British Caledonian in the 1970s 31 March 1973 - with the BR airline designator it had inherited from BUA at the time of its formation. This resulted in exclusive use of the BR designator as a prefix for all BCal flight numbers. In 1973, BCal also inaugurated its fourth scheduled domestic trunk route between London Gatwick and Manchester. The new service was contracted to British Island Airways (BIA), BUIA's successor, which operated two daily return trips using its Handley Page Dart Herald turboprops. On 20 March 1974, BCal switched its Gatwick—Paris services to the then brand-new Charles de Gaulle Airport in the northern Paris suburb
Gamvik Airport and Rescue Corps and Norving. Yngvar Svendsen, the airline's contact person in Gamvik, was responsible for operations and manned the radio. For the first ten months he worked free of charge. Norving applied in 1972 to establish a scheduled taxi route from Gamvik. Mehamn Airport opened in 1974 along with an all-year road between Gamvik and Mehamn, which resulted in Gamvik Airport being reduced to an emergency airport. The airport was located at Slettnes outside Gamvik. The airport had a gravel runway. Travel distance to Mehamn was 20 minutes and to Kjøllefjord one hour. Gamvik Airport Gamvik Airport () is