Don't forget all of the Canadian, British and other European LCCs that = ply the north Atlantic as well: Air Transat Skyservice Zoom Air 2000 Balair Thomas Cook Aer Lingus Condor Mark -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:02 AM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Trans Atlantic LCC 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. Icelandic (early 1960s to present) - New York to Europe via Reykjavik, Iceland. The main destination on the continent was Luxembourg. This = airline is still exists, though it merged with Icelandair. Icelandic started = with either the DC-4 or DC-6, progressed to the CL-44, and ended up with = DC-8's. Currently operated 757's and 737's. World (late 1970s to 1980s) - to London and Frankfurt from the east = coast (believe it was Baltimore and Newark). World is still in operation = though it does only charters and also leases it aircraft to others. The scheduled flights were operated with DC-10's. They currently operate DC-10's and MD-11's. Laker (late 1970s to 1980s) - London to New York and Los Angeles. I'm = not sure of the relationship of this airline with the current Laker airline = that flies to the Bahamas. They aircraft used was the DC-10-10. Trans International (1980s) - Shannon and Tel Aviv are the eastern destinations that come to mind. They were served from Los Angeles, New = York, and I believe one or two other US cities. No longer in existence. Used DC-8's on the services. International Air Bahama (1960s to 1970s) - flew one route: Nassau/Luxembourg. Aircraft used was a DC-8. No longer exists.