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YR-BCM 12/4/80. Tarom 1-11's first made an appearance with a weekly flight summer 1979.
I-ATIQ 26/3/83. Only remember a short series on Saturdays March-April 1983, from & to Milan-MXP.
TF-VLB, TF-VLC 17/6/78. Mainly in for maintenance, Eagle Air used to put passengers on the maintenance flights from Keflavik IIRC. VLB had just returned from lease to Air Malta hence the colours. VLC had just returned from lease to Kenya Airways, still in part Kenya airways colours.
YU-ANC 10/5/82 This aircraft was destined for Republic Airlines but was never delivered to them, but wore their colours during summer 1982.
9H-ABB 14/6/83. Air Malta first operated to Luton summer 1977 with Boeing 720B's leased from P.I.A., then with 737-200's leased from Transavia Holland summer 1981 until they acquired their own 737's summer 1983. Their 720's still made an appearance, such as this one in 1984:-
9H-AAO 3/7/84
Balair operated a DC-6 into Luton in the summers of 1967-1970, early hours of Saturday mornings. Their only subsequent regular flights were with MD-80's in 1987, mostly operated by Swissair aircraft, although their own aircraft also made an appearance:-
HB-INR 31/8/87
HB-INK 17/4/87
Also in 1987 although probably on diversion, possibly from Southend, was this Canafrica MD-83:-
EC-ECO 30/8/87
They visited the previous year, when they were known as CTA, with a DC-8-61:-
EC-DZA 29/10/86
Another DC-8 operator was Rich International who did flights to Orlando summer 1988, making a fuel stop in Shannon. Flights switched to Stansted for summer 1989.
N1808E 6/8/88.
Also in 1988 Austrian made a welcome return with a weekly charter to Vienna using MD-87's. They originally began a late night Sunday flight in November 1975 with their DC-9-32's, then with their DC-9-51's early 1976 and MD-81's in 1981-82.
OE-LMK 6/6/88