Originally Posted by
Mooncrest
The Clarkson name keeps coming up. I'm not old enough to remember but I wouldn't mind betting these Dutch and French charters were their only involvement with Leeds Bradford. The shorter runway then would then have precluded Mediterranean ITs with Court Line or Dan-Air jets. Thank goodness Britannia came along with their Advanced 732s.
You are correct, Clarksons never operated from Leeds to the Med. In fact I don't think any of the majors did before Clarksons went under. Often thought of as a Court Line user, they only chartered them from Luton, Birmingham, and Bristol/Cardiff. They used Dan-Air (almost exclusively Comets) from Gatwick, Manchester, Teesside and Glasgow, which must have been 50% of their capacity. As far as Leeds was concerned, using Teesside airport, which few others did, seems to have been done to serve both Yorkshire and Tyneside from one point.