TAP Air Portugal relaunches Los Angeles (LAX) route

TAP Air Portugal started flying to Los Angeles in April 1989 using the L-1011 TriStar 500. The route, called the "Bi-coastal" was seasonal and only lasted until the early 90s.

Yesterday, TAP relaunched the route to Los Angeles, 6 years after flying again to San Francisco, this time using their A330neos.

I thought it would be nice to remember those days when the L-1011 was the flagship of the fleet:

Barq Aviation L1011-500 Karachi to Islamabad

This is a nice footage of a position flight during what was probably one the last L-1011 passenger flights operation in 2013. Barq Aviation was operating for Askari Aviation out of Pakistan:

by Ian M - flymajj

Portuguese L-1011 fleet status 2024

This is the current status of the last bearers of a "CS-" registration mark:

• MSN 1206 euroAtlantic CS-TMX - scrapped at Lisbon (LIS/LPPT)
• MSN 1240 euroAtlantic CS-TEB - stored at Amman (ADJ/OJAM)
• MSN 1248 Luzair CS-TMP - scuttled in the Gulf of Aqaba

As this website is soon to reach its 25th anniversary, I would to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2025.

Historic Flashbacks - First Flight of the Lockheed Tristar

This is a very nice footage of the Palmade's Final Assembly Line facility dedication by President Ronald Reagan and of the L-1011's first flight in November 16, 1970.

by Airline News with Geoffrey Thomas

Footage showing Stargazer at Long Beach Airport

by Roy Rausch