Bristol Britannia 102, G-ANBJ, of Britannia Airways, formerly known as Euravia before the airline changed its name to reflect the new addition to the fleet. Based at Luton the airline operated six of the type on charter and holiday flights and the aircraft was a corner stone of its expansion from 1964 until the last example was retired in 1971.

Britannia 312, G-AOVC, of Donaldson International Airlines, which operated inclusive tour and charter flights, a popular use for the 'whispering giant'. Donaldson eventually bought Boeing 707s for charter flights across the Atlantic and regular Britannia operations ended in 1971 just three years before the airline's demise.

Britannia 313, 4X-AGB, of El Al Israel Airlines circa 1960. Purchased to replace the airline’s Lockheed L-049s the airline operated five Britannias on the Israeli register from 1957 until 1965. This particular aircraft ended its days with Air Spain and was scrapped at Palma, Majorca.

Britannia 314, CF-CZA, of Canadian Pacific Airlines. This airline operated one of the largest Britannia fleets with eight aircraft used on scheduled routes all over the world. The first aircraft started flying for the airline in 1958 with the last Britannia operation taking place in 1966.

Britannia 318, CU-T669, of Cubana. The airline operated four Britannias from 1858 until 1977 on passenger services and from 1979 until 1984 on cargo flights. In 1959 one of Cubana’s Britannias set a record on the New York - Havana route, flying it in 3 hr 28 mins, the fastest ever for a commercial flight at that time. Cubana’s Britannias also flew several other routes faster and in more comfort than its competitors helping the airline to dominate many of those services.

Britannia 324, G-ARKA, of Basle-based Tellair circa 1969. The airline operated a couple of Britannias leased from Caledonian Airways including the example illustrated which entered service in March 1969. The troubled airline ceased trading later that year. Note the extra forward window, there were several Britannia window, door and emergency exit combinations produced.

Pictured is one of 15 Britannia 102s that entered service with BOAC. It was due to receive a further ten, but cancelled them after a number of incidents its Britannia fleet encountered. It later received 18 of the stretched Series 300s.

British charter carrier Monarch Airlines at one point had a fleet of eight Britannias. This example, G-AOVT, is on display at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.

This Britannia 308F. G-ANCF, of Invicta International illustrates a cargo variant. Freight played an important role in the evolution of the type as Canadair developed it into the CL-44.