Delivered new to British Midland Airways as G-AXLN on 12 Mar 1970. Leased to Court Line 29 Feb 1972 to 25 Sep 1973. Sold to Transbrasil as PP-SDU on 26 Sep 1973. Leased to AVIATECA as TG-AYA 21 Apr 1978. Sold to Cayman Airways as VR-CAL 29 May 1978. Bought by BIA Feb 1984 and registered back to G-AXLN. Reregistered to G-EKPT 30 Apr 1990 with Ryanair Europe and noted leased to London European Airways Aug 1990. Transfered to the Irish register with Ryanair as EI-CCX on 17 Dec 1990. Sold to Oriental Airlines of Nigeria 02 Dec 1994 as 5N-EYI. WFU and stored at Lagos Feb 2000. Broken up by 2005.

WFU Jersey 1981, scrapped in 1984.

slide taken by Norbert Kröpfl. - The pictured Herald was struck by a lorry on ground at Bournemouth in June 1984; the damage was beyond economical repair.

G-AXMG was a Courtline aircraft, painted in green colours, when it started its service life in December 1969; later it flew for British Island Airways between 1985 and 1990. Finally, Nationwide scrapped it as ZS-NMT at Lanseria in 2005.

Basic BIA livery

Basic Air Manchester livery

Ex PT-GML. Re-registered as G-BKBG on 11 May 1982, cancelled on 16 December 1982 on sale to USA as N102VN. Subsequently became TG-TWO, ZS-OOZ, and finally N131CS. Registration cancelled on 2 April 2013. and broken up.

Basic BIA - British Island Airways livery

Delivered to the Royal Malaysian Air Force as FM1027 in 1965. To British Air Ferries as G-BEYK then to British Island Airways in 1978. Merged into Air UK in 1980. To Nordic Oil Services in 1988, Janes Aviation in 1991, back to Nordic Oil Services in 1993 then to Trygon in 1997 and scrapped at Southend.

Final livery

Basic BAF - British Air Ferries livery

Delivered to Itavia as I-TIVU in 1964. To British Island Airways as G-BBXI in 1973. Merged into Air UK in 1980. Damaged beyond repair in a ground accident at Bournemouth-Hurn in 1984 and scrapped.