Originally Posted by
22/04
Don't recall when those desks disappeared but they were there into the 70s I think. Midland woke up an otherwise sleepy late morning on Saturdays in '68 and maybe '69 with Channel Islands flights and a Dublin IIRC - I'm sure cj will know when Dublin ceased - it didn't last long.
Dublin operated peak summer 1967 (from mid-July I think) on Wed/Thu, last flight I can find was on 14/9/67 on G-AVJB. 1968 there seem to be flights Wed/Sat from 1st June-end Sep although the 1968 BMA timetable shows flights Mon/Fri as well.
Not sure about 1969 flights.
IIRC the Midland desks went in 1975 and Dan Air took over the handling. Monarch when they started had 2 desks between Britannia and Midland, also Channel had a single desk at the right hand end for their short-lived Scottish Flyer service in 1969. Invicta also had their own check-in desks in the early 70's.