It’s time for some narrowbody love for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps. Not to be confused with the Jet America that planned to begin service in 2009, but never got off the ground, Jet America Airlines was a Long Beach, California-based carrier that operated from 1981 until 1987. The carrier had eight of…
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Vintage Airline Seat Map: American Airlines International DC-10-30 LuxuryLiner
The DC-10 is my second favorite aircraft after the 747 and I flew on a slew of them in the 1980s and 1990s. Unfortunately, I never did fly on the version appearing below, an American Airlines international DC-10-30 LuxuryLiner from 1985 – this week’s installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps. DC-10 engines had such a…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: United Airlines Boeing 747 with First Class lounge (1979)
I should have asked for a time machine for Christmas because I really would like to fly on the aircraft featured in this edition of Vintage Airline Seat Maps – a United Airlines Boeing 747 from 1979. I should note that I turned seven that year, so was around, but didn’t end up taking my…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: Continental Airlines Boeing 747 from 1987
With Continental’s takeover… err… merger with United Airlines, they now have 747s in their fleet again. It has been more than 20 years since the last Boeing 747 was seen flying in Continental’s livery and I’ve picked that version for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps. The map appearing below is either a -100…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-300 (1989)
The colorful Cathay Pacific seat maps reader Will sent me have become favorites in my collection. Here’s Cathay’s Boeing 747-300 from 1989 for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps. It seated a total of 422 passengers split between First Class, Marco Polo Business Class and Economy Class. 29 seats were found in the nose…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 (1988)
I’m definitely on a Cathay Pacific kick right now having just finished my complete trip report, so I’ve selected a Cathay Boeing 747-400 for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps. This particular configuration was flying the skies in 1988 and I have to once again give special thanks to reader Will who graciously sent…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: Pan Am Boeing 747 v.2
In anticipation of the new Pan Am series beginning this Sunday, I bring you another Boeing 747 from Pan Am for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps, a slight variation of the South American version I posted earlier this year. Seating a total of 412 passengers in three classes of service, this 747 was…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: Delta Air Lines DC-8-60
Delta Air Lines was the first carrier to launch DC-8 service in 1959 and in 1962 a Delta DC-8 was the first commercial plane to fly from Los Angeles to Atlanta in less than three hours, according to their newsroom-press kit. For this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps, I bring you the DC-8-60 (really…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: Northwest Airlines DC-10-40
I’m returning back to one of my favorite airplanes for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps with the Northwest Airlines DC-10-40 appearing below. Similar to the -30 series, this variant was also a long-range widebody with the extra set of main landing gear wheels. Originally intended to be called the DC-10-20, Northwest requested the…
Vintage Airline Seat Map: United Airlines Boeing 747-SP (Special Performance)
The Boeing 747SPs flying around for the major U.S. carriers was truly something special in the 1980s. I previously posted the American Airlines 747SP seat map whose routes focused on the high yield traffic to Tokyo, and likewise United’s Special Performance version of the bird flew primarily to London with additional flights to Buenos Aires,…