Originally Posted by barit1
WardAir used to operate 727's YVR-HNL in the mid-70's, before going widebody. GREAT airline for the pax.
Actually that was the first transatlantic trip I ever made, summer 1968. Their sole 727, reg CF-FUN, operated a charter London Gatwick - Sondrestrom (Greenland) as a fuel stop - Vancouver, which allowed me to visit Greenland for the one and only time (and on the return). I believe in previous years Wardair had done the same route with DC-6Bs, and that (as described above) they operated from Vancouver to warm-weather resorts in the winter.
One thing I always wondered about afterwards was the sheer logistics of getting aircraft fuel to Sondrestrom.
To get back on topic, this must have been the first ever Canadian 727. I hope they didn't have all the admin trouble with certification that Dan-Air in Britain did some years later when they became the first UK operator of the type.