Round-the-World Flights

BOAC Inaugurates RTW Jet Flight Service

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      From the British press: "High Noon Start to Pacific Bonanza," BOAC 
News" of 31 March 1967 reported that the following day a Boeing 707 was 
to leave London to close the 3,173 mile Honolulu-Fiji gap and inaugurate 
BOAC's second round-the-world route.  The full London-Sydney itinerary of 
the flight, BA531, was to be London, New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, 
Nandi and Sydney.

      BA531 operated ex-LHR on Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Qantas
operated 707s on the same schedule on the other four days of the week as
QF531 providing a joint daily RTW service.

Itinerary

Leg #1   Departed London - NY                    04/01/67 
Leg #2      New York, NY - San Francisco         04/01/67         
Leg #3      San Francisco, CA - Honolulu         04/01/67
Leg #4      Honolulu, HI - Nandi                 04/01/67
Leg #5      Nandi, Fiji - Sydney                 04/03/67 
Leg #6      Sydney, Australia - Singapore        04/xx/67
Leg #7      Singapore - Calcutta                 04/xx/67
Leg #8      Calcutta, India - Cairo              04/xx/67
Leg #9      Cairo, Egypt - London                04/xx/67
         Arrived London            

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