Deregulation Darlings
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Showing posts tagged retro
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Pacific Southwest Airlines was formed in 1949 and headquartered at Lindbergh Field in San Diego, California. Already known for frequent service, low fares, and few frills, PSA became a big player out West when Deregulation went into effect.
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PSA Airline 1985 TV commercial (by robatsea2009)
PSA, taking the piss from it’s competition. All airlines depicted would eventually be involved in mergers. PSA itself would be bought in 1988 by USAir (furthermore known as US Airways).
On another note, “five-across seating” was a standard feature in McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 aircraft, which was a common type used by PSA. The MD-80’s fuselage wasn’t wide enough to accommodate six-across seating like in Boeing narrowbodies.
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US Airways/PSA A319 by Justin Pistone on Flickr.
US Airways, in keeping with the “Retro Livery” craze, dolled up one of their Airbus A319s into the livery of Pacific Southwest Airlines (right down to the smile).
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William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy for Western Airlines 1985 (by robatsea2009)
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Gene Kelly & Fred Astaire for Western Airlines 1985 (by robatsea2009)
A longtime gimmick Western Airlines had was offering a glass of champagne to all passengers of legal drinking age. Because of this, Western had the reputation of being “The Champagne Airline”.
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F-13A Western Airlines Miami Commercial (by sdasmarchives)
This advertisement depicts the interior of Western’s aptly-named “DC-10 SpaceShips”, as well as the trappings of the golden age of jet travel. I remember those stethoscope headphones.
