WHBM
Once again thank for your wonderful recollections as always - I have asked the Q on the Aer Lingus staff/crew memories FB group about early years of any EI 1-11 charters and await replies.
Re your comments - spot on....
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The only holiday charter flights by jet in 1966 seem to be on One-Elevens, BUA from Gatwick and Bournemouth Hurn (Bath travel) and British Eagle from Heathrow, both just fitting them in between schedules. They might have worked in the odd one from Manchester, and Liverpool (Lunn Poly Everyman)
The Med jet charter market was just starting to stir.
Hurn, saw Bath travel/Palmair began using BUA 1-11's from there quite early on, and British Eagle flew theirs down as far as Tunis and Djerba from London Airport.
Channel AW (Mediterranean Holidays and Lyons Tours) and Laker (Lord Bros) both started 1-11 flights to the Med in 1967, and Autair (Clarksons) followed in 1968
The larger BAC 1-11 500 first began charters in 1969 with a fleet of 5 for BUA for Horizon and 3 for Caledonian AW operating for Global,
In 1970 saw Court Line start ops with their large fleet (and 3 for BMA) These were the first airliners to be fitted with seat back grub...