Originally Posted by
WHBM
Well, this could be anybody, as quite a few used to renumber flights with an A on the end on this route. BOAC used to do it if they routed through Hong Kong, Air India used to do it passing through Bombay ... but I think those two kept the main unsuffixed number for the London end.
So I'll go for MSA, with a 707. Those 6 stops could be anywhere. Complete guess at Perth, Singapore, Colombo, Bahrain, Rome and Frankfurt. Those are really the main points along the way (Bahrain was the main Gulf point, but lost it to Dubai).
25. Almost absolutely
correct! And close enough as the service in question actually stopped at Bombay and not Colombo.
Here's the sched for this flight operated by Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA)......
ML 785/785A: Sydney (SYD) 11:30 - 14:15 Perth (PER) 15:00 - 19:30 Singapore (SIN) 20:30 - 23:25 Bombay (BOM) 00:10 - 00:50 Bahrain (BAH) 01:35 - 05:55 Rome (FCO) 06:40 - 07:25 Frankfurt (FRA) 08:10 - 09:35 London Heathrow (LHR)
Freq: Fridays only
Service classes: F/Y
Meal services: Lunch SYD-PER, Dinner PER-SIN, Dinner SIN-BOM, Continental Breakfast BAH-FCO, Continental Breakfast FCO-FRA, Breakfast FRA-LHR
Equip: 707
Note: Flt. no. change at SIN from 785 to 785A