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Air Scotland was a low-cost airline based in Glasgow, Scotland. It operated scheduled services from Glasgow International Airport, and other UK airports, to the Mediterranean and Athens using the air operator's certificate of Greece Airways, a Greek registered company and licensed by the Greek Civil Aviation Authority.

Air Scotland

IATA ICAO Callsign - GRE GREECE AIRWAYS
Founded	November 2002
Commenced operations	29 March 2003
Ceased operations	October 2005
Operating bases	Glasgow Airport
Focus cities	Manchester Airport
Fleet size	6 (at closure)
Destinations	17
Headquarters	Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Key people	Dhia Al-Ani (Founder)

The airline formerly known as Air Scotland is no longer operating, as the Greek Civil Aviation Authority suspended their Operating Licence and AOC in December 2006.

History

Air Scotland was established in November 2002 by Iraqi-born businessman Dhia Al-Ani and started operations on 29 March 2003, using 2 Boeing 757-200 aircraft operated by Electra Airlines, to Spanish holiday resorts. The company was a ticket provider for Electra Airlines until 25 April 2003, when the Electra aircraft were grounded by BAA plc over debts owed to the airport operator. Air Scotland ceased the agreement with Electra and began operating with Air Holland, who agreed to resume operation of the former Electra routes. With the demise of Air Holland, it then began operating under the air operator's certificate of Greece Airways, which was formed out of Electra and owned by Mr Al-Ani, albeit with only one 757 aircraft. All aircraft (before 2006) that have operated for Air Scotland have carried the operator's livery of white fuselage with the Flag of Scotland design on the aircraft tailfin.^{[citation needed]}

Under Mr Al-Ani's ownership, there were reports of Air Scotland looking to lease two Lockheed L-1011 Tristar to utilise on services from Glasgow to Miami, New York City and Cuba,[1] and to fly between Glasgow and London Stansted Airport to Baghdad, but these failed to materialise.

At the start of October 2005 Mr Al-Ani sold his stake in the airline to H Top Hotels Group of Barcelona, Spain. However, administrative difficulties in transferring ownership of the airline resulted in the operator's solitary aircraft being grounded at Palma over unpaid fuel bills. Passengers were left stranded for up to 17 hours and in one instance armed police were called to calm angry passengers delayed in Palma.[2] The knock-on effect to the airline's network as a result of the delay was considerable. An aircraft was chartered from Fischer Air Polska to help clear the backlog, but returned to Poland empty after the pilot refused service to Air Scotland as he believed that they had not paid. Air Scotland had in fact transferred money to Fischer Air Polska's account that morning.[3]

Destinations

Taken from air-Scotland.com in 2006:

• Greece
  • Athens – Athens International Airport
• Spain
  • Alicante – Alicante Airport
  • Barcelona – Barcelona Airport
  • Girona – Girona Airport
  • Málaga – Málaga Airport
  • Palma de Mallorca – Palma de Mallorca Airport
• Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Kuwait International Airport
• United Kingdom
  • England
    • Birmingham – Birmingham Airport
    • Bristol – Bristol Airport
    • Doncaster – Doncaster Sheffield Airport
    • Manchester – Manchester Airport Focus City
    • Newcastle – Newcastle Airport
    • Norwich – Norwich Airport
  • Northern Ireland
    • Belfast – Belfast International Airport
  • Scotland
    • Glasgow – Glasgow Airport Base
    • Aberdeen - Aberdeen airport

• • Wales
    • Cardiff – Cardiff Airport

Fleet

Air Scotland Fleet before closure

Aircraft	Total	Routes	Notes
Airbus A320-211	1	Short-medium haul Europe
Boeing 757-236	5	Short-medium haul Europe

^{[citation needed]}

On the day the Airline ceased trading, it operated a single A320-211 based in Glasgow, it had also operated a Boeing 757-200 which wore a combination of Air Scotland & Greece Airways decals.

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom

References

External links

• Photos of Air Scotland aircraft
• Scotland Photo Database - Air Scotland.

На других языках

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- [en] Air Scotland

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[fr] Air Scotland

Air Scotland (nom commercial de Greece Airways) était une compagnie aérienne écossaise à bas coûts, spécialisée dans les relations avec la Grèce et l'Espagne.

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[ru] Air Scotland

Air Scotland — бывшая шотландская бюджетная авиакомпания, базировавшаяся в Глазго.

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