in 2004 a holiday company CT2 started up called AV8 airlines to fly direct charters from MANCHESTER and DUBLIN to CAPE TOWN with a 767-300ER in a 2-3-2 config 278 seats
no wing lets were fitted to the leased Icelandic 763 PW powered a/c ex SAS
https://www.planespotters.net/airfra...8-Air/el1ATOG4
MAN-CPT is around 5350nm
the operation went bust within a year
It seems the flight did operate non-stop to CPT from Both MAN and DUB on most occasions and the return flights often dropped in to Palma or LPA for fuel