Standard Airways, Seattle based, operated a pair of ex Qantas 138Bs. One came to a very sticky end at YVR 8/02/68. It was chartered to CP and in their colours when it arrived back at Vancouver from Honolulu and landing in zero vis demolished two buildings four light aircraft and hit a couple of DC8s. Only two dead.
That was the end of Standard and they went bust owing money to everyone at Seatac.
Pacific Western bought the remaining aircraft which was sent to Tulsa for major by AA.
We picked it up from there and had to clear US customs outbound at Seatac. It was still in Standard Airways colours with a very small Canadian registration. No-one wanted to know us and it took some persuading to get a parking finger and ground handling.
PWA operated this and another ex Qantas 138B for a couple of years based at YVR. Gatwick was the main destination and Dusseldorf the next most popular. Usually had to tech stop Keflavik eastbound and Sondestrom westbound.
Winter was mainly Honolulu or Puerto Vallarta out of the prairies. Arriving back into Saskatoon or Calgary in the early hours of the morning the prairie farmers would have a long walk across the ramp in minus 30C in their newly acquired Hawaiian shirts and shorts.