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Scimitar Airlines

British cargo airline

Scimitar Airlines was a British charter airline between 1975 and 1980 with a head office in Lowfield Heath on the south perimeter of Gatwick Airport. It briefly operated cargo charters to West and Central Africa and the Middle East before financial problems caused it to cease flyingone year later.2 It ceased to exist in 1981.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1978Founded1
  • HeadquartersLondon Gatwick Airport1

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Boeing 707-321C (Scimitar AL) at FRA
Photo: Uli Elch, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Scimitar Airlines was a British charter airline between 1975 and 1980 with a head office in Lowfield Heath on the south perimeter of Gatwick Airport. It briefly operated cargo charters to West and Central Africa and the Middle East before financial problems caused it to cease flyingone year later.2

Timeline

  1. 1981Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1978Founded Founded1

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