Operations During 1949/51
After the end of the Berlin Airlift, Aquila hoped to find work for their fleet on worldwide ad-hoc passenger and freight charters, but this type of operation quickly proved not to be forthcoming.
Aquila obtained an association agreement with British European Airways (BEA) under which they were permitted to operate scheduled services from Southampton to Lisbon and Madeira. These flight were supplemented by charter flights to a wide variety of destinations. June 1949 brought a series of Sunderland 3 flights with holidaymakers from Falmouth, Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly. Other 1949 charters included seamen from Aden to the UK and from Hull to Helsinki.
The popular Madeira service continued in 1950/51 and was joined by a Southampton to Jersey service from 7 July 1950, which used St Aubins Bay to land its passengers. Charter flights for shipping firms were also carried out.
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