Old Travel Blog Photograph Northern And Scottish Airways Plane Glasgow Scotland


Old travel Blog photograph of a Northern And Scottish Airways Spartan Cruiser, 8 seater, 6 passengers and 2 crew, airrcaft in Glasgow, Scotland. Highland Airways and Northern and Scottish Airways merged in 1938 to form Scottish Airways. From 1941 they carried airmail for the Air Ministry for troops stationed on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. In 1945 the airline was authorised to operate an airway letter service one way between Stornoway and Glasgow until they were taken over by British European Airways in 1947. In addition to its Isle of Lewis routes, Scottish Airways also had a Glasgow, Renfrew to Campbeltown and Islay route, Northern and Scottish also operated for a short time on a route from Glasgow, Renfrew Airport to Hall Caine aerodrome on the Isle of Man.



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