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Cal Sierra Airlines
(QS) (San Diego) 1980 - 1981. Photos. Framable Color Prints and Posters. Digital Sharp Images. Aviation Gifts. Slide Shows.
Cal Sierra Airlines was a start-up airline based in San Diego, California. The airline was the brain child of former Pan Am Captain Ed Perry. The airline started operations on December 18, 1980 with a route between San Diego and South Lake Tahoe, California via Burbank, operating Convair aircraft.
Its claim to fame was superior in-flight service with flight attendants who wore ski outfits and cowboy hats. Cal Sierra was the first airline to serve Starbucks coffee in-flight and offered a number of coffee selections in-flight.
The expansion was halted with the PATCO strike in the United States. Because of the shortage of air traffic controllers in the United States, airlines were not given authority to add new routes. The new airline was short-lived without the chance to expand. It ceased operations in December 1981.
Bruce Drum (AirlinersGallery.com)
on April 13, 2018From Wikipedia:
Cal Sierra Airlines was a start-up airline based in San Diego, California. The airline was the brain child of former Pan Am Captain Ed Perry. The airline started operations on December 18, 1980 with a route between San Diego and South Lake Tahoe, California via Burbank, operating Convair aircraft.
Its claim to fame was superior in-flight service with flight attendants who wore ski outfits and cowboy hats. Cal Sierra was the first airline to serve Starbucks coffee in-flight and offered a number of coffee selections in-flight.
The expansion was halted with the PATCO strike in the United States. Because of the shortage of air traffic controllers in the United States, airlines were not given authority to add new routes. The new airline was short-lived without the chance to expand. It ceased operations in December 1981.