The tables in BOACs Advance Winter Schedules, a preview of their monthly editions, unsurprisingly all start in London.
There is a single exception,- the headline first one which shows the prime services between London, Manchester, Glasgow and Shannon to New York, San Francisco and then on across the Pacific to Honolulu, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
This table starts in Teheran, then seen as an important source of business despite its low, twice weekly, frequency. Next call? Tel Aviv,- and with well used traffic rights between the two. The link continued through the 707 and into the early 747 era but ceased with the Iranian revolution in 1979.
The trans-Pacific route was axed in due to high costs and poor average loads. A significant reason for those was that BOAC persisted with full fare IATA fares and no relaxation of conditions or excess baggage allowances long after its competitors had started to circumvented them. It was also faced with a double or quits decision. It could either invest in lifting its frequencies to daily to match Pan Am, Northwest, and JAL or abandon the route. It chose the latter option and cut its eastern route from London short at Tokyo rather than continue from there across the ocean.
The trans-Pacific route was axed in due to high costs and poor average loads. A significant reason for those was that BOAC persisted with full fare IATA fares and no relaxation of conditions or excess baggage allowances long after its competitors had started to circumvented them. It was also faced with a double or quits decision. It could either invest in lifting its frequencies to daily to match Pan Am, Northwest, and JAL or abandon the route. It chose the latter option and cut its eastern route from London short at Tokyo rather than continue from there across the ocean.
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