The Britannia
Gosh and to think Lloyd International was owned by one of the richest men in the world. Mr Ortiz Petino - a Bolivian tin billionaire. I was with them when they went bust on 16th June 1972. I was on the 707 then and it was the day before we started an El Al passenger contract from London and Paris ( 2 aircraft) to Tel Aviv. Rumour had it at the time that the bank that put up the money for the leases of some of the aircraft also had Arab interests and so they pulled the plug on Lloyds. A great shame. It was a great airline to work for even though it only had 5 aircraft. 3 707's and 2 Britannias.
