Quiz - Defunct airlines #2

by Sergio Ortega
published in January 2009, from questions published in 2000

This is a quiz about defunct airlines. The questions come from several old quizzes published over eight years ago on airodyssey.net, plus one extra question. Enjoy!

Which airline was formed by the merger of Caledonian Airways and Flying Colours?

A. Air Britain
B. British Caledonian
C. JMC Air
D. Thomas Cook Airways

Which airline, operating Fokker F.28s in the 1980s, had a hub in Utica-Rome, NY and later in Syracuse, NY?

A. Allegheny Airlines
B. Air Oneida
C. Altair Airlines
D. Empire Airlines

Which low-cost subsidiary of KLM uk started operations in 2000 on BAe-146 aircraft and was acquired by Ryanair in 2003?

A. AB Airlines
B. Buzz
C. easyJet
D. Go Fly
Which Caribbean airline had a color scheme with the national musical instrument on a solid turquoise background?

A. Air Jamaica
B. BWIA
C. Cayman Airways
D. Cubana de Aviacion
True or False: Astrud Gilberto sang for many Eastern Airlines television commercials

A. True
B. False

Which Belgian airline was in business between 1996 and 2001 and operated Sabena's MD-11 flights?

A. American Airlines
B. British Airways
C. CityBird
D. Swissair

Which airport was Western Pacific's first hub?

A. Aspen
B. Colorado Springs
C. Denver International Airport
D. Eagle County

Which short-lived airline (1997-1999) was based at Long Beach Airport?

A. Air America
B. Long Beach Jet Express
C. Royal Airways
D. WinAir

Which now defunct airline used IATA code "RC"?

A. Air America
B. Hughes Airwest
C. Republic Airlines
D. Southern

You probably know that BEA and BOAC merged to form British Airways. Please identify from which of the two airlines BA inherited its two-letter code "BA" and its callsign "Speedbird".

A. BEA
B. BOAC