British Independent Airlines 1960s-1970s: Laker / Cunard / British Eagle / Loganair / Others – Part 3 – A Photo History
Photos from the Collection of Henry Tenby
Write up by Henry Tenby
In the 1960s and 1970s the UK had a thriving independent airline scene, in which ad-hoc and IT charter operators experienced massive business growth as the public become more and more accustomed to taking inclusive holiday charter vacations. Some might say the UK was the world’s leading region for such airline traffic. The UK also had a growing domestic airline scene whereby small airline operations took on the local and regional routes that were not operated by British European Airways.
Channel Airways Trident II G-AVYB February 1971 location not known.
Today many of these airlines have ling since vanished or gone bust. I am pleased to share these photos from my slide collection taken by slide photographers of the day.
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Kestrel DC-3 G-AMFY circa early 1970s.Air International Viscount 700 G-APPX June 1972.Avro Andover demonstrator G-ARRV performing a display possibly at Farnborough, circa early 1960s.Falcon Airways LTD Hermes G-ALDA at Tokyo circa very early 1960s.Air Europe 737-200 G-BMEC landing Gatwick September 1979.Guernsey Airlines Vickers Viscount 700 G-BFYZ at Cologne June 1979.Hawker Siddeley HS748 demonstrator G-AYYG at Edmonton Municipal Airport September 1972.Loganair Britt Norman BN-2 Trislander G-BDOS circa mid 1970s.JF Airlines Britt Norman BN-2 Trislander G-AZZM circa mid 1970s.Fairey Surveys LTD. De Havilland Dove G-AMKS circa mid 1960s.Monarch International Boeing 707-138B G-AZNX at London Luton airport May 1974. International Boeing 707-138B G-AZNX at London Luton airport May 1974.INTRA Jersey DC-3 G-AKNB circa early 1970s.Cunard Eagle Airways DC-6 no reg visible at London Heathrow circa 1962.British Eagle BAC One Eleven G-ATPK circa 1968.British Eagle Boeing 707-138B reg not visible circa late 1960s at London Heathrow.Laker DC-10-10 G-AZZC at London Gatwick in January 1973.
