Airline Timetable Discussion Thread

[JJ Skippy]

Nice that Western did a quick-reference guide for FSD...how many flights per day did WA have?

Out of FSD it usually was no more than 10 at the time of these timetables.

 

[JJ Skippy]

New timetables:
- American Airlines | June 6, 1975 | Quick reference schedule for Los Angeles
- American Airlines | November 1, 1982 | Debut of the Boeing 767.
- American Airlines | July 1, 1993 | Will help with Retro FSD.
- Delta Air Lines | June 1, 1993 | Will help with Retro FSD.
- Muse Air | June 4, 1985 | My first Muse Air timetable.
- Pacific Southwest Airlines | June 17, 1977
- Pacific Southwest Airlines | July 5, 1979 (both are my first PSA timetables)
- Southwest Airlines | January 5, 1988 | My first Southwest timetable.
- United Airlines | October 31, 1982 | First United timetable with Sioux Falls services listed.

 

[boeing737sjcboy]

I have been collecting timetables since I was a kid. I have hundreds of them. I love them. Mostly 80s. I really enjoy the old airport timetables. I keep them as part of my airline history library. This is how we got information on routes and aircraft back in the day.

 

[JJ Skippy]

More timetables just arrived.
- American Airlines | June 20, 1940
- Mesaba Airlines | April 24, 1983
- Mid-Continent Airlines | August 10, 1945
- Midstate Airlines | June 1, 1982
- Sun Country Airlines | Summer (June 1 to August 31) 1999
- Trans World Airlines | June 4-30, 1981
- United Airlines | June 9, 1978
- ValuJet Airlines | December 15, 1995
- Vanguard Airlines | January 6, 1999

 

[Jazajia]

I've got a good chunk of timetables. Mostly from eBay, but I also got several from the 2023 Houston Show. They are the best way to find out which routes airlines actually flew and when.

Here you have 29 American Airlines Time Tables from 1994 to 1999. I was trying to find a flight that AA operated to my city in 1995-1996 of which there were no records. I succeded.

 

[JJ Skippy]

I've got a good chunk of timetables. Mostly from eBay, but I also got several from the 2023 Houston Show. They are the best way to find out which routes airlines actually flew and when.

Here you have 29 American Airlines Time Tables from 1994 to 1999. I was trying to find a flight that AA operated to my city in 1995-1996 of which there were no records. I succeded.

View attachment 26759

Very nice batch! I like each of the different covers AA had at the time.

 

[Jazajia]

Very nice batch! I like each of the different covers AA had at the time.

Yeah, besides being good information sources they are also pretty cool nostalgic collectibles. I also have other airlines, but AA is by far my biggest batch.

 

[JJ Skippy]

New timetables from Airliners International are listed below.
- Trans World Airlines | January 6, 1971
- North Central Airlines | April 25, 1976
- Trans World Airlines | August 1, 1976
- North Central Airlines | June 8, 1979
- Republic Airlines | July 1, 1979
- Eastern Airlines | October 26, 1980
- Air Wisconsin | March 1, 1984
- New York Air | March 1, 1984
- Simmons Airlines | June 1, 1984
- Sunworld International Airways | October 28, 1984
- Pacific Southwest Airlines | October 31, 1984
- America West Airlines | July 15, 1985
- Air Atlanta | September 1985
- AirCal | October 1, 1985
- Braniff II | December 12, 1985
- Republic Airlines | June 1, 1986 (QR for Upstate New York)
- Sunworld Airlines | March 1, 1987
- America West Airlines | August 1, 1987
- Pan American World Airways | October 27, 1991
- South African Airways | February 1, 1993
- Northwest Airlines | April 3, 1994

 

[hkgdave]

Interesting thread. As a boy in the 1960s I used to tramp around the airline offices in London, of which there were many. There were a few that told me to get lost but most were very accommodating. A couple let me loose in their stock room and I'd leave with all sorts of goodies, like posters, labels and stuff.

When I "grew up" and started getting interested in cars, girls, music etc, I decided, in a moment of madness that I have regretted ever since, that I didn't need them anymore and threw them all out.

About thirty-odd years later I was working in a Middle East country where life is pretty quiet and I occupied my down time on eBay. I remembered the airline timetables I'd disposed of and sought to make amends. Now I have an impressive and varied collection (I'm impressed anyway) of over 2000 timetables from all over the world. I prefer older timetables with the 'columnar' format rather than the more recent, and actually more convenient, 'quick reference' format. The columnar format is good for the multi-stop flights that were prevalent back in the day as it showed the route and stops made for each trip. I have examples from the 1930s right through to the early 2000s though the columnar format had pretty much disappeared by the 1990s.

I have catalogued them on Excel spreadsheets, N.America, which includes the Bahamas, and the Rest of the World, sub-divided into Continents. Some continents are harder to find than others, Africa for example. I haven't bought any recently though I do still occasionally look.
My most recent items are:
Jun1 1950 KLM with age related label - March 2024
Sep28 1958 Transocean Airlines (TALOA) - May 2021
Jul1 1969 BOAC - Sep 2023 (A holy grail for me - This was when I made my 1st trip to the USA)
A 1976 VARIG in a seat-back flightpack - Jan 2024

I've tried to attach copies of the spreadsheets to this post - but it's not a format that is allowed.

 

[JJ Skippy]

Interesting thread. As a boy in the 1960s I used to tramp around the airline offices in London, of which there were many. There were a few that told me to get lost but most were very accommodating. A couple let me loose in their stock room and I'd leave with all sorts of goodies, like posters, labels and stuff.

When I "grew up" and started getting interested in cars, girls, music etc, I decided, in a moment of madness that I have regretted ever since, that I didn't need them anymore and threw them all out.

About thirty-odd years later I was working in a Middle East country where life is pretty quiet and I occupied my down time on eBay. I remembered the airline timetables I'd disposed of and sought to make amends. Now I have an impressive and varied collection (I'm impressed anyway) of over 2000 timetables from all over the world. I prefer older timetables with the 'columnar' format rather than the more recent, and actually more convenient, 'quick reference' format. The columnar format is good for the multi-stop flights that were prevalent back in the day as it showed the route and stops made for each trip. I have examples from the 1930s right through to the early 2000s though the columnar format had pretty much disappeared by the 1990s.

I have catalogued them on Excel spreadsheets, N.America, which includes the Bahamas, and the Rest of the World, sub-divided into Continents. Some continents are harder to find than others, Africa for example. I haven't bought any recently though I do still occasionally look.
My most recent items are:
Jun1 1950 KLM with age related label - March 2024
Sep28 1958 Transocean Airlines (TALOA) - May 2021
Jul1 1969 BOAC - Sep 2023 (A holy grail for me - This was when I made my 1st trip to the USA)
A 1976 VARIG in a seat-back flightpack - Jan 2024

I've tried to attach copies of the spreadsheets to this post - but it's not a format that is allowed.

Awesome story! Love to hear stories from those who grew up with timetables. For your spreadsheet, you can convert it into a PDF and it should work that way.

 

[hkgdave]

For your spreadsheet, you can convert it into a PDF and it should work that way.

Never thought of that. Great idea! Here ya go........