ROYAL AIR MAROC-AIR ALGERIE-TUNISAIR B707 OPERATIONS IN THE 70S

ROYAL AIR MAROC B707 OPERATIONS IN THE 70s

The seventies were a golden era for African Airlines , econmic gowth, independence, increased tourism movement and the availability of second hand aircraft were forces that helped those companies to expand.

Royal Air Maroc leased a Boeing from Transavia as early as 1972 to fill a gap until the delivery of the newly ordered B727-200. However, the company will embark in a vast program of expansion and needed the B707 . The table below gives information on the various B707 used by RAM. The aircraft will be used to launch at first transatlantic services and then Middle East services . The aircraft were used also to fill shortage of demand, charters, and lucrative hadj flights

The winter 1977/78 timetable gives us a good perspective on the Boeing 707 operations of Royal Air Maroc 

Royal Air Maroc winter 1977/78 timetable from the Arthur Na collection with kind permission

The 707 services in this timetable included the following flights : 

AT282/283 : Casablanca-New York-Montreal 3  x w
AT200/201 : Casablanca-Tangier-New York-Montreal 1 x w
AT241/240 : Casablanca-Rio di Janeiro-Sao Paulo 2 x w
AT250/251 : Casablanca-Geneva-Cairo-Jeddah 1 x w 
AT252/253 : Casablanca-Geneva-Jeddah 1 x w

Royal Air maroc B707 services winter 1977/78

CN-RMB "Boeing 707-351C, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) JP5824718" by Pedro Aragão - Gallery page http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5824718 Photo http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/2/6/5/3/62999_1159412356.jpg. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.



CN-RMC "Boeing 707-351C, Royal Air Maroc - RAM AN1024948" by AlainDurand - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/Royal-Air-Maroc/Boeing-707-351C/1024948/L Photo http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/8/4/9/1024948.jpg. Licensed under GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons.



CN-RMD "Boeing 707-328, Royal Air Maroc - RAM AN0837562" by Michel Gilliand - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/Royal-Air-Maroc/Boeing-707-328/0837562/L Photo http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/6/5/0837562.jpg. Licensed under GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons.

 AIR ALGERIE B707 OPERATIONS IN THE 70s

Air Algerie was very happy with its fleet of newly acquired B737-200 and B727-200 , the occasional use of the Boeing 707 during the decade  was to provide for charter operations, lucrative hadj fights and occasionally to fill the gap between offer and demand during the summer months when the Algerian diaspora would leave France to visit the home country

G-AJZM "Air Algerie Boeing 707 Marmet-1" by Eduard Marmet - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-Algerie/Boeing-707-324C/0167931/L/. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

The same aircraft in a sunny day

"Air Algerie Boeing 707-300 Volpati-1" by Christian Volpati - http://www.airlinefan.com/airline-photos/9887113/Air-Algerie/Boeing/707-300/G-AZJM/. Licensed under GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons.

TUNIS AIR B707 OPERATIONS IN THE 70s

Tunis Air leased its first 707 from SABENA in 1973 (see table) pending the delivery of the company's B727-200. The leased aircraft was put immediately in service on April 1, 1973 on Tunis-London.Subsequent leased aircraft were used mainly to fill capacity shortage, Hadj and charter flights.

TUNIS AIR @ DUS May 76- COPYRIGHT Dietrich Eggert with kind permission