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ATAIndy
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:19:06 pm
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Read an article recently that said in 1994 Eastern airlines was going to start an airline called "NEW Eastern," and IND, ATL, and PHL would be the hub cities. Anyone know anything about this?
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Indy
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 03:34:22 am
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Here is your answer...
An airline entrepreneur, Martin Shugrue, considered reviving Eastern in 1995, but the decision was made to revive Pan Am instead.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines
7E72004
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 08:51:28 am
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I remember hearing about it. The "New" Eastern was going to start but the guy went to Pan Am II instead. I think they were going to use the DC-9 and 727 for the fleet but obviously it never materialized.
7E72004
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 02:32:30 pm
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What destinations did EA serve from IND?
ATAIndy
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 04:08:53 pm
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I'm guessing ATL, some florida cities, and some midwestern cities.
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7E72004
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:05:55 am
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I remember flying from PHL-MLI with a stop in Ind way back in 1985 (or it might have been vice versa)...it was on Ozark Airlines and i could see the image of the A concourse with the "jagged roof top."
Boofer
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:52:53 pm
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Wow. That would have been cool to see IND way back then.
I flew Eastern from SDF to DCA back in 1989, and that was the first time I'd been on an airplane since I flew Western Airlines from SLC to DCA (can't recall where we stopped in between, probably ORD?) in the 70's.