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Old 5th Aug 2022, 13:48
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Originally Posted by rog747
The Portuguese airline using a Boeing 737-300 to Faro, Portugal was iirc SATA (Azores)
and Thomsons used mainly the Air Europa 737-400 for quite a while.
Yes Spanair also did PMI and IBZ I recall 2004 A320's and MD-83.
Iberoworld with the A320 from 2004 (became Evelop and now Iberojet!)
I saw Iberworld's A320 depart and land on 02 - not a common occurrence, as the wind is usual in the other direction.

SOU 02 threshold

Azzura A320 first visit of this aircraft to Eastleigh in 2003
Austrian Arrows and Tyrolean CRJ-200's were seen 2006 - on INN or SZG summer charters>?

So the mainstay has always really been the 737-200/300 and 400
plus the A320 and 757.
Now the EMB Jets rule along with some A319/A320.

Golden Oldies at SOU
As an aside I have just seen some nice photos of BMA C-4 Argonauts at Eastleigh 1966/67 on charters, plus Air Ferry DC-4 and DC-6 and BUA and Cambrian 1-11's.
Transavia Caravelles and 737-200's seem to frequent too.
Seen at SOU Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 727-287 LV-MIM leased by Lineas Aereas Canaries for summer 1988.
I take it that your refering to the Air Britain website and the excellent Barry Friend catalogue of nostalgic photos taken at Southampton. They are indeed a treasure trove of photos and I do remember several of them from my youthful plane spotting days. Barry Friend the main author of those photos also has an excellent collection of photos amongst others on the BCAL nostalgia website at www.british-caledonian.com
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