Following British Airways's decision to withdraw from its loss-making regional routes and to retire its Vickers Viscount turboprop fleet, BAF acquired the entire 18-strong fleet along with the spares inventory during the early 1980s. This acquisition made it the world's largest Viscount operator at the time.Southend-based British Air Ferries ..., Airliner Market, Flight International, 24 January 1981, p. 211British Air Ferries ..., Airliner Market, Flight International, 23 January 1982, p. 161British World Airlines Ltd. — Company History: Different Aircraft, Different Owners in the 1980s (Original Source: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 18, St. James Press, 1997)RAF Rochford — History: Post War
