British Caledonian came into being in November 1970 when the Scottish charter airline Caledonian Airways, at the time Britain's second-largest, wholly privately owned, independent airline, took over B
British Caledonian Boeing 707-320C at Gatwick Airport June 1975.
British Caledonian BAC 111-509EW at Gatwick
The first Boeing 747 to wear BCal colours being prepared for an engine run prior to delivery to BCal.
A British Caledonian Helicopters Sikorsky S-61N at Aberdeen Airport in May 1986.
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Dan-Air was an airline based in the United Kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of London-based shipbroking firm Davies and Newman. It was started in 1953 with a single aircraft. Initially, it operat
British Caledonian in the 1970s
…British independent airline at the time – and its workforce numbered 4,400. This made BCal the UK's foremost independent airline of the time. Although Dan-Air and Britannia Airways exceeded BCal's total annual passenger numbers from 1975, BCal maintained its position as Britain's leading independent international…
Dan-Air de Haviland Comets and BAC One-Elevens parked at London-Gatwick in 1976
The airline's first aircraft G-AMSU, a Douglas C-47B Dakota 4 at Blackbushe Airport in 1955 wearing the initial Dan-Air Services titles
A Dan-Air BAC One-Eleven coming in to land at Zürich Airport in May 1985
The interior of Dan-Air Comet 4C G-BDIX on display at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland