New Eos Angeles-London Polar
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Flight Speeds Schedules
With the introduction of a three times weekly 707 service direct from Los Angeles to London at the be ginning of March, the BOAC Divi sion of British Airways became the first British scheduled carrier to operate Polar flights between the two cities.
These are in addition to the five VC 10 flights a week BOAC operates from Los Angeles to London via New York which originate from Melbourne and Sydney and call at Nadi and Honolulu.
Travellers from Fiji and the Pacific Islands will be able, if they wish, on one day of the week to transfer at Los Angeles for the faster flight to
London. This is the flight which leaves Nadi at 0105 on Saturday arriving at 1830 (Friday) where there would be a two-hour wait.
The Polar flights from London to Los Angeles (8A595) and Los Angeles to London (BA 596) operate from London and Los Angeles on the same days of the week (Monday, Wednes day and Friday). Flights from London leave at 1215, arriving Los Angeles at 1655 and leave there again at 2030 to arrive at London Airport at 1500 the following afternoon.
The schedule of VC 10 flights will be varied slightly to suit the (northern) summer pattern, but will continue to operate on the same days of the week — Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Satur day and Sunday to Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York and London and Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday to Sydney and Mel bourne.
Departure times London-bound will remain the same (0105) but the ser vice number will be changed from 8A592 to 8A594. 8A591 departures for Australia will be brought forward from May 1 to 0520 to give arrival times in Sydney of 0745 and Mel bourne 1030.
BOAC Boeing 707.