 These contracts provided additional work for four Dan-Air aircraft—two Comets and two One-Elevens.The latter were former American Airlines aircraft and the first One-Elevens to join Dan-Air's fleet.The Heathrow scheduling committee's refusal to allow Dan-Air access to British Eagle's former main operating base resulted in Dan-Air opening a base at Luton for the Lunn-Poly/Everyman flying programmes from London.