▁across ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁and ▁dom est ically ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁ ▁Air ▁France ▁bought ▁ten ▁Star lin ers ; ▁they ▁were ▁the ▁only ▁air line ▁to ▁market ▁the ▁aircraft ▁by ▁its ▁name ▁( be ing ▁called ▁the ▁" Super ▁Star lin er "). ▁Trans at l antic ▁fl ights ▁last ed ▁from ▁August ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁until ▁September ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁when ▁the ▁Bo eing ▁ 7 0 7 ▁took ▁over . ▁Starting ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁Air ▁France ▁L - 1 6 4 9 s ▁fle w ▁from ▁Paris ▁to ▁An ch orage ▁to ▁Tokyo , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁fly ▁to ▁the ▁west ▁coast ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁In ▁summer ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁they ▁scheduled ▁ 2 2 ▁non stop ▁L - 1 6 4 9 s ▁a ▁week ▁from ▁Or ly ▁to ▁Id le w ild , ▁four ▁of ▁which ▁continued ▁to ▁Mexico ▁City ; ▁two ▁week ly ▁L - 1 6 4 9 s ▁fle w ▁from ▁Or ly ▁to ▁Montreal ▁to ▁Chicago ▁Mid way ▁and ▁back . ▁The ▁twice - week ly ▁OR Y - AN C - TY O ▁flight ▁was ▁scheduled ▁for ▁ 3 0 ▁hr ▁ 4 5 ▁min , ▁compared ▁to ▁ 4 2 ▁hr ▁ 2 0 ▁min ▁for ▁the ▁fast est ▁ 1 0 4 9 G ▁via ▁India ▁( and ▁ 3 2 ▁hr ▁ 0 0 ▁min ▁for