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
Mehamn Airport fund-raising for Gamvik village to build its own airport. It applied to the municipality, but no public funds were granted. Gamvik Airport opened on 29 August. Also at Kjøllefjord, from Mehamn, locals decided to build their own airport. Kjøllefjord Airport opened in 1974, but because of the opening of Mehamn Airport it never saw any regular traffic. The use of the airports at Kjøllefjord and Gamvik fell out regular use from 1974 and were soon abandoned. Simultaneously as Mehamn was awarded an airport, Parliament voted to build a new road, National Road 888, which would better winter transport between the