 The addition of these aircraft gave the airline greater flexibility in its core long-distance charter operation, which mainly consisted of "ad hoc" passenger/seamen and cargo flights between Europe and the Far East, primarily to and from Hong Kong.Lloyd International also developed additional sales and promotional facilities on the Europe — Hong Kong route in association with the Ben Line, a well-known Far Eastern shipping line, to increase air cargo volumes.Lloyd International's first jet aircraft, an ex-Pan Am Boeing 707-321, entered service in 1970.