June 20, 1960
Posted on Lundi 21 juin 2010 at 13 h 54 min and filed under Ephémérides.Air France brings the Boeing 707 into service in South America. Two routes are operated each week in both directions, the first: Paris-Lisbon-Pointe à Pitre-Caracas, the second, with the same stopovers, is extended to Bogota and Lima.
The Paris-Lima flight takes 16 hours 40 minutes. Compared with traditional aircraft the 707 makes the flight time eight hours shorter and represents a 30% saving in time.
