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empty after the pilot refused service to Air
Scotland as he believed that they had not paid. Air Scotland had in fact transferred money to Fischer Air Polska's account that morning.
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were called to calm angry passengers delayed in Palma. The knock-on effect to the airline's network as a result of the delay was considerable. An aircraft was chartered from
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The airline formerly known as Air
Scotland is no longer operating, as the Greek Civil Aviation Authority suspended their Operating Licence and AOC in December 2006.
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holiday resorts. The company was a ticket provider for
Electra Airlines until 25 April 2003, when the Electra aircraft were grounded by
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Scotland ceased the agreement with Electra and began operating with
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Scotland looking to lease two
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October 2005 Mr Al-Ani sold his stake in the airline to
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registered company and licensed by the Greek Civil
Aviation Authority.
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which wore a combination of Air
Scotland & Greece Airways decals.
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On the day the
Airline ceased trading, it operated a single
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using the air operator's certificate of Greece
Airways, a
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223:Air Scotland was established in November 2002 by
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656:List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
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269:to utilise on services from Glasgow to
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328:Taken from air-Scotland.com in 2006:
1164:Technical and Aeronautical Holdings
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1225:Defunct European low-cost airlines
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577:Air Scotland Fleet before closure
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200:, and other UK airports, to the
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1210:2002 establishments in Scotland
1205:Airlines disestablished in 2006
726:Photos of Air Scotland aircraft
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507:Belfast International Airport
198:Glasgow International Airport
1200:Airlines established in 2002
1190:Defunct airlines of Scotland
840:Defunct airlines of Scotland
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416:Kuwait International Airport
344:Athens International Airport
7:
1159:TAE Greek National Airlines
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459:Doncaster Sheffield Airport
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1195:Defunct airlines of Greece
398:Palma de Mallorca Airport
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16:Scottish low-cost airline
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19:Not to be confused with
1024:Air Transport of Greece
283:London Stansted Airport
267:Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
258:design on the aircraft
1169:Viking Hellas Aviation
815:Hebridean Air Services
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1215:Transport in Scotland
820:Loch Lomond Seaplanes
231:aircraft operated by
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155:Dhia Al-Ani (Founder)
800:Airlines of Scotland
87:Commenced operations
1124:Macedonian Airlines
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165:Air Scotland's logo
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1154:SkyGreece Airlines
1149:Sky Wings Airlines
986:Hellenic Seaplanes
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468:Manchester Airport
441:Birmingham Airport
314:Fischer Air Polska
294:H Top Hotels Group
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119:Manchester Airport
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1104:Hellenic Airlines
1064:Daedalus Airlines
949:Marathon Airlines
934:Air Mediterranean
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675:"1 Evening Times"
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625:Short-medium haul
606:Short-medium haul
480:Newcastle Airport
394:Palma de Mallorca
371:Barcelona Airport
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95:Ceased operations
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21:Scottish Airlines
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1014:Aeroland Airways
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362:Alicante Airport
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233:Electra Airlines
190:low-cost airline
173:An Air Scotland
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70:GREECE AIRWAYS
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186:Air Scotland
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141:Headquarters
133:Destinations
114:Focus cities
98:October 2005
29:Air Scotland
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918:Sky Express
913:Olympic Air
685:5 September
245:Air Holland
1184:Categories
1144:Orange2Fly
1129:Minoan Air
1099:Hellas Jet
1084:Fly Hellas
1034:Alexandair
1019:Air Greece
662:References
471:Focus City
464:Manchester
437:Birmingham
152:Key people
125:Fleet size
908:Lumiwings
891:Scheduled
752:Companies
583:Aircraft
476:Newcastle
455:Doncaster
367:Barcelona
298:Barcelona
254:with the
192:based in
1119:InterJet
1074:Ellinair
880:Airlines
836:See also
825:Loganair
764:Aviation
650:See also
640:A320-211
533:Aberdeen
515:Scotland
358:Alicante
252:fuselage
181:. (2005)
179:Scotland
58:Callsign
1079:EuroAir
996:Defunct
944:GainJet
927:Charter
738:Portals
628:Europe
609:Europe
589:Routes
557:Cardiff
521:Glasgow
503:Belfast
485:Norwich
446:Bristol
431:England
287:Baghdad
260:tailfin
241:BAA plc
237:Spanish
219:History
194:Glasgow
145:Glasgow
79:Founded
884:Greece
592:Notes
586:Total
412:Kuwait
406:Kuwait
385:Málaga
376:Girona
340:Athens
334:Greece
318:Poland
310:police
206:Athens
979:Other
963:Cargo
571:Fleet
551:Wales
352:Spain
306:Palma
302:Spain
271:Miami
249:white
235:, to
225:Iraqi
210:Greek
687:2006
528:Base
279:Cuba
277:and
204:and
67:GRE
53:ICAO
48:IATA
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