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Caledonian Airways was a wholly private, independent British charter airline formed in April 1961. It began with a single 104-seat Douglas DC-7C leased from the Belgian flag carrier Sabena. Caledonian grew rapidly over the coming years to become the leading transatlantic "affinity group" charter operator by the end of the decade. During that period, passenger numbers grew from just 8,000 in 1961 to 800,000 in 1970. The latter represented 22.7% of all British non-scheduled passengers. It also became Britain's most consistently profitable and financially most secure independent airline of its era, never failing to make a profit in all its ten years of existence. By the end of 1970, Caledonian operated an all-jet fleet consisting of eleven aircraft and provided employment for over 1,000 worke

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  • Caledonian Airways (en)
  • Caledonian Airways (1961) (de)
  • Caledonian Airways (fr)
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  • Caledonian Airways (im Außenauftritt verkürzt Caledonian) war eine britische Fluggesellschaft. Das Unternehmen übernahm im Jahr 1970 die British United Airways und fusionierte mit dieser zur British Caledonian Airways. (de)
  • Caledonian Airways was a wholly private, independent British charter airline formed in April 1961. It began with a single 104-seat Douglas DC-7C leased from the Belgian flag carrier Sabena. Caledonian grew rapidly over the coming years to become the leading transatlantic "affinity group" charter operator by the end of the decade. During that period, passenger numbers grew from just 8,000 in 1961 to 800,000 in 1970. The latter represented 22.7% of all British non-scheduled passengers. It also became Britain's most consistently profitable and financially most secure independent airline of its era, never failing to make a profit in all its ten years of existence. By the end of 1970, Caledonian operated an all-jet fleet consisting of eleven aircraft and provided employment for over 1,000 worke (en)
  • Caledonian Airways était une compagnie aérienne de vols charters, privée et indépendante basée en Écosse, crée en avril 1961. Elle entame ses opérations avec un Douglas DC-7C de 104 places, loué à la Sabena. L'entreprise connait une croissance rapide dans les années 1960 en prenant une place prépodérante sur les vols charters transatlantique. Le nombre de passagers transportés passe de 8 000 en 1961 à 800 000 en 1970, soit à cette date 22,7% du marché charter britannique. Cette compagnie dégage un bénéfice chaque année pendant la décennies, affichant le meilleur bilan financier de toutes les compagnies ariennes britanniques. Fin 1970, la compagnie s'est séparé de tous ces avions à hélices et a une flotte totalement composée de jets. Caledonian fusionne, cette année-là, avec British United (fr)
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