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Old May 7, 2012, 9:32 am
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Originally Posted by miniliq
Likewise -- made ten trips there in the last 18 months MSY-IAH-POS RT.


If it please the court, I submit the following evidence from the thread "50 Years Of HS 748 Flying" on airliners.net:

"The BW 748s were originally flown by arawak Airlines and later Trinidad and Tobago Air Services (TTAS) on the POS - TAB airbridge. When BW merged with TTAS in 1980 it inherited the fleet of 3 Avros and later added 3 more. BW used them to serve GND, FDF and SLU at various times as well as the domestic service, as the airbridge would later be known. The planes left the fleet in 1986."
Then you are no doubt familiar with the "upside down" Hilton in Port of Spain!

The court is pleased and the additional info is very much appreciated!

BTW, I've now confirmed that British Caribbean Airways did indeed operate BAe 146-100 service between Tortola (EIS) and Miami (MIA) back in 1986. And the BAe 146 remains the only jet aircraft ever to have operated sched pax services from Tortola in the BVI due to the short runway there.
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