Delta Air Lines was scheduled to operate the flight between New Orleans, and its next stop, Dallas, TX, where American Airlines was to take over and operate the same aircraft from Dallas nonstop to Los Angeles. Interchange flights like this were fairly common before the CAB awarded more direct routes beginning with the Southeast to West Coast case in 1961.
Delta Air Lines was scheduled to operate a flight between New Orleans and Dallas, with American Airlines taking over the same route from Dallas to Los Angeles. These types of flights were common before the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) granted more direct routes between the Southeast and West Coast in 1961.