Originally Posted by
willy wombat
I remember the old,old days when the international scheduled routes were zero (maybe Dublin, nothing else). The highlight (summer only) was the Sterling Caravelle student charter on a Wednesday.
BEA/ BA operated via Birmingham and Manchester onto Milan , Brussels and Düsseldorf with the good old 1-11 in the early 70s and direct to Paris if memory serves.
Through certainly a blight for much of the day .
As for Sterling yes remember them doing a few flights each summer and them going onto Dublin as well .