Originally Posted by
Musket90
Looking through my Kodachrome photo slides another operator in the early to mid-80's was Denver Ports of Call with B707's. The one I have is N702PC.
Denver Ports of Call was a United States private airline which operated flights for the Denver-based Ports of Call Travel Club from 1967 to 1992. In it's heyday, Ports of Call was the largest travel club in the USA, with at one time over 66,000 members.
Ports of Call was established in 1966 as a travel club in Denver, Colorado. They initially used Douglas DC-7 and Lockheed L-188 Electra. Ports of Call grew to more modern aircraft such as the Convair 990, Boeing 707 and Boeing 727. By 1986 Ports of Call operated 11 Boeing 707-320, 1 Boeing 720 and a single Boeing 727-100.
In 1986 Ports of Call was rebranded as Skyworld Airlines.
In 1992 Skyworld Airlines ceased operations.
1994 Denver Ports of Call Travel Club closed down.
Denver Ports of Call operated to several airport's in the United Kingdom including Manchester, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Prestwick.
A few photos of Denver Ports of Call Boeing 707-320's at London Stansted Airport. Their aircraft were also serviced by ATEL at London Stansted Airport.
Denver Ports of Call rebranded into Skyworld Airlines.
The tail of an Air Mali Boeing 727-173C is visible. This particular aircraft TZ-ADR was once a regular visitor for maintenance with ATEL at London Stansted Airport.
The other aircraft that's just visible is the forward part of former Spantax DC8-61 TF-IHU at London Stansted Airport for storage after it's lease expired with the Spanish airline.