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Dan-Air Services

uk independent, national size, GB.

Ownership

private

Starting fleet

15 x de Havilland Comet 4, 4 x Boeing 707-320B and 320C, 7 x Boeing 727-100, 5 x BAC One-Eleven 200 to 400, 1 x Hawker Siddeley 748

Bases

LGW, TXL

Starting routes

LGW-PMI, LGW-AGP, LGW-BCN, MAN-PMI, LGW-FAO, BHX-PMI, LGW-ATH, MAN-AGP, MAN-ATH, LGW-TXL, TXL-PMI, LGW-JER, BOH-JER, BOH-GCI, MAN-DUB, ABZ-LSI

Confidence

estimated (to be verified)

Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: Dan-Air page (exact): Comet fleet of 49 built up 1966 to 1976, last flight 9 November 1980; first 727 on 13 April 1973; over 2 million passengers in 1973, over 3 million in 1977, 4 million in 1978; bases at Gatwick and Berlin Tegel (from 1968); a CAB permit for US affinity charters from 5 April 1971 (five years); 13 HS 748s by the early 1980s. Real fleet about 50. Fleet mix, routes and finance are estimates.