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Scottish Airlines (Prestwick) Limited was formed in 1946 as a subsidiary of Scottish Aviation Limited.〔(''Flight International'', 30 December 1948, ''Brevities'', p. 784 )〕 The airline commenced worldwide passenger and cargo charter flights from bases at Prestwick and Stansted. It also participated in the Berlin Airlift,〔''Fly me, I'm Freddie!'', Eglin, R. and Ritchie, B., Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1980, pp. 14-19〕 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.〔(''Flight International'', 22 January 1948, ''Airlines by Charter'', p. 91 )〕 Scottish Airlines also operated scheduled services in its own right between Prestwick Airport in Scotland and Ronaldsway Airport on the Isle of Man.〔(''Flight International'', 3 May 1957, ''World Airline Directory'', p. 591 )〕〔(''Flight International'', 8 April 1960, ''Airlines ... of the world - The British carriers'', p. 487 )〕〔''Aviation News - UK and Irish airlines since 1945 (Part 34 (Services )'', Vol 64, No 12, pp. 954/5, HPC Publishing, St Leonards on Sea, December 2002〕〔''The Spirit of Dan-Air'', Simons, G.M., GMS Enterprises, Peterborough, 1993, pp. 34, 241〕 Scottish Airlines ceased operations in 1960.〔(airliners.net, Remark )〕 Its aircraft and routes were taken over by Dan-Air in 1961.〔〔 ==Early history== Scottish Airlines (Prestwick) Ltd was an early post-World War II private, independent〔independent from government-owned corporations〕 British 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 . 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. On 7 May 1948 a Scottish airlines Liberator departed Prestwick on a cargo charter flight to Calcutta via Rome, Cyprus, Basra and Karachi. On board was a ship's propeller shaft weighing 6 tons 7 cwt (6.5 tonnes) and measuring 19 feet (ft) 6 inches (5.9 m), which was urgently required for SS ''Clan Angus''. At the time, this was believed to be one of the heaviest single pieces of machinery carried by a British commercial aircraft.〔(''Flight International'', 20 May 1948, ''Civil Aviation News .....'', p. 550 )〕 One of Scottish Airlines' first overseas engagements was its participation in the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scottish Airlines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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