Jetline, operates the DC-8 to Puerto Rico. That's right, the DC-8 is so fast, so comfortable, so safe that we call it the "5th Engine" airplane.

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4 years ago

1929: Fly to Boston in a heated airplanes with Air Mail pilots.

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4 years ago

1974: Fly Pan Am to Caracas and buy some 12 cent a gallon gas.

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4 years ago

1959: How embarrassing, both @KLM and @Qantas using the term "woosh" on opposing pages for flights from New York to Europe.

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4 years ago

1973: With Radio Free United, you won't miss a single pitch of the upcoming 1973 World Series with the Mets and A's, only on @united

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4 years ago

1952: Whether you fly Capital Airlines, TWA, B.O.A.C, or Eastern Air Lines, the September 15 1952 issue of NYT has a Super-Constellation for you!

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4 years ago

1963: Viasa, the world's first all-jet airline, can fly you nonstop on a Convair 880-M to Curacao every Tuesday.

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4 years ago

1950: If irregular carrier flights went smoothly for Mr. Albert Hauey, an importer and exporter from Miami Beach, then irregular carrier flights on a DC-4s can work for you, too!

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4 years ago

1962: @Delta has the BIG JETS down to Dixie, and even a free helicopter service between Newark and Idlewild

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4 years ago

1945: Boots Self-Locking Nuts is proud to salute Pennsylvania-Central Airlines in this new world of peace. Remember, Boots All-Metal Self-Locking Nut are the one piece nut that can't shake loose!