Originally Posted by
willy wombat
I don’t think it was any of these who subbed for Channel. At Glasgow in the latter part of the 60s there were also SAM and Inex Adria DC6s. No one seems to have mentioned the ACE Constellation.
ACE Scotland, I forgot about them, short lived in 1966.
ACE Scotland's only aircraft Lockheed L-749A Constellation G-ASYF
In December 1965 a subsidiary company to ACE Freighters, ACE Scotland was formed.
Operations commenced in July 1966 with an inclusive tour holiday flight from Abbotsinch Glasgow to Barcelona and Palma.
The airline was equipped with one ex-SAA Constellation.
Regular flights were made from Glasgow to other holiday destinations including Rimini and Rome, IT flights were also flown from Gatwick.
Ad hoc charter flights took the Constellation to Athens, Jeddah and for Air Cruise Tours.
The airline ceased operations on 23 September 1966 on the liquidation of the parent company. The last commercial passenger service was flown on 10 September 1966 from Palma to Abbotsinch.