Air Ecosse

Air Ecosse (Charters) Ltd. was formed in June 1977 as a subsidiary of Fairflight Charters based at Biggin Hill (Kent - England).^[3][4] The company's first flight was in July 1977 and until 1981 only on-demand flights were operated.^[5]

After the company name was changed to simply Air Ecosse Ltd. the first scheduled flights started in 1981 from Aberdeen to Dundee, Glasgow, Manchester, Wick and Sumburgh.^[6] In the 1980s, the airline started flights to other destinations such as Edinburgh, Liverpool and Carlisle. On April 4, 1983 it inaugurated schedules to London Heathrow airport, becoming the first Scottish commuter airline to serve the capital.^[7][8] The airline also started flights for the Royal Mail with Short 360^[9][4]. By 1985 the company had 165 employees.^[6]

All flight operations were discontinued on January 19, 1987^[10]. Shortly thereafter the assets were sold to Malinair and, in November of the following year, to Peregrine Air Services (which was named after the famous bird of prey with the same name).

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  Short 360 in Datapost colours
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  Short 330-200
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  EMB-110 Bandeirante
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  EMB-110 Bandeirante in Datapost colours
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  DHC 6 Twin Otter
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  Britten-Norman Trislander
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  DH.114 Heron

Aberdeen Airways was established on 7 March 1989 by merging some of the assets of Air Ecosse and Malinair^[11][12], starting flight activities a few days later. It initially operated as the scheduled division of Peregrine Air Service^[13], but on 11 February 1991 it became a subsidiary of the French airline Air Provence^[14]. Aberdeen Airways subsequently also filed for bankruptcy protection, moved to East Midlands (EMA) and finally ended operations in summer 1992. It was declared bankrupt in the following month of November.

Air Ecosse had the following aircraft in their fleet at the time that operations ceased;

• Britten-Norman Trislander
• DHC-6 Twin Otter
• Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
• Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 209
• Short 330-200
• Short 360

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