Ren, Air Ecosse closed down in mid 80s and the fleet eventually stood at around 12 EMB110s, 2 Twin Otters, 1 HP Herald ( leased)
1 Learjet and SH330 and 360 aircraft. Before the demise the flagship route for us was from Dundee to Heathrow with the SH360 aircraft! Although by far the most routes were flown from ABZ. I think the only regular overseas routes were to SVG, BFS and DUB, the rest being domestic…Happy Days especially the rivalry with Loganair.

Great pics Ren, especially that Tu154! I used to work at GLA sometimes when I was employed by an airline called Air Ecosse….do you remember them? We used to fly quite a large scheduled network in Scotland using EMB110s and Twin Otters in a lovely maroon, white and gold livery.

At Last!!! Well done EZY!

World Air Routes DVDs are not bad. I get mine mail order from Airtrans at EMA…Very friendly staff, great stock and well worth a visit if you’re in the area. For sheer quality and variety however I don’t think you’ll beat the products from Avion Video/DVD, the sound and picture quality is stunning and they have a great website http://www.avionvideo.com.

Good points. I have to say that my favourite PIA scheme was the one worn by the B720s and Tridents with the stars on the tail and full airline name on the fuselage…although I still like the current one. Air India will meddle with their scheme at their peril I think.

For me the only saving grace is the retention of the hammer and sickle symbol……Sorry guys but for me the rest is drivel! Was it the same team of “artists” that designed Ryanairs?? Very “ho hum”!

You’re kidding right??? Both the schemes of AI and PIA have become part of the national identities of the two nations concerned. Witness the national outcry in India at the time that AI tried to introduce that awful “corporate mess” of a livery a few years back…bland or what!! As for describing the current PIA scheme as a “green belly and three stripes near the neck of the aircraft” I think that is way too simplistic a description and overlooks the national and cultural aspects which I think is far too often overlooked these days. There are too many bland and two dimensional “schemes” that mean and seem to represent nothing blotting the aerial landscape nowadays and I hope that these two carriers don’t add to the pile. I might be old fashioned but I think that the current AI scheme is a work of art and is recognised all over the world, you’d have to work damn hard to achieve that again with current design trends.