Braniff inaugurated service to London Gatwick on March 15, 1978. The flights were flown by Braniff's first 747-100 "Big Orange" N601BN. Within a year, extensive Asian, European, and vastly expanded domestic destinations would be added as deregulation kicked in. No airline took expanded under dergulation as much as Braniff did, nor did any other suffer as much. Ironically, In the last year of Braniff I's existence in 1981-82, the schedule would contract to these pre-deregulation levels.