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AUSTRIA

Austrian Airlines (Oesterreichische Luftverkehrs, AG). (OS/AUA)

Vienna Schwechat

Austrian Airlines leased a Series 530FX from British Caledonian Airways Ltd from the end of March to early September 1975. The aircraft flew a morning rotation from Vienna to Heathrow, a lunchtime rotation to Belgrade and an evening rotation to either Frankfurt or Heathrow. A Series 501EX was leased from the same source from the end of April to the end of May 1981 for operations on its scheduled services within Europe.

Lauda Air Luftfahrt GmbH. (LW/LDA)

Vienna Schwechat

This airline leased two Series 525FTs from TAROM from March and April 1985. The aircraft were operated on inclusive tour and charter work until the end of November 1985 and the beginning of August 1986. The last aircraft in service reverted to Romanian registry for the last few months of service.

BELGIUM

Delta Air Transport, N.V. - see SABENA below.

SABENA – (SociétéAnonyme Belge d’Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne, NV). (SN/SAB)

Brussels-National

SABENA leased two Series 510EDs from European Air Charter Ltd through Delta Air Transport NV which entered service on 26th March 1995 on scheduled routes from Brussels to Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Edinburgh and Glasgow in an all tourist 94 seat passenger configuration. This was later reduced to 84. Later in the summer Strasbourg replaced Bordeaux as a destination. This contract finally ended with the return of the last aircraft on 30th June 1996. Full details of all the leases are shown below but at peak three aircraft were in operation at any one time. In a similar arrangement with British World Airlines Ltd, a Series 520FN and a Series 518FG were leased from 26th March 1995 until 29th April 1996 and again from 21st May to 1st June 1996. These aircraft initially operated schedules from Brussels to Copenhagen, Bordeaux and Marseille but eventually were exclusively operated on the Copenhagen schedules. Once again, full details of the leases are shown below. In 1998 an arrangement was made with Nationwide Air (Pty) Ltd to code share that company’s domestic flights from Cape Town, George and Durban to connect with SABENA’s three weekly flights from Johannesburg to Brussels. The One-Elevens used were initially painted with both company’s titles but were later amended to carry small SABENA titles on the lower forward fuselage. Frequencies from Brussels to Johannesburg were increased to daily from the end of March 1999. SABENA eventually withdrew its South African schedules in early 2001 and the arrangement with Nationwide came to an end.

BULGARIA

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. - (LZ/LAZ)

Sofia 

During the summer of 1987 TAROM BAC One-Elevens were used to operate jointly marketed LZ/RO flights between Sofia and Bucharest.

CYPRUS

Aerotrans Airlines, Ltd. (6F/PFO)

Paphos

This company leased one Series 561RC from Romavia from March 2002 in a 15 club and 89 tourist se4at layout. It was used to operate scheduled flights from Larnaca to Belgrade, Kiev, Minsk and Prague until it was withdrawn in August of the same year. It was planned to operate a second aircraft but this never took place.

Cyprus Airways, Ltd. (CY/CYP)

Larnaca

This airline commenced One –Eleven operations with a Series 518FG leased from Court Line Aviation on 01st June 1974. This aircraft had a very short life with this carrier before the Turkish invasion of 20th July 1974 left the aircraft stranded in Nicosia. Two aircraft were later leased from British Aerospace pending delivery of the first two of three newly ordered Series 537GFs. These were a Series 518FG and a Series 523FJ which were delivered in October 1976 and February 1977. The new aircraft were delivered in December 1977 and January 1978 allowing the company’s leased aircraft to be returned in January and February 1978. The third new aircraft was leased from new to British Airways in October 1978 until the end of April 1980. These aircraft were used on a network of schedules from the new base of Larnaca to Athens, Heraklion, Munich, Paris, Rhodes, Rome, Salonica and Zurich in Europe and to Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Dhahran, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait and Tel Aviv in the Middle East. Paphos to the west of the island had service added to Athens from the summer of 1984. From October 1992 twice weekly Services were jointly promoted with Saudia to both Jeddah and Riyadh using CY/SV flight numbers. The type was eventually withdrawn from service after the last flight on 25th March 1995 and the aircraft were sold in South Africa.

Names used on the aircraft:-

5B-DAG Famagusta

5B-DAH Kyrenia

5B-DAJ Morphou

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

CSA Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie. (OK/CSA)

Prague-Ruzyne

During the period from November 1991 to March 1992 a jointly marketed service was operated between Prague and Bucharest via Budapest with TAROM One-Elevens.

DENMARK

Maersk Air, I/S. (DM/DAN)

Copenhagen-Kastrup

This company leased a Series 408EF from Maersk Air Ltd from the end of July to the end of October 1995 to operate on twice daily schedules between Billund and Frankfurt. Another aircraft from the Maersk Air Ltd fleet (G-BBME c/n 066) was substituted when the dedicated aircraft was on maintenance.

FRANCE

Air France. (AF/AFR)

Paris-Charles de Gaulle / Orly

Joint services were flown from Berlin-Tempelhof to both Frankfurt and Munich from April 1969 to the end of Oct 1972 with British European Airways (BEA) Series 510EDs painted in a neutral colour scheme. All of the eighteen aircraft were used at various times. The flight deck crew were from BEA while the cabin crew were drawn from both carriers when so used. During 1986 a once weekly service was flown between Bucharest-Otopeni and Paris-Orly using any of TAROM’s One-Elevens on jointly promoted services using AF/RO flight numbers. At various times British Airways Series 510EDs were used to operate jointly promoted services between Manchester and Nice. In both cases no dedicated aircraft was used. Firstly a Series 523FJ and later a Series 530FX, both of European Aircharter Ltd were operated on behalf of Air France/Air Inter Europe to operate on scheduled services within Europe from mid June to the end of August 1997 while a Series 510ED was operated in full Jersey European Airways colour scheme on Air France schedules three times daily between London-Heathrow and Lyons from 6th Sepember to 24th October 1998.

Air Inter Europe. See - Air France.

Air Liberté. (VD/LIB)

Paris-Orly

This company leased a Series 523FJ from European Aircharter Ltd to operate two daily round trip flights between Toulouse and Gatwick which operated from 31st March to 20th September 1996 with the aircraft painted overall white with ‘Air Liberté’ titles and fin emblem. It was temporarily replaced by a Series 530FX in late July 1996 while the aircraft underwent maintenance.

Eagle Aviation.

An executive configured Series 412EB was registered for a very short period in Dec96 before it adopted Liberian marks.

Transport Aérien Transrégional – TAT. (IJ & IO/TAT)

Tours

Two Series 432FDs were operated on behalf of TAT by British Island Airways Ltd from March and April 1989 to February 1990 on the company’s scheduled network linking Brest, Lille, Maeseille, Mulhouse, Nantes, Nice, Paris-Orly and Figari in Corsica.

Union de Transports Aériens – UTA. - (UT/UTA)

Paris

At one time the One-Elevens of Air Pacific operated schedules between Papeete (Tahiti) and Nadi (Fiji) with joint UT/FJ flight numbers.

GREECE

Hellenic Air.

Athens

This company obtained a Series 215AU from the Aviation Leasing Group in September 1992. It was painted in the company’s colours by mid January 1993 but the company failed to become operational.

ITALY

Linee Airee Italiane – Alitalia. (AZ/AZA)

Rome-Fiumicino

A joint service was operated between Gatwick and Genoa by British Caledonian Airways One-Elevens initially six and later seven days per week. This arrangement had started by 1980 and continued until 1989, with British Airways taking over the operation from BCAL in April 1988. With similar arrangements One-Elevens of British Airways were used on daily flights from Milan-Linate to both Birmingham and Manchester and on weekend flights from Rome to Manchester. These flights operated with AZ/BR or AZ/BA flight numbers. Joint services were also flown between Bucharest and Rome using TAROM One-Elevens, one of these flights operating via Tirana in Albania. These joint AZ/RO flights operated at various periods between April 1982 and late 1988.

LUXEMBOURG

Al Tass Heel Liltijara, SARL

Luxembourg

 This organisation obtained a Series 488GH in early December 1985 which was operated in an executive configuration reportedly throughout Europe and the Middle East. It was put in storage at Hurn in mid January 1992 prior to being sold in Nigeria in June 1993. It is believed that this organisation may well have been owned by the original customer of this aircraft when it was bought new as HZ-MAM in May 1978, Mr Mouaffak Al Midani.

MACEDONIA

Palair Macedonian Airlines. (3D/PMK)

Skopje

By December 1995 the two Series 528ELs of JARO International SA were being used to operate this company’s schedules between Skopje and Munich. By February 1996 further scheduled destinations were added from Skopje to Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Istanbul, Rome and Stuttgart while Ohrid was srved from Hamburg. Added destinations from Skopje in summer 1996 were Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and Vienna while Amsterdam was served from Ohrid. The company ceased operations in Sepember 1996.

MALTA

Air Malta, Co. Ltd. (KM/AMC)

Luqa

Air Malta leased a Series 530FX from British Caledonian Airways Ltd in full Air Malta colour scheme from late April to late October 1975. The aircraft was utilised on the company’s schedules to European destinations after inaugurating service on 5th May1975.

NETHERLANDS

KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij), NV, (KL/KLM)

Schiphol

KLM leased a Series 301AG in full company colours from British Eagle International Airways Ltd from late March to August 1968 to operate on the company’s Rotterdam to Heathrow and Palma schedules. The aircraft was returned to British Eagle on 30th August 1968

 SPAIN

Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo, S.A. (YW& IB/ANS)

Valencia

From November 1999 a Series 518FG of British World Airlines Ltd was based in Zaragoza to operate daily schedules to Madrid and Monday to Friday schedules to Frankfurt on behalf of Iberia. The aircraft additionally operated a daily rotation from Madrid to Nice until 25th March 2000 when this was replaced by a Madrid to Turin rotation. The dedicated aircraft was replaced by other One-Elevens from the British World fleet for short periods until the contract ended on 15th May 2000.

Aviacón y Comercio, S.A. - Aviaco - (AO/AYC)

Madrid

During the summer season of 1967 Bavaria Fluggesellschaft & Co KG operated a once a week round trip flight on behalf of this carrier between London-Gatwick and Ibiza overnight Friday into Saturday with their leased Series 402AP G-AVEJ (c/n BAC 094).

Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. (IB/IBE)

Madrid

Jointly marketed services were operated between 1984 and 1991 over the routes from Bucharest to Barcelona and to Madrid both direct and via Zurich using TAROM One-Elevens flying with RO/IB flight numbers. See also Air Nostrum above.

Trabajos Aéreos y Enlaces – TAE. (JK/TAE)

Madrid

This operator ordered two Series 402APs from a cancelled Philippine Airlines order. The first was delivered in March 1969 but the second although painted in TAE’s colours was not delivered. The aircraft was used on package holiday flights to many European destinations until it was repossessed by the manufacturer in February 1970.

Name used on the aircraft:-

EC-BQF Nervion

SWEDEN

Baltic Airlines Sweden AB. (GP/BAB)

Malmo-Sturup

This company leased a Series 476FM from Ryanair Europe/London European Airways Ltd which was used to operate a scheduled daily service between Southend in the United Kingdom and Malmö from 31st March 1989 and 31st May 1989.

Name used on the aircraft:-

G-AZUK Nils Holgersson

Fly European Airlines, AB. (E7)

Stockholm-Skavsta

This short lived carrier operated twice daily Monday to Friday schedules and once daily Sunday schedule between Stockholm-Skavsta and Malmö-Stirrup from 8th May to 9th July 2000 with leased European Aircharter Ltd Series 510EDs.

Scandinavian Airlines System – SAS. (SK/SAS)

Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen

SAS leased a Series 301AG from British Eagle International Airways Ltd in full SAS colours from early August 1967 to early March 1968 to operate on European scheduled services out of Copenhagen. The aircraft flew an early morning rotation to Stockholm followed by rotations to Hamburg and Zürich.  The return leg of the Zürich flight was flown as a Swissair flight.  Ad hoc flights included the destinations of Aalborg and Oslo.  A second aircraft replaced the dedicated aircraft to cover a maintenance input in early December 1967.

Name used on the aircraft:-

G-ATPL Arnold Viking

SWITZERLAND

Aeroleasing , S.A.

An executively configured Series 416EK was prepared and painted for this organisation in 1970 but the deal was not finalised.

Balair, A.G. – (BB/BBB)

Basel & Zurich

From early May to mid October 1970 a Series 501EX which was operated on behalf of Swissair by British United Airways was sub-leased by Balair to operate a weekly charter on Saturday evenings from Manchester to Basel returning on Sunday mornings.

Phoenix Airways, AG. (HP)

Basel

This company ordered a new Series 529FR which was laid out in a 114 seat single class configuration. It was delivered at the beginning of April 1971 and used on ad hoc charter and inclusive tour flights to European and North African destinations until the company ceased operations on 17th March 1974.

Swissair (Schweiz Luftverkehr AG).(SR/SWR)

Zurich

Swissair leased a Series 207AJ from British Eagle International Ltd from April to November 1967, this being replaced by a Series 301AG from the same source until the end of April 1968. These aircraft were operated on scheduled routes from Zürich to Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, London-Heathrow, Nice and Prague.  In addition, the aircraft operated on behalf of SAS by British Eagle flew a daily evening sector from Zürich to Copenhagen on behalf of Swissair.  The company later leased a Series 501EX from British United Airways Ltd from April to the end of October 1970.  This aircraft was used on once daily scheduled routes from Zürich to Nice and Stuttgart and to Manchester via Rotterdam.  This last aircraft also flew a weekly charter from Manchester to Basel on behalf of Balair from early May to mid October 1970.

TURKEY

Air Alfa, Hava Yollari, ve Tic A.S. - (H7/LFA)

Istanbul

Air Alfa leased a single Series 528FL from JARO International of Romania for a three month period in summer 1994 for ad hoc charter flights within Europe.

Anadolu Hava Yollari. (GH)

Istanbul

Leased a Series 525FT from TAROM from June to August 1987 to operate on its European routes.

Name used on the aircraft:-

TC-AKB Yelhan

Istanbul Hava Yollari. (IL)

Istanbul

Istanbul Airlines leased two Series 525FTs from TAROM for the summer season in 1986 and a Series 561RC for the 1988 summer season. The aircraft were employed on charter flights from Turkey to European destinations.

Marmara Hava Yollari Airlines.

Marmara operated one Series 525FT on lease from TAROM in May and June 1986 on charter flights to Turkey from European points.

Name used on the aircraft:-

TC-JCP Yelhan

YUGOSLAVIA

Adria Airways. (JP/IAA)

Ljubljana

Known as Inex-Adria Aviopromet until May 1986, this company initially leased a single Series 525FT from TAROM for the summer season in 1985. For the 1986 summer season two Series 525FTs were leased from TAROM while the summer season in 1987 three Series 561RCs were leased from the same source. The aircraft were used to fly tourists on package holidays from many European destinations to Yugoslavia.

Inex-Adria Aviopromet. – see Adria Airways.

JAT – Jugoslovenski Aerotransport. (JU/JAT)

Belgrade

JAT leased a Series 561RC from TAROM in full JAT colours in summer 1989 and again in the summer 1990 period to operate on the company’s European network. It is believed that the second lease was extended to the end of April 1991.

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