Instone Air Line
| Founded | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Ceased operations | 31 March 1924 |
| Hubs | Cologne, London and Paris |
| Fleet size | See Fleet below |
| Destinations |
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Parent company | S. Instone & Company Limited |
| Headquarters | London |
| Key people | Samuel Instone |
Instone Air Line was an early British airline from 1919 to 1924. Along with other private airlines of the time, it was absorbed into Imperial Airways.
This airline is not to be confused with the Instone Air Line of Stansted, which operated from 1981 to about 1996 with Bristol Freighter and Douglas DC-6.[1][2]
History
S. Instone & Company Limited, a shipping company set up by
In 1923, a government committee recommended that the main British airlines should merge, to establish one, financially strong, airline, and to enable it to undertake the necessary expansions. Following this recommendation, Imperial Airways was created on 1 April 1924, absorbing the assets and routes of Handley Page Transport, Instone Air Line, Daimler Airway and British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd.
There is a history of the airline: Early Birds – Air Transport Memories 1919–1924 by Alfred Instone (published by Western Mail & Echo, Cardiff, 1938) containing a number of photographs.
Accidents and incidents
- In February 1923, an aircraft belonging to Instone was damaged in an accident at Saint-Inglevert, Pas-de-Calais, France.[4]
- On 13 August 1923, de Havilland DH.34 G-EBBW landed at Marden Airfield, Kent due to a broken oil pipe. The aircraft was repaired and returned to Croydon.[5]
Fleet
- Airco DH.4
- BAT F.K.26
- Bristol Type 47 Tourer
- Bristol Type 62
- de Havilland DH.18
- de Havilland DH.34
- Vickers Vimy Commercial
- Vickers Vulcan
- Westland Limousine
See also
References
- ^ Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank et al. jp airline-fleets international 1982. Zürich-Airport, 1982.
- ISBN 978-0-85130-456-4, p. 273.
- ^ "1920–1930". British Airways Museum. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.
- ^ "London Terminal Aerodrome". Flight. No. 15 February 1923. p. 296.
- ^ "British Air Travellers Increasing". Flight. No. 18 August 1923. p. 474.
