THE UK'S MOST SUCCESSFUL POST-WAR turboprop airliner, the Vickers Viscount, will make its last passenger flight later this year. The three British World Airlines passenger aircraft, which have been carrying Shell Expro oil workers between Aberdeen and Sumburgh for 15 years, will be converted to Freight-masters, following delivery of the first of its new ATR 72-210s on 1 April. The three Viscounts will join five others already in operation for Parcel-force. British World intends to take the 76-seat Viscount on a tour of UK airports, where it will be offering pleasure flights.
Source: Flight International