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. > > Though the term had not been coined yet, there were at least 5 trans > Atlantic carriers that would be called LCC today. Dates shown are > only approximates. I believe CityBird (based at BRU and flew to various places, including LAX and OAK off the top of my head) considered themselves a LCC. They initially flew MD-11s, but later acquired 767s and A300s (the later I think were freighters) as well. -- David Mueller / MRY dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx http://www.quanterium.com