Allied Airways

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Allied Airways was a UK airline based at Aberdeen, Scotland. Formed in 1934 as Aberdeen Airways it was taken over by British European Airways in 1947.[1]

History

The airline was formed 2 January 1934 as Aberdeen Airways with its first service on 19 September 1934 from Glasgow to Aberdeen using a Short Scion. [2] It later operated from Aberdeen to Orkney and Shetland using the twin-engined De Havilland Dragon.[1] In 1937 the company changed name to Allied Airways.[1] The airline continued to operate during the second world war. On 12 April 1947 the airline was merged into British European Airways.[1]

Aircraft

File:De Havilland DH-89A Dominie, Caernarfon Air World (Atlantic Air Transport) AN0230937.jpg
ex-RAF de Havilland Dragon Rapide G-AIDL, seen here at Coventry Airport in 1997, was in Allied Airways' fleet in the late 1940s

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Merton Jones 1972, p. 17
  2. Doyle 2001, pp. 29–30

Bibliography

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