On Feb 25, 2004, at 7:02 AM, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > A few days ago, ATA announced they were hoping to start trans Atlantic > service. They would be the first low cost carrier across the trans > Atlanic. Perhaps they should check the history of trans Atlantic > airline service. > Icelandic...World ...Laker (late 1970s to 1980s) - ...Trans > International (1980s) ...International Air Bahama (1960s to 1970s) ... On Feb 25, 2004, at 9:38 AM, David W. Levine wrote: > Add: Tower. I agree with all these. There's other airlines, so I'll just add one: PEOPLExpress They only flew 747s transatlantic for a few years in the early-mid 1980s, and I think just to Gatwick and Brussels, but they offered competitively low-price tickets that enabled a lot of people to travel that might not have otherwise.