Tradair
Tradair
began
operations
in
November
1957,
the
airline
operated
a
fleet
of
Vickers
Viking’s,
its
fleet
consisted
of
G-APOO,
G-APOP,
G-APOR,
Two
aircraft
(POP
&
POR)
were
ex-Kings
Flight
machines
and
were
use
for
the
Royal
Flight
to
South
Africa.
G-APOO
was
given the name “Mercier” and remained with Tradair throughout the airlines short lived existence.
The
airline
proposed
a
number
of
new
flight
routings
in
1961,
these
included:
Southend-Klagenfurt
once
daily
from
1st
May
to
15th
October
but
they
were
refused
an
operating
licence
because
the
route
was
still
in
the
early
stages
of
being
operated
by
another
British
operator.
Southend-Basle
up
to
once
daily
from
1st
October
to
15th
March
again
the
airline
was
refused
an
operating
licence,
this
time
due
to
the financial resources the airline had under Section 2(2){a) of the Act.
Southend-Genoa
once
a
day
service
from
1st
May
until
15th
October,
this
was
refused
as
a
lack
of
passengers
using
the
route
was
insufficient to support more than one British operator.
Southend-Venice up to once daily from 1st May to 15th March, refused as two British airlines were already operating the route.
Southend-Naples once a day from 1st may to 31st October, refused as it was already being operated by a British airline.
Southend-Barcelona,
Southend-Palma,
Southend-Tenerife
once
a
day
from
1st
may
to
15th
October,
refused
as
Cunard
Eagle
were
already operating and had greater experience operating scheduled services to Italy.
Southend-Malaga once a day from 1st May to 15th March, refused as two British Airlines were already operating the service.
When
Tradair
collapsed
on
Monday
31st
December
1962,
Channel
Airways
stepped
in
to
take
over
all
of
their
operations
they
also
took on the entire fleet of aircraft, at the time of Tradair’s demise a Vickers Viscount had been added to their fleet.
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