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Old 4th Jul 2018, 07:21
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Suckling started at Ipswich and then moved to RAF Wattisham for a while before settling on Cambridge. They did IIRC operate from both Cambridge and Luton to Amsterdam. When British Airways Express gave up Paris they replaced them on Paris CDG with Dornier 328s. I flew on both routes - the 228 was unpressurised and I remember descending over the North Sea as ice was forming on the wind shield. Both routes ceased when the business fares charged by Suckling became very expensive compared to EasyJet. Stagecoach took a share in the airline - it became Scot Air and flew form London City to Scottish destinations - Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. The airline was eventually sold to Loganair, with whom the 328s continue to be operated.
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