Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Adding EGSS as a destination for KLM UK (KLM Historic).

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Posted onPost created on February 05 2023 08:22 ET by Brett Pilkerton

Hello, I'm not 100% sure if this is the correct thread to post this question, apologies if it’s not.

I was wondering if it might be possible to add London Stansted (EGSS) as a flyable destination (recordable for flight logging using ACARS). I tried searching under Browse Flights and Find Flights but it was not listed in either.

I would like to fly KLM UK's schedule during 1999-2003 where they flew BAe 146-300's from EGSS-EHAM-EGSS. They flew for KLM UK as both Air UK and Buzz using the standard KLM livery and the Buzz brand liveries. EGSS was the headquarters of KLM UK so there were numerous flights between Schiphol and Stansted. KLM doesn't fly to EGSS as of 2023 so I guess this might fall under KLM Historic for flight schedules.

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Posted onPost created on February 05 2023 10:45 ET by David Vega

Unfortunately, we do not have those flight schedules available.

Posted onPost created on February 05 2023 14:38 ET by Brett Pilkerton

I did some searching online for vintage timetables and managed to come up with some data from old timetables sold on eBay, it's not much but it's something.

One is an Air UK timetable from the winter of 1993-1994 with data from EGSS to EHAM flying the BAe 146. This would be 4 years before KLM acquired Air UK. The other timetable is from the Fall of 1988 with data for EHAM to EGSS in the BAe 146.

Sadly these aren't actual KLM UK timetables, since I couldn't find any, so I don't know if it helps.

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Posted onPost created on February 05 2023 21:06 ET by David Vega

Ideally, we would like the complete table of KLM historical flights for the period in question. If we found that, the time-consuming, tedious job would be arranging all the timetable information in the format required for import into DVA's schedule databases. It's not that it's impossible, just challenging.

Posted onPost created on February 06 2023 13:54 ET by Brett Pilkerton

I understand. Thanks for getting back to me regardless.

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