Now that you mention it, it was probably summer of '94. I'm pretty sure about the 727-200(A) part, though, and in fact, I remember posting or reading something about it on the AIRLINE list at the time. I'm going to check my personal archives, and if I can't find it, will try the list archives (there are list archives, right?). --Michael On Aug 28, 2004, at 8:26 PM, David MR wrote: > Can you double check that? > > According to http://www.geocities.com/~aeromoe/fleets/as.html, the > last 727 > left in 1994. The JP airline fleets for 1994/95 and 1995/1996 confirm > this. > > route. > David R > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael C. Berch" <mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 20:03 > Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] any airline fly from the West coast to Russia? > > > : The Alaska service to the Russian Far East was done (at one point) > with > : 727-200 Advanced. My girlfriend at the time took a routing of > : LAX-SEA-ANC-GDX-VVO with her dad who lived in L.A -- this was summer > of > : '95, I think. It was a summer-only route; they didn't do it in the > : winter at all, and apparently they liked having that 3rd engine as an > : added measure of safety. VVO is a long-time port, big city, major > : airport, full services. No range problems; ANC-GDX is about 2000 > : miles, GDX-VVO much shorter, and the official (commercial) range of > the > : -200 Advanced is 2800 miles. > : > : GDX = Magadan > : VVO = Vladivostok > : > : -- > : Michael C. Berch > : mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > : > : On Aug 28, 2004, at 2:07 PM, Matthew Montano wrote: > : > Prior to the 737NGs, I can't imagine Alaskan had any aircraft to > get > : > from ANC to anywhere civilized in Russia. > : > > : > It is one heck of a long way and very deceiving on a Mercator > : > projection map. > : > > : > I know Alaskan serves a couple of posts on the Aleutian islands, > but I > : > do believe they are seasonal. > : > > : > Matthew > : > (Disconnected as I write this) > : > > : > On 28-Aug-04, at 12:19 AM, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > : > > : >> They used to fly SEA-ANC-Russian Far East. Though the route > changed, > : >> they > : >> always flew to Vladivastok and Magadan, along with a few other > places > : >> over time. > : >> They had MD-80s doing it for a while, which is when they found > out > : >> they > : >> don't do well in the conditions and limited their cold flying and > : >> shoot them to > : >> Mexico. I believe they flew 732 flights toward the end. > : >> > : >> In a message dated 8/27/2004 12:58:44 PM Central Daylight Time, > : >> DZTOPS@xxxxxxx writes: > : >> Alaska airlines flew (or flys?) from Alaska to Siberia I > think--just > : >> a short > : >> westbound trip--not what you were probably thinking of. >