January 1, 2009

Quiz - Medley #2

This is a medley of questions. They come from several old quizzes published in the early 1990s/early 2000s on airodyssey.net. Enjoy!

  1. Shortly after the introduction of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in commercial service, four airlines formed a strategic alliance for maintenance: KSSU. What do those four letters stand for?


  2. Other than Air France and British Airways, what is the only airline that had its full color scheme painted on a Concorde?


  3. Which Asian airline was formerly known as Tradewinds?


  4. Which now defunct airline had the IATA code "QQ"?


  5. The expression "Easy Victor" is a code for...


  6. True or false: between 1953 and 1970, United Airlines had certain "Executive", men-only flights between Chicago and New York.


  7. What was the first airline to introduce online booking on the World Wide Web?


  8. Which one of these airports is NOT located in or near London, UK?


  9. Which reality TV series, produced by the BBC and broadcast worldwide in the late 1990s/early 2000s, followed employees at London's Heathrow Airport?


  10. Which former airline called its aircraft the "Yellowbirds"?