Originally Posted by
no butz
The Scandinavian airlines used to switch between Luton and Stansted for the season depending where the best deal was. They all followed the recommendation of a particular travel agent whose name escapes me who used to visit London each winter to do a deal. When they finally reverted back to Stansted we were told that if we wanted the business we would have to pay them and not the other way around!
The name Tjaerborg (think that's the correct spelling
) rings a bell as one of the main charterers, who probably had the last say as to LTN or STN. Flying Finns I think were the charterers of the Kar Air flights - I can remember attempting the boarding announcement over the PA ("Flying Finns flight" which was a recipe for a tongue twister disaster
). Sterling stuck with us for 5 years (1976-1981), Maersk were 1977-1979, Scanair were 1978-1980, Kar Air then Finnair operated several summers from 1978 until 2001.