re range i am puzzled how channel airways (CW) did STN - Las Palmas in 3hr 15 mins - apparently a record still held today
they used the Trident one E-140's with 139Y pax config
no idea of pax load the day of the record flight
Northeast (NO) had same type of a/c with 123Y and I think they struggled with LHR to Malaga on a hot day
My travel company chartered NO Tridents for several years for a large programme of summer and winter ski series charters from LHR (Swans Tours Oxford St)
the furthest we went from LHR was to Malaga but I flew from LGW to Dubrovnik on one subbing for a BCAL 1-11 in Aug 1972 - full load seemed to manage it OK
anyon concur?