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Caledonian Airways was a wholly private independent Scottish charter airline formed in April 1961. It began with a single Douglas DC-7C leased from Sabena. Caledonian grew rapidly over the coming years to become the leading transatlantic affinity group charter operator by the end of the decade. During that period passenger numbers grew from just 8000 in 1961 to 800000 in 1970. The latter represented 22.7% of all British non-scheduled passengers.
