Palestine Airways

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Not to be confused with Palestinian Airlines.
Palestine Airways airplane
Palestine Airways ticket, 1937

Palestine Airways (

Jewish Agency.[1][2][3] In 1937 the airline was taken over by British Government's Air Ministry, with the intention of it eventually being transferred back into private hands.[4]

Between July 1937 and August 1940, it operated under the aegis of the British corporation Imperial Airways.[5][6] Throughout these years, Palestine Airways flew thousands of passengers, its best year being 1938 with 6400 passengers.[7]

History

The airline was registered as a private aviation company on 18 December 1934, with assistance from

Sde Dov) and commenced operations on the Tel Aviv to Haifa route, flying twice a day in their de Havilland Rapide.[12] From September 1938, the route was extended from Haifa to Beirut.[13]

Palestine Airways ceased operations in August 1940 when its aircraft were taken over by the

RAF for use in the war effort as transport and communication aircraft.[14]

Aircraft

Initially in July 1937 the airline flew two twin-engine, five seat, cantilever Short Scion monoplanes. In 1938 two additional aircraft were acquired: an eight-seat de Havilland Dragon Rapide and a ten-seat Short Scion Senior landplane version of the float-plane (which later in Royal Air Force service was lost in action on 22 September 1943).[15] The larger aircraft were used for the service to Larnaca and charter flights to Egypt.[16]

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References

  1. ^ Dagan, Peretz (1955). Pillars of Israel Economy. I. Lipschitz. p. 306.
  2. ^ Davies, Ronald Edward George (1964). A History of the World's Airlines. Oxford University Press. p. 200.
  3. ^ "Jewish Airline". Israel Air Force. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Palestine Airways Expects to Resume Service Shortly Throughout Middle East". July 27, 1945.
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  6. ^ "Israel : The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics". Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
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  10. ^ "Gaza airport and Palestinian Airlines". Jewish American Heritage Month. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  11. ^ "History of Flight Around the World - Israel". Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  12. ^ "The Israeli Air Force".
  13. ^ "Palestine Airways". www.timetableimages.com.
  14. ^ "GAZA AIRPORT - HISTORY". www.gazaairport.com.
  15. ^ "Civil Aircraft Register - Palestine". www.airhistory.org.uk.
  16. ^ "Chapter 1 – from Flying Camels to Flying Stars: Israel Reborn (1917-1948) | Israel Airline Museum".
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