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Old 11th Jun 2021, 13:43
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rog747
 
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BEA had tie ups with GT GIB Air, MG The Malta Airlines, TP Portuguese AW OA Olympic Airways and of course CY Cyprus Airways.
Various stickers would adorn BEA aircrafts if they were doing a pooled service.

BEA Red Square livery times were possibly the most formative with Viscounts Vanguards Comets and the new Tridents on line.
A few new Trident 2 came first in Red Square livery.

YN Night Tourist fares were popular/cheaper and BEA flew many summer Holiday services leaving at night mainly on Vanguards to -
MAD AGP GIB PMI BCN VLC
LIS and onto PXO Porto Santo with Comets
FCO LIN NAP MLA AHO PMO NCE VCE
RHO HER CFU NCO ATH
GVA ZUR BSL MUC VIE SZG
DBV from 1965
ALC IBZ and GRO commenced in 1967
OPO and FAO in 1968

These YN fares were BEA's answer to fight off the growing Package Holiday Industry using their own BEA Silver Wing Holidays brand, that became Cooks Silver Wing with BEA and later BEA Sovereign Holidays.
Hickie Borman Package Holidays used BEA, using the name ACEFLIGHT by prop-jet Vanguards of the BEA fleet for their charters, and SCHEDAIR group flight using BEA YN fares.

Most of the YN services slogged through the night with many leaving LAP at 0100 or even later.
Passengers had the luxury of checking in though at BEA's London Air Terminal and taking the coach out to the Airport.




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