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Old 14th Aug 2017, 05:28
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Originally Posted by canberra97
British European Airways initially used their Viscount fleet extensively on the their continental European network so no surprise in the fact that they were seen at Luqa Airport, Malta.

the BEA Malta route was via Rome iirc so a Viscount was fine, although I think it possibly could make it non-stop
Our BMA viscounts with 73Y pax load could do LPL-PMI and BHX-Mahon so Malta from LHR should be doable ?

I recall early tridents also could not make it non-stop to Malta
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