Scottish Airlines

Scottish Airlines

Avro York of Scottish Airlines in 1953
Founded	1946
Ceased operations	1961
Hubs	Prestwick Airport Stansted Airport
Fleet size	3 (1 Douglas DC-3/C-47 Dakota, 2 Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer (as of January 1959))
Destinations	worldwide
Parent company	Scottish Aviation
Headquarters	Prestwick Airport
Key people	I.C. Grant, D. McConnell, W.A. Wilkinson, Alastair Cormack, John Fussey, Group Capt.McIntyre.

Scottish Airlines (Prestwick) Limited was formed in 1946 as a subsidiary of Scottish Aviation Limited. The airline commenced worldwide passenger and cargo charter flights from bases at Prestwick and Stansted. It also participated in the Berlin Airlift, became a trooping carrier for the British Armed Forces, and began contract flights on behalf of Air France, British European Airways (BEA), Compagnie Belge des Transports Aériens, Iceland Airways and KLM. Scottish Airlines also operated scheduled services in its own right between Prestwick Airport in Scotland and Ronaldsway Airport on the Isle of Man. Scottish Airlines ceased operations in 1960. Its aircraft and routes were taken over by Dan-Air in 1961.

Scottish Airlines (Prestwick) Ltd was an early post-World War II private, independentBritish airline.

In 1947 Scottish Airlines operated a fleet of 20 aircraft, which flew 1,480,154 miles (mi) (2,382,077 kilometres (km)). This was more than twice the previous year's total of 632,957 mi (1,018,646 km). The airline carried 43,702 passengers during 1947 on a variety of scheduled and non-scheduled services, both under contract to other airlines as well as in its own right. Contract flights included charter flights between Prestwick and Iceland on behalf of Iceland Airways and scheduled services linking Prestwick with Belfast and London, Glasgow with Belfast and London, and Aberdeen with London under contract to BEA, as well as Prestwick with Paris under contract to Air France, Prestwick with Amsterdam under contract to KLM, and Prestwick and Manchester with Brussels under contract to Compagnie Belge des Transports Aériens. Contract flights for BEA terminated in July 1947 and those for Air France and KLM a short while later. The Icelandic and Belgian services continued into 1948. Scottish Airlines operated worldwide charter flights in its own right, including to destinations all over Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Canada and the United States. Scottish Airlines operated B24 Liberators in 1947-8 to Athens from Northolt n a scheduled service on behalf of Hellenic Airlines.A scheduled service from Prestwick to Reyjavik (not Keflavik) and on to Copenhagen (Kastrup) then back to Prestwick was also flown.