British Airways Schedules Daily Jumbo
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From Sydney
New schedules introduced by British Airways on the Kangaroo route from Australia to Britain show a major emphasis on 747 jumbo jet services.
For the first time there are daily 747 flights into and out of Sydney.
Melbourne has five 747 and two VC 10 services each weekâthe first time British Airways has operated daily flights out of Melbourne.
Perth has three jumbo flights departing on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, each with only two stops en route to London. Services from Brisbane and Darwin to London are operated by super VClOs but the four return flights calling at Darwin are by 7475. British Airways is the only carrier with through one-aircraft services from Brisbane to London.
Trans-Pacific services will continue, for the time being, to operate three times weekly. The VClOs leave London on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and depart from Melbourne and Sydney on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur days.
Flights for Britain leave Nadi at five minutes past midnight on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, Thursday night/Friday morning and Saturday night/Sunday morning. Departures from Nadi for Sydney and Melbourne are on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.