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Westminster Airways : ウィキペディア英語版 | Westminster Airways Westminster Airways was a British airline formed in 1946 to operate air charters. It later acquired freighter aircraft and was involved in the Berlin Airlift, but ceased operations shortly after. ==History== The company was formed by a group of MPs led by Air Commodore A.V. Harvey, the first aircraft were seven twin-engined Airspeed Consuls.〔Merton Jones 1972, p 83〕 The Consuls operated charter flights from Blackbushe and Gatwick airports.〔 Later in 1946 the company bought two Douglas DC-3s.〔 To help with the Berlin Airlift the company bought three four-engined Handley Page Haltons, which were converted wartime Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers.〔 A Halifax was also bought and converted into a bulk-diesel carrier for the airlift.〔Jackson 1972, p 244〕 The company ceased operations at the end of 1949 when the board of directors decided to cease flying due to the restrictions imposed on air charter companies by United Kingdom government policies and legislation.〔〔(Flight 8 December 2008 )〕
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