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Phoenix Airways also operated a BAC 1-11, HBITL I believe.
They had a short series with HB-ITL Oct/Nov 1971 HP180/181 from and to Zurich Sat a.m. Seem to remember the aircraft was impounded for non-payment of fees early 1972 and I believe was never to visit again.
Phoenix ceased ops on 17/3/74. Both aircraft were to crash with subsequent operators - HB-IEG with LAB (Bolivia) as N730JP, crashed after take off from Santa Cruz on 13/10/76 and HB-ITL with Austral as LV-LOX crashed into the River Plate on approach to Buenos Aires 7/5/81. Phoenix also leased an ex TWA 707-131 N732TW summer 1972.
My only photo of HB-ITL was with a Kodak Instamatic is too poor to publish but try airliners.net:-
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