 Long-range Boeing 707 jets joined the Lloyd International fleet during the early 1970s for use on affinity group passenger and freight charters to North America and the Far East.Lloyd International ceased operations in June 1972.In 1960, Brian Lloyd and Alastair Macleod, two experienced shipping managers and shipbroking partners, joined up with chartered accountant John Louis Mingaye Crick and began formulating plans to take over an existing airline as part of a diversification strategy into the airline business.