The company (Provincial Airlines)
was formed on the 12th of October 1933 when it took over the
assets of International Airlines Limited. International Airlines
had attempted to operate a Western Air Express route to carry
mail between Croydon, Southampton, Portsmouth and Plymouth using
two Monospar ST4s but the venture failed. Provincial were to
operate a similar route carrying mail, but in the end only two
flights from Croydon to Plymouth with a stop at Southamton and
return in November 1933 using De Havilland Fox Moths were carried
out. In March 1934 they began a weekday service on the London
to Plymouth route still using the Fox Moth which was replaced
by the larger De Havilland Dragon in May. By 1935 they were flying
a twice-daily service between Croydon and Penzance with stops
at Portsmouth, Southampton, Bournemouth and Plymouth. In February
a new route was started between Plymouth and Hull. But the routes
were not a financial success and the company closed on the 10th
of December 1935.
Fleet :- DH Dragon, DH Fox Moth, two Monospar ST4's. |
