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No mention of MAOF B720's on Sundays !!!!!!!!
I haven't got that far yet! Maof started late October 1981 with ex-Monarch 720B's 4X-BMA (G-BCBA), and 4X-BMB (G-BCBB). They operated Tue and Thu as well as Sun, plus extras for Xmas/Passover etc. (hence 2 on the ground together below). The 720's were supplemented by 707-139B N778PA in September 1982 then ex-BA 707-336B 4X-BMC in July 1984, which coincided with them defecting to Stansted prior to going out of business in November 1984.
Yes, the flights were awful to handle landside. They had their own separate check-in area out of sight of the rest of the passengers. I used to feel sorry for the check-in agents who had to deal with large quantities of baggage which required (equally large) excess baggage payments resulting in delays while the required payments were extracted from unwilling customers. Flights invariably went late as a result, with excess baggage getting put on standby and only getting loaded once final payload figures were available. Happy days!!
4X-BMA 4X-BMB 7/3/82