Gullcroft

Scimitar Airlines was formed in Jan1975 as Gullcroft by a former managing director of British Caledonian. With a change of name before it started operations, to Scimitar Airlines the company applied for a cargo charter licence in Jan1978. Operations were suspended in 1980 when the company licences were withdrawn by the Civil Aviation Authority because the Government of the day required that the carrier be majority British owned (It was owned by 2 Saudi Brothers)