I believe there are old Braniff flight numbers on South American flights to MIA from the 60's that have remained the same over the years despite being used by Eastern and then American on the same routes. Jose Prize Fan of nostalgia In a message dated 10/29/2003 6:53:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, matthew.sheren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Subj: Re: longest running flight # > Date: 10/29/2003 6:53:42 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:matthew.sheren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx">matthew.sheren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx">AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx">AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > As I recall, TWA was reticent in retiring flight #800, saying it had > been used as a JFK-Paris routing for a very long time. On a more recent > note, was Concorde service always BA1/2 and AF1/2? > Matthew :) >