Originally Posted by
bean
BEA and BOAC were not competing against each other, after all they were both nationalisedcorporations.
It's interesting that BOAC were operating short range charters but this would have been a godsend to them as they would have had a large line training programme to complete in 1971
I believe BOAC had 6 747s at this time and they had only just gone into service in April 71, due to industrial action. One would have thought that they would have been keen to press them into commercial service ASAP on long haul routes as they were way behind their competitors, especially on the London - NY route. If they did fly a charter service from LHR to PMI, then one would have thought it was an arrangement that was last minute. I can't imagine that with scheduling being arranged well in advance, that BOAC would have agreed a charter service, when their main business was long haul flights. Out of LGW makes more sense than LHR. I stand of course to be corrected.