Originally Posted by
WHBM
The Sunday afternoon (they all came together) Scandinavian charters into Stansted lasted right through to the start of LCC flights, whose daily operations took their business, in fact they probably peaked in the 1980s just before the new terminal opened, so went into the old (wooden ?) terminal on the other side of the runway. Having five of them on the ramp at once was common, just about every Scandinavian charter company, and major destination there, was represented. They were regarded in Scandinavia as "shopping trips". There was a small amount of such charters also into Newcastle, especially once the Metro Centre opened, and Edinburgh. They ran all year round.
Quite a smart move using a relatively under-used airport rather than jostling for position with Monarch and Britannia and Luton. Was Tjaerborg one of the tour operators ? They were Sterling's owners, IIRC.