Originally Posted by
rog747
Although BUA did fly their VC-10's down to Las Palmas from 1965? (fuel stop and BUA had traffic rights) on the West African and South American scheduled runs.
(Did the 1-11 200 also do the West African run that early, stops at Lisbon and LPA on the way?)
The BUA One_Elevens were timetabled to take over from Viscounts on the weekly West African "stopper" from 16 February 1965. This one shows both Viscount and One-Eleven
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...64/br64-06.jpg
In fact the first aircraft were late in delivery and so the Viscounts had to carry on until April. One of the downsides of old printed timetables with long lead times. This also shows the Britannia services to the Canaries in winter 64/65 - it was seen at the time as principally a winter destination. The BUA Britannias had only recently come available for such services, as from new, pre the BUA merger, they had been mainly occupied by military charters.