Originally Posted by
Spanish eyes
I can’t think of a time when Luton had so few airlines operating from it.
I can. At this time of year (March), in 1967 and 1968 we just had Autair and Britannia. Monarch arrived in April 1968, Channel Airways January 1969 and Dan Air March 1969. That made 5. British Midland were summer season only apart from a few Jersey and Dublin flights for Xmas and New Year. Currently I believe we have 6, assuming Fly One are still managing their weekly flight. Not including cargo operators like DHL and MNG.
I posted some info on operators from the late 1960's and 1970's on Luton History and Nostalgia back in 2015. Most of the photos were sabotaged by Photobucket but the posts start from here (scroll down a bit, it goes up to 1981 - eventually
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LUTON History and Nostalgia