My question is, are there any other scheduled intra-European or deomestic flights operated with wide-bodies? LH do with A306 and BA with B767. But are there any other? I heard about IB MAD-FRA with A346 some times ago. Is this information still existent?
Acabgd From Serbia, joined Jul 2005, 625 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 3817 times:
Back in the "good old days" and not so distant past, Jat Airways used to fly the DC-10-30 (YU-AMB) on summer flights BEG-TIV. Tivat approach can be very challenging, it was really special to see the DC-10 land there.
I flew once TIV-BEG on this beauty and we truly rocketed out at takeoff.
Very often the plane was also used on the high-load route BEG-ZRH.
HBJZA From Switzerland, joined Jan 2006, 376 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 3727 times:
Quoting ZRHnerd (Reply 3): LX flies A340/330s on the early and/or mid morning flights to LHR.
In this case it's because on the high load factor they have on those flights.
But for the GVA-ZRH or ZRH-GVA, it's in the only purpose of ferrying the plane that does the JFK flight.
TurkishWings From Turkey, joined May 2006, 1407 posts, RR: 9 Reply 14, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 3455 times:
TK flies 330s and 340s to several cities in Europe especially summer (DUS, FRA, LHR, ORY, ZRH, LYS, AMS, GVA have all seen these aircraft). TK also flies them on high demand domestic routes to BJV, DLM, AYT or ESB.
In 1988/89 Air Inter even wet leased from AF a B747-100 (F-BPVD). It was operated on the biggest routes from ORY (to MRS, BOD, NCE and TLS).
Air Inter almost bought 3 second hand B747SR from JAL, but finally decided to add more A300 to its fleet instead.
As mentionned previously, Air France operated a large fleet of A300 & A310 on its European network until the late 90s.
B747 were also sometimes used on the busiest CDG-LHR route, as shown on this pic. :
AF is still using sometimes a B744 on flights such as CDG-NCE during hight peak season or special events (Cannes Film Festival, Monte Carlo Grand-Prix ) and also on CDG-AJA, during the summer season.
OV735 From Estonia, joined Jan 2004, 860 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 3368 times:
A few years ago, Aeroflot used to fly Il-86's from Moscow to key European destinations (Frankfurt, Paris, London, Milan, etc). Don't know if they do anymore.
FCKC From France, joined Nov 2004, 2347 posts, RR: 4 Reply 21, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 3308 times:
TP A310 on LIS-ORY-LIS .A330 / L15 / 747 in the past.
TK A310/330/340 on IST-ORY-IST
IB A343/346 on MAD-ORY-MAD.DC10 in the past.
BA L10 / 747 / 767 on LHR-CDG-LHR in the past
LH A300/310/AB6 on FRA-CDG-FRA in the past
BCAL A310 on LGW-CDG-LGW in the past.
AZ A300 on FCO-CDG-FCO , MXP-CDG-MXP in the past
SR A310 on ZRH-CDG-ZRH , GVA-CDG-GVA in the past
OA A300/AB6/340/ 747 on ATH-ORY (CDG)-ATH
SU IL86/A310 on SVO-CDG-SVO , LED-CDG-LED in the past
VA DC10 MAD-ORY-MAD in the past
AM DC10 MAD-ORY-MAD in the past
LA DC10 MAD-ORY-MAD in the past
SK DC10 CPH-LBG-CPH , occasionnally in the past
Laker DC10 ORY-NCE-ORY in the past for IT strike
Philb From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, RR: 14 Reply 22, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 3287 times:
Interesting how times change. Going back 15-20 years the following airlines all used widebodies for scheduled flights/sectors within Europe. Not all the sectors were operated under Fifth Freedom rights.
The list does not include charter carriers of the time, some of the types were used regularly only on peak day or peak hour flights to replace the scheduled types to cater for heavy loads, e.g. Iberia DC10s on the teatime flight into Heathrow from Madrid:
Aeroflot IL86
Aer Lingus B747
Aerolineas Argentinas B747
Air France A300 A310
Air Inter A300
Alitalia A300 DC10
Air Portugal A310 L1011
Bangladesh DC10
British Airways B747 B767 L1011
Finnair A300 DC10
Iberia A300 DC10
Iran Air B747
Japan Air B747
JAT DC10
KLM A310 DC10
Kenya A310
Lufthansa A300 A310
Olympic A300 B747
Qantas B747
Sabena A310 B747
SAS DC10 B747
Singapore AL B747
Swissair A310 DC10
Syrian Air B747SP
THY DC10
UTA DC10
There were others which had short lived intra European sectors using wide bodies such as Air India, Ariana, Egyptair, Iraqi, Kuwait, Malaysian, Nigerian, Pakistani, Saudia, Thai.
ZRHnerd From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (6 years 6 months 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 3169 times:
Quoting HBJZA (Reply 4): In this case it's because on the high load factor they have on those flights
Did i claim anything else?
25 BuyantUkhaa: TP flies the A310 LIS-LHR. LT occasionally flies the A330 DUS-LIS (today for example)
26 HBJZA: No you didn't but it was to confirm what you said, in opposition to my following explanation. As to for the GVA-ZRH it's for aircraft positionning fo
27 Trinxat: Some input from/to BCN: BA flies every morning from LHR using a 762 IB uses quite often a 343 in afternoon "puente aéreo" vs. MAD SQ flies a T7 (i do
28 Homm: No, IB still uses 340's on that route, but only on sundays. IB 3507 12:35 15:05 A342 FRA-MAD
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