Originally Posted by
FlyingHoustonian
BCal flew Houston to Gatwick in the mid and late 70s. My first flight was BCal IAH LGW and I still have the menu with Bobby Burns' picture on it.
BA has served Texas a while with twice daily Houston and usually daily Austin service now too along with the Oneworld flights to DFW.
KLM is Europe's oldest carrier to Texas, they started HOU in the 50s [via Montreal and sometimes via NYC]
Yes B-Cal started Gatwick-Houston pre DC-10 with the 707's back in the mid 70's (used to connect well to their Lagos, Riyadh and Aberdeen services). Then with DC-10's until the BA take over in '88 where the route remained until the Bermuda Agreement was finally dispanded in 2008 and a wave of routes transferred over to LHR. I seem to remember BA also operating one stop/same aircraft service LHR-DTW-IAH prior to the agreement terminating in the early 2000's with Boeing 767-300's.