| 词条 | Scimitar Airlines |
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Scimitar Airlines was a British charter airline between 1978 and 1982 with a head office in Lowfield Heath on the south perimeter of Gatwick Airport. It briefly operated cargo charters to west and central Africa and the middle east before financial problems caused it to cease flying. HistoryThe company was formed in January 1975 as Gullcroft Limited by a former managing director of British Caledonian. With a change of name to Scimitar Airlines Limited the company applied for a cargo charter licence in January 1978, due to objections from British Caledonian and other British cargo airlines Transmeridian Air Cargo and Tradewinds Airways the Civil Aviation Authority held a public hearing into the application.[1] The airline hire-purchased two second-hand Boeing 707s in a convertible passenger/cargo configuration to start cargo operations. [2]In July 1979 the two 707s were wet-leased to IAS Cargo Airlines (later British Cargo Airlines) and in August 1979 the airline considered applying for a licence to carry passengers.[3] Operations were suspended in 1980 when the company licences were withdrawn by the Civil Aviation Authority because the Government of the day required that the carrier be majority British owned (It was owned by 2 Saudi Brothers), in 1981 it was hoped that the company could be re-financed and to restart operations but it went into liquidation in early 1982.[4][5] Fleet
References1. ^{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|title=Scimitar defends licence applications|date=17 June 1978|accessdate=24 August 2013|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200979.html}} 2. ^{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|title=Scimitar plans to enter passenger market|date=28 October 1978|page=1546| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%202612.html|accessdate=24 August 2013}} 3. ^{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|title=Scimitar to go passenger|date=25 August 1979|accessdate=24 August 2013|page=568|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%203093.html}} 4. ^{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|title=World News|date=20 February 1982|page=402|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200420.htm|accessdate=24 August 2013}} 5. ^{{cite magazine|magazine=Flight|title=World Airline Directory - Scimitar Airlines|date=16 May 1981|page=1464|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201462.htm|accessdate=24 August 2013}} 3 : Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom|Airlines established in 1978|Airlines disestablished in 1982 |
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