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PAXboy
1st Oct 2007, 21:56
If you were travelling regularly between London and Milan in 1959~63, what aircraft would you have been on? Usually ex-LHR Friday evening and back Sunday evening. Always Alitalia, to the point where the cabin crews knew this pax as more than a regular!
Thanks.
Caravelles and Viscounts most likely
merlinxx
3rd Oct 2007, 05:41
They were still using DC6s as well that went on to fly with SAM it's charter division.
PAXboy
3rd Oct 2007, 16:36
OK, thanks, that enabled me to fill in a gap.
Moose47
4th Oct 2007, 16:05
G'day Chaps
The DC-9 Series 32 started to replace the Caravelle VI-N in August of 1967.
The Rome-London route with Caravelles commenced on the 23rd of May 1960.
Cheers...Chris
Tim Zukas
5th Oct 2007, 17:11
In 1959-60 the LHR-Milan flights left in the morning.
5/59 Viscount lv 0155 or 1010 to MXP, 10/59 Viscount lv 0055 or 0910
4/60 Viscount lv 0910 to MXP, DC6/6B lv 0305
Caravelles to start 3 June 1960-- lv LHR 1015
3/61 Caravelle lv 0910 to Linate; also a DC8 at 1010 Fr only to MXP
1/62 and 1/63: the Caravelle to Linate now leaves 1640
8/63 Caravelles to Linate lv daily 0925 and 1740-- also one at 0325 Sa
Amos Keeto
16th Oct 2007, 14:24
Alitalia Viscounts were rarely seen at Heathrow in the early '60s. Nearly all Alitalia services to LHR were by Caravelles and DC-8s.