BOAC July - Oct 1972 Network

Published at 0900GMT 10SEP22

The following is BOAC’s operational network between 01JUL72 and 28OCT72, taken from BOAC Timetable, 1 July 1972 - 28 Oct 1972 edition.

Americas / Oceania
Glasgow Prestwick – Boston 2 weekly VC10 (until 12OCT72)
Glasgow Prestwick – Boston – New York
1 weekly VC10 (until 09OCT72)
Glasgow Prestwick – New York
1 daily VC10 (547)
Glasgow Prestwick – Toronto 4 weekly 707 (until 15SEP72)
London – Antigua – Caracas – Bogota – Lima 1 weekly 707 (687)
London – Antigua – Barbados – Port of Spain – Georgetown 1 weekly 707 (693)
London – Antigua – Caracas – Lima 1 weekly 707 (683)
London – Antigua – St. Lucia – Barbados – Port of Spain 1 weekly 709 (681)
London – Barbados – Port of Spain – Georgetown 1 weekly 707 (685)
Inbound: Georgetown – Port of Spain – Barbados – London

London – Bermuda – Barbados – Port of Spain 1 weekly 707 (691)
Inbound: Port of Spain – Barbados – Antigua – London

London – Bermuda – Freeport – Mexico City 1 weekly VC10 (675)
London – Bermuda – Kingston 2 weekly 707 (679)
London – Bermuda – Nassau 1 weekly VC10, 2 weekly 707 (669)
London – Bermuda – Nassau – Mexico City 1 weekly VC10 (675)
Inbound: Mexico City – Nassau – Bermuda

London – Boston 1 daily 707 (eff 15OCT72)
London – Boston – Detroit 1 daily 747 (until 14OCT72)
London – Chicago 1 daily 747 (VC10 eff 15OCT72)
London – Glasgow Prestwick – Toronto 3 weekly 707
London – Miami 1 daily 747 (BA707 eff 01OCT72)
London – Montreal
3 weekly 747 / 4 weekly 707 (until 15SEP72)
4 weekly 707 (eff 16SEP72)

London – Montreal – Toronto 3 weekly 747 (eff 19SEP72)
London – Nassau – Kingston 1 weekly 707 (679)
London – New York
1 daily 747 (501), 2 weekly VC10 (591), 1 daily 747 (509), 1 daily VC10 (507)
London – New York – Los Angeles – Honolulu – Nadi – Sydney – Melbourne 5 weekly VC10 (591)
London – Philadelphia 1 daily VC10 (until 14OCT72)
London – Philadelphia – Detroit 1 daily VC10 (eff 15OCT72)
London – St. Lucia – Barbados – Port of Spain – Georgetown 1 weekly 707
Inbound: Georgetown – Port of Spain – St. Lucia – Barbados – London

London – Toronto
3 weekly 747 / 4 weekly 707 (1 daily 707 eff 15SEP72)
11 weekly 707 (4 from 01OCT72)

London – Washington 1 daily VC10
Manchester – Glasgow Prestwick – Montreal – Toronto 1 daily 707
Manchester – Glasgow Prestwick – New York 3 weekly VC10 (until 13OCT72)
Manchester – New York 5 weekly VC10 (until 13OCT72)

Domestic UK sector also includes:
Glasgow Prestwick – Belfast 1 daily Herald (British Island Airways for BOAC)
Glasgow Prestwick – Edinburgh 1 daily Viscount (Cambrian Airways for BOAC)

Africa
London – Cairo – Nairobi – Mauritius 1 weekly VC10
London – Entebbe – Lusaka
1 weekly VC10
London – Entebbe – Nairobi – Seychelles 2 weekly VC10
London – Frankfurt – Nairobi – Johannesburg 1 weekly 747
London – Khartoum – Entebbe – Lusaka 1 weekly VC10
London – Nairobi – Johannesburg 4 weekly 747
London – Nicosia – Entebbe – Blantyre 1 weekly VC10
London – Nicosia – Entebbe – Dar es Salaam – Blantyre 1 weekly VC10
London – Nicosia – Nairobi – Seychelles – Mauritius 1 weekly VC10
London – Zurich – Nairobi – Johannesburg
2 weekly 747

Asia / Middle East / Oceania (From UK; Including Far East service via Siberia and Polar Routing)
London – Anchorage – Tokyo – Osaka 2 weekly 707 (BA850)
London – Beirut – Abu Dhabi – Bombay 1 weekly VC10 (BA758)
London – Beirut – Bahrain – Dubai – Bombay 1 weekly VC10 (BA774)
London – Beirut – Doha – Dubai – Bombay 1 weekly VC10 (BA762)
London – Beirut – Kuwait City – Abu Dhabi – Bombay 1 weekly VC10 (BA756)
London – Beirut – Kuwait City – Duai – Bombay 1 weekly VC10 (BA764)
London – Beirut – Teheran 1 weekly 707 (BA320)
London – Cairo – Dubai – Colombo – Kuala Lumpur – Singapore 1 weekly VC10 (BA790)
London – Damascus – Dubai – Dacca – Kuala Lumpur 1 weekly VC10 (BA798)
London – Frankfurt – Baghdad – Kuwait City – Karachi
1 weekly VC10 (BA202)
London – Frankfurt – Bahrain – Bangkok – Hong Kong – Darwin – Sydney 1 weekly 747 (BA808)
London – Frankfurt – Beirut – Teheran – Bangkok – Hong Kong – Darwin – Sydney
1 weekly 747 (BA812)
London – Frankfurt – Dhahran – Bahrain 1 weekly VC10 (BA204)
London – Frankfurt – Kuwait City – Dubai – Karachi 1 weekly VC10 (BA210)
London – Frankfurt – Teheran – Calcutta – Singapore – Perth – Melbourne – Auckland 1 weekly VC10 (BA718)
London – Frankfurt – Teheran – Delhi – Rangoon – Hong Kong 1 weekly VC10 (BA932)
London – Frankfurt – Tel Aviv – Teheran 1 weekly 707 (BA318)
London – Frankfurt – Tel Aviv – Teheran – Delhi – Hong Kong – Darwin – Sydney 1 weekly 747 (BA804)
London – Jeddah – Bahrain – Bombay 1 weekly VC10 (BA780)
London – Moscow – Tokyo 2 weekly 707 (BA860)
London – Rome – Bahrain – Bangkok – Hong Kong – Darwin – Melbourne 1 weekly 747 (BA802)
London – Rome – Beirut – Delhi – Hong Kong 1 weekly VC10 (BA920)
London – Rome – Damascus – Dubai – Rangoon – Hong Kong 1 weekly VC10 (BA914)
London – Rome – Tel Aviv – Teheran – Delhi – Bangkok – Hong Kong 1 weekly VC10 (BA916)
London – Tel Aviv – Teheran 1 weekly 707 (BA322), 1 weekly 707 (BA314)
London – Tel Aviv – Teheran – Delhi 1 weekly VC10 (BA770)
London – Zurich – Bahrain – Bombay – Singapore – Perth – Sydney 1 weekly VC10 (BA716)
London – Zurich – Bahrain – Calcutta – Kuala Lumpur – Singapore 1 weekly VC10 (BA788)
London – Zurich – Beirut – Delhi – Bangkok – Singapore – Darwin – Brisbane – Sydney 1 weekly VC10 (BA714)
London – Zurich – Beirut – Dubai – Calcutta – Kuala Lumpur – Singapore – Brisbane – Sydney – Auckland 1 weekly VC10 (BA722)
London – Zurich – Cairo – Bombay – Colombo – Kuala Lumpur 1 weekly VC10 (BA792)
London – Zurich – Teheran – Bombay – Singapore – Perth – Sydney 1 weekly 747 (BA720)

Asia / Middle East / Oceania (To UK; Including Far East service via Siberia and Polar Routing)
Auckland – Melbourne – Perth – Singapore – Calcutta – Bahrain – Zurich – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA715)
Auckland – Sydney – Darwin – Singapore – Bombay – Bahrain – Zurich – London 1 weekly 747 (BA725)
Bahrain – Jeddah – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA205)
Bombay – Abu Dhabi – Bahrain – Cairo – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA211)
Bombay – Abu Dhabi – Dhahran – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA757)
Bombay – Bahrain – Kuwait City – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA759)
Bombay – Dubai – Bahrain – Beirut – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA765)
Bombay – Dubai – Doha – Beirut – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA775)
Bombay – Dubai – Kuwait City – Baghdad – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA763)
Colombo – Doha – Cairo – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA791)
Delhi – Teheran – Rome – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA925)
Delhi – Teheran – Tel Aviv – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA771)
Hong Kong – Bangkok – Teheran – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA933)
Hong Kong – Calcutta – Bahrain – Rome – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA917)
Hong Kong – Rangoon – Delhi – Beirut – Rome – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA919)
Hong Kong – Rangoon – Delhi – Teheran – Rome – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA911)
Karachi – Kuwait City – Cairo – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA203)
Kuala Lumpur – Calcutta – Teheran – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA799)
Kuala Lumpur – Dacca – Bombay – Kuwait City – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA793)
Melbourne – Darwin – Hong Kong – Bangkok – Teheran – Tel Aviv – Zurich – London
1 weekly 747 (BA803)
Osaka – Tokyo – Anchorage – London 2 weekly 707 (BA851)
Singapore – Kuala Lumpur – Colombo – Bombay – Kuwait City – Damascus – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA789)
Singapore – Kuala Lumpur – Colombo – Doha – Cairo – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA791)
Sydney – Brisbane – Darwin – Singapore – Calcutta – Bahrain – Damascus – Zurich – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA719)
Sydney – Brisbane – Darwin – Singapore – Kuala Lumpur – Delhi – Beirut – Frankfurt – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA713)
Sydney – Darwin – Hong Kong – Bangkok – Bahrain – Rome – London 1 weekly 747 (BA813)
Sydney – Darwin – Hong Kong – Bangkok – Teheran – Frankfurt – London 1 weekly 747 (BA805)
Sydney – Darwin – Hong Kong – Delhi – Bahrain – Beirut – Frankfurt – London 1 weekly 747 (BA811)
Sydney – Perth – Singapore – Bangkok – Teheran – Tel Aviv – Frankfurt – London 1 weekly 747 (BA717)
Teheran – Beirut – London 1 weekly 707 (BA319)
Teheran – Tel Aviv – London 1 weekly VC10 (BA315), 1 weekly VC10 (BA321), 1 weekly VC10 (BA323)

Other Routing (Not originating to/from UK)
Auckland – Nadi 2 weekly VC10
Hong Kong – Colombo – Seychelles
2 weekly VC10
Hong Kong – Tokyo
7 weekly VC10
New York – Bermuda 1 daily 747
New York – Montego Bay – Kingston 1 daily VC10

Jim Liu

Jim previously launched and ran Airlineroute between 2007 and 2020, now owns and runs AeroRoutes.

https://aeroroutes.com
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