#TBT: Eastern Air Lines flights between the United States and South America in 1987 - Aviacionline

Eastern Air Lines was a U.S.-based institution that operated betwixt 1926 and 1991. One of the airline’s hubs was Miami, being the city’s biggest leader from the mid-1970s until the clip of its closure.

The carrier’s main absorption was successful the United States, with immoderate routes to Canada and Mexico. In 1971, the institution expanded successful the Caribbean, much precisely successful Puerto Rico, with the acquisition of Caribair.

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Nearly from the beginning, Eastern Air Lines requested connected respective occasions the corresponding authorization to run betwixt the United States and South America. For antithetic reasons, successful each these cases it was denied.

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Braniff and Pan Am were the astir important companies successful the U.S.-South America market, with departures from their antithetic hubs successful the United States.

Photo: Jon Proctor – Wikimedia Commons

Subsequent to the deregulation of the hose manufacture successful 1978, Braniff was affected by the introduction of caller companies and the strengthening of its competitors. This, successful summation to precocious substance costs, was the opening of the extremity for Braniff.

Due to its crisis, Braniff began negotiations with Pan Am successful aboriginal 1982 to merchantability its routes betwixt the United States and South America, but the statement would ne'er beryllium finalized since it was considered that Pan Am would person a monopoly successful the area. Months later, Eastern took implicit these routes from Braniff, starting flights to South America successful May of that year.

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay were the South American countries served by Eastern Air Lines. The hose operated with Boeing 727, DC-10, Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar, among others.

See also: #TBT: TAP flights betwixt Portugal, Brazil and Argentina successful 1972.

Schedule betwixt United States and South America successful 1987 – Eastern Air Lines

DEPARTURES FROM UNITED STATES

• Barranquilla: Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday – Boeing 727

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• Bogotá: daily – Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar

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• Buenos Aires and Santiago: daily but Tuesday – DC-10

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On Friday and Saturday it was formation EA 23 departing from Los Angeles (timetables from Miami, Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile were unchanged).

• Cali via Panama City: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday – Boeing 727

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• Cali, La Paz and Asunción: Monday, Thursday and Saturday – Boeing 727

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• Guayaquil and Quito: Friday and Sunday – Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar

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DEPARTURES FROM SOUTH AMERICA

• Asunción, La Paz and Cali: Tuesday, Friday and Sunday – Boeing 727

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• Barranquilla: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday – Boeing 727

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• Bogotá: daily – Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar

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• Cali via Panama City: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday – Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar 

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• Quito and Guayaquil: Tuesday and Sunday – Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar

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• Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires: daily but Wednesday – DC-10

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On Friday and Saturday it was the EA 22 formation ending successful Los Angeles (timetables for Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires and Miami were not modified).

EASTERN’S COMPLETE NETWORK IN SOUTH AMERICA

Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy connected March 9th, 1989, and yet ceased operations connected Saturday, January 19th, 1991 astatine midnight.

Foto: Perry Hoppe – Wikimedia Commons

American Airlines purchased Eastern’s way rights to and from South America successful April 1990, aboriginal becoming the starring bearer successful the market.

Source

• Guía Argentina de Tráfico Aéreo (GATA) – 1987.

See also: #TBT: Avianca flights betwixt Colombia and Europe successful 1954.