sentences:  This was the first time since the 1930s that an independent airline commenced a scheduled service on that trunk route.BCal ended its 1970/71 financial year to 30 September 1971 with a profit of £1.7 million (after accounting for BUA's £600,000 loss)
  
  In 1972, BCal extended its East African network to the Seychelles.The same year it also introduced a new Edinburgh—Newcastle—Copenhagen regional scheduled service to live up to its claim of being "Scotland's international airline".