Originally Posted by
WHBM
JAL by late 1961, when they started serving Europe, had just a handful of DC8s, reg JA8001 upwards, but these were used across the Pacific to the USA. The European flights were a string of medium hops, and there was likely little demand, so the smaller Cv880 was reasonable. They were reg JA8021 upwards, so you were nearly right. They only lasted a year or so before more DC8s replaced them and they moved to japanese regional, and domestic, routes.
A couple of carriers, Lufthansa was one, also used the medium haul Boeing 720B at the time on routes to the Far East.
Sorry for the thread drift...but a question, what was the range difference between a 720B and a 707 ( of any type)?