Including domestic carriers (Britannia, Monarch, Dan Air, Midland, Redcoat) but excluding Linjeflyg and Kar Air as their programmes were miniscule, the number of airlines using the airport peak summer 1979 was the highest ever at 24.
Sterling Airways Caravelle 6R/10B/12, B727-200 all year, around 8 flights per week with large number of student flights Jun-Aug
Condor B727-100/200 Fri/Mon evenings from Jan-Sep, 2 flights Fri/Mon evenings 6/4-11/6
D-ABIR 25/5/79
Trans Europa Caravelle 10R Palma Fri late Fri evening/early Sat Jan-end Apr then late Sun evening 6/5-28/10
EC-BRJ 13/6/76 - didn't manage any from 1979 as they only came in after dark....
Aviaco DC-9-30, Caravelle, Madrid Thu evening Jan-26/4,Sun afternoon 8/4-29/4, DC-8-50 ad-hocs August
Austrian DC-9-51 late Sun evening all year
Air Malta B720B (leased from P.I.A./plus own a/c) 707-123B (leased from Transasian) Tue evening Jan-Apr, Tue morning from 22/5-30/10 Sun morning 8/4-6/5 Thu evening 12/4-26/4
Tarom IL-18 Bucharest Fri morning from 30/3-27/4, Sun morning from 8/4-22/4, 1-11 500 Constanta Sat 0930-1020 19/5-22/9
YR-BCJ 19/5/79
Hapag-Lloyd 1-11 500 Thu/Sun evening from Apr-Sep (following their takeover of Bavaria-Germanair)
Inex Adria DC-9-30 Split Fri evening 4/5-26/10, Pula Mon evening 7/5-29/10 , Pula Fri evening 25/5-26/10
J.A.T. 727-200 (Yugoslav Govt), B720 (Aeroamerica) B707-320C (BCAL) Fri x2 flights from 11/5-27/7 then their own 707-320C 3/8-26/10
N734T 22/6/79 JR2222 from Pula
Royal Air Maroc 727-200 Tangiers Fri 2040-2140 11/5-19/10
typical Fri evening 8/6/79
Kar Air Caravelle (Finnair) can only find 2 flights 31/5 and 14/6
Scanair DC-10 (S.A.S. – 3 flights) DC-8-50/62Jun-Aug
SE-DBD 3/7/79
Maersk Air B720B B737-200 May-Aug
Linjeflyg Fokker F-28 12/6, 14/6, 3/7, 26/7
Itavia DC-9-30 Milan-Malpensa Mon 0920-1020 18/6-3/9
Middle East Airlines B720B Tue1955-2055 3/7-28/8 Milan-Linate
OG-AGB 3/7/79
Europe Aero Service Caravelle 6 29/6-1/8 10 ad-hoc flights
F-BXOO 5/7/79
F-GBMJ 5/7/79
Aer Turas Britannia, CL-44 from May '79
Geminair Britannia
Skyways Cargo based an FH-227 from 2nd May, operating to Amsterdam each night
Air Bridge based a Vanguard Merchantman for nightly newspaper flights from 1/11