Originally Posted by
rog747
Dan Air no longer sees much of presence then at LTN as Clarkson's had gone bust in 1974, so no Comet, or much 1-11 or even 727 traffic.
DA had a busy 1-11 300/400 IT fleet base at LTN from 1969, and by 1971 had 5 1-11 jets based there, plus the Comets coming and going for the longer flights, some on W's)
We see here only weekend W flights from/to Palma Mahon and Malaga on a 1-11.
I think DA recovered at LTN as I seem to recall plenty of 727's and 1-11 500's operating in and out.
Some Yugoslavia charter traffic with JAT JR 707 and Inex Adria JP DC-9, but not as busy as the early and mid 70's, and surprisingly no Aviogenex JJ TU-134
No Aviaco AO DC-8 or CVL, and no Air Spain JA DC-8's who had gone bust a few years earlier.
Also no Spantax BX seen either - CV990 or DC-9.
Dan Air S79 was indeed only 3 weekly flights on LGW-based 1-11's, with the crew base at LTN having been closed. Nov 79 they also closed their handling base with Monarch taking over the DA handling and most of their 3rd party work (and ground staff).
Although shown on the weekly mayfly as a 707, the JR flights were mostly on the Yugoslav Government 727-200 YU-AKD. BCAL did operate some flights with a 707 but the JAT examples only appeared from the beginning of August. Aviogenex TU-134's never managed to operate a regular IT series and were mostly seen in the winter, often stopping over the weekend. When Aviogenex did operate regularly it was with 737-200's and 727-200's in the late 80's and 1990 IIRC.
The only Aviaco flights in 1979 operated to Madrid in April on Caravelles then a few in August, also Madrid, on DC-8's.
Spantax CV-990's did a short series in 1984 then 1985-87 they used 737-200's (and the occasional DC-8-61). Can't recall them using their DC-9's.
More mayflys coming shortly.