Yesterday's Airlines began as a place to look at avhistory through the models and I still love doing that although I don't get to do it as much as I did and the research involved means these pieces take a while to put together. I recently acquired four of the five Aeroclassics ZIP 737s and it took me back to a time when legacy carriers tried to compete against LCCs using low cost subsidiaries. Most of these attempts didn't last long for various reasons and ZIP was no exception.
Another couple of interesting things about ZIP - only 6 of their 20 737s wore the scheme that is usually associated with the airline and there never was a red version as AC have made here.
Another couple of interesting things about ZIP - only 6 of their 20 737s wore the scheme that is usually associated with the airline and there never was a red version as AC have made here.
ZIPPER: Air Canada's Western LCC
The advent of low cost carriers led to a raft of legacy airlines setting up low cost subsidiaries across the globe. From New Zealand to Germany, and South Africa to the USA the established airlines were on the defensive. Canada was no different, and faced
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