Introduction & Acknowledgments

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Introduction The Collector's Guide to Airline Timetables should be sub-titled, "An Incomplete Reference," for that is exactly what it is. Through many years of timetable collecting, I've also assimilated copious, and generally unorganized notes. Ultimately it is my hope to compile a general index to airline schedule and marketing history, useful for both the collector and amateur airline historian.   For example, when did Piedmont begin FH-227 operations, Northeast introduce the Yellowbird or Western inaugurate Trans-Atlantic flights?  Certainly, that compilation will be an ongoing (never-ending) task, bringing me to the question, "What do I do with the notes I've already accumulated?". What you are viewing now is the first step. It's a simple listing of the timetable publications of prominent airlines from around the world.  Pages include a sampling of timetable covers illustrating the carrier's brand and logo evolution.  For many airlines, AirTimes also offers an "image gallery" showing the covers of most, and sometimes all of the known system timetable publications.  Also included is a timetable classification system which I have found useful in organizing my collection.  While a lot of effort has gone into ensuring accuracy of the listings, there are extensive omissions and, no doubt, at least a few errors. I certainly invite corrections and additions. In the future, I hope to add notes regarding schedule, route, equipment and marketing changes and to build additional interactivity into the site. To get started, just go to the Carrier Index page.  Airlines are listed by country.  Multi-national airlines (East African Airways, Air Afrique,etc) can be found under any of their nationalities.  You can navigate through AirTimes by using either the "bread crumbs" at the top of most pages or the left column menu bar. Suggestions on ways to improve are always welcome!     Perry A Sloan Acknowledgments I owe sincere thanks to many collectors who have generously shared information with me. They include:  Special thanks to: George W. Cearley  Michael Dawes Bruce Drum  David Keller  Björn Larsson  Frank J.Lichtanski Craig Morris Arthur Na Federico Schurmann David H. Stringer  Sam Vaughn William White David Zekria The Smithsonian Institution Additional contributions from Wim van Aalzum Jose Alfonso Todd Allen Gklavas Athanasios Dave Argenbright Carla Beck Bobby Billhimer Paul Choong Ian Campbell Jimmy Chen Dick Chenoweth Brenton Clark Rick Covington John M. Davis Michael Dawes Tom Doak Dunelly Phil Donato Jerry Elmas Bob Esler Doug Ewen Paul Frie Dick Gariepy Tomas Hampl Norbert Hahn Wolf-Andreas Hahn Don Henchel David Henderson Colin Irving John Kain C. Krämer Brandon Keller Danielle Keller James Kelly Robert Kirschten Gerald Lewis Werner Lindquist Richard L. Lonski Ed Martin Clifton Maze Rick Morgan Hisaharu Otaki Andrew Ouston Mike Parker Robert Pierre Charles Quarles I.E. Quastler Mike Sparks John Stewart Bob Turner Ben Wang Dacre Watson Brian Wheatley William White Pete Wilbur Mark Zimmerman Ali Zwayne The following airlines have provided assistance: Air Canada Air New England Alaska Airlines American Airlines Austrian Airlines Braniff British Airways Canadian Airlines International Delta Air Lines Eastern Airlines Finnair Frontier Airlines Hughes Airwest Inter-Canadien KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines KLM uk cityhopper Lufthansa Midstate Airlines MVA - Mississippi Valley Airlines National Airlines Nordair Norontair Ozark Airlines Pan American World Airways' Piedmont Airlines Republic Airlines Sabena SkyWest Airlines Southern Airways Swissair Texas International Airlines TWA - Trans World Airlines United Airlines Western Airlines Thanks to all for your help!

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