Air Contractors (ATDB)

Name	Alias	IATA	ICAO	Country	Base	Dates
Air Contractors		HG	HTG	United Kingdom	East Midlands	1998-1999
Hunting Air Cargo	Hunting Cargo Airlines	AG;HG	ABR;HTG	United Kingdom	East Midlands	1992-1998
Acquired by Safair and Compagnie Maritime Belge in 1998.
ABC	Air Bridge Carriers			United Kingdom	East Midlands	1972-????
Formed by Field Aviation, later Hunting Group.
Air Bridge		AK;AG	ABR	United Kingdom	East Midlands	????-1992
Renamed 15/8/92 to Hunting Cargo.

Operator	Model	Sub-Type	Planned	Current or Planned	Historical	Total all times	Avg Age Active
Air Contractors	C-130	L.100-30			4	4	-
Air Contractors	L.188	L.188A			1	1	-
Air Contractors	L.188	L.188AF			5	5	-
Air Contractors	L.188	L.188CF			7	7	-
Air Contractors	L.188	L.188PF			1	1	-
Air Contractors	Vanguard	Vanguard 950(F)			7	7	-
Air Contractors	Viscount	Viscount 800			1	1	-
Air Contractors	Viscount	Viscount 810			2	2	-
Air Contractors	Herald	Herald series 400			1	1	-
Air Contractors	DC-3	C-47A			1	1	-
TOTAL:			30	30	-

Reg'n	Type	MSN	at	1^stFlight	1^stDel	Operator	Origin	Became	Status	Last fl^t	Cancel^ed	Destroyed	OpType	Remarks
G-ALWC	C‑47A‑DK	13590	OKC		1944-06-24	Air Contractors	leased from Fairey Avn Surveys	(Leased & Returned)	Derelict			1989-04-03	Airline	tbc
G-BBDK	Viscount 808C	291	EGLB	1958-02-13	1958-02-21	Air Contractors	ex HB‑ILR @ Air Tourisme Alpin	To (Southern International Air Transport Southern Int'l)	Destroyed		1996-05-10	1996-03-24	Airline
G-FNWY	L.188A	1036	BUR	1959-02-09	1959-02-26	Air Contractors	ex C‑FNWY @ NWT Air / Air Canada Connector	To (TPI International Airways N3209A)	Active				Airline
N355WS	L.188AF	1039	BUR	1959-02-13	1959-02-27	Air Contractors	leased from TPI Int'l AW	(Leased & Returned)	Active				Airline
N356Q	L.188AF	1039	BUR	1959-02-13	1959-02-27	Air Contractors	leased from TPI Int'l AW	(Leased & Returned)	Active				Airline
N356Q	L.188AF	1039	BUR	1959-02-13	1959-02-27	Air Contractors	leased from TPI Int'l AW	(Leased & Returned)	Active				Airline
F-OGST	L.188CF	2002	BUR	1959-09-17	1959-10-30	Air Contractors	leased from Svcs et Transports	(Leased & Returned)	Scrapped		1998-07-29	2002-11	Airline	opf UPS
N360Q	L.188CF	1112	BUR	1959-11-25	1959-12-15	Air Contractors	leased from TPI Int'l AW	(Leased & Returned)	Derelict				Airline	no titles
N360WS	L.188CF	1112	BUR	1959-11-25	1959-12-15	Air Contractors	leased from TPI Int'l AW	(Leased & Returned)	Derelict				Airline
N360Q	L.188CF	1112	BUR	1959-11-25	1959-12-15	Air Contractors	leased from TPI Int'l AW	(Leased & Returned)	Derelict				Airline
N360WS	L.188CF	1112	BUR	1959-11-25	1959-12-15	Air Contractors	leased from TPI Int'l AW-- Acquisition cancelled	(n/a)	Cancelled				Airline
N669F	L.188AF	1116	BUR	1960-01-05	1960-01-13	Air Contractors	ex N404GN @ Great Northern AL	To (Fred Olsen Airtransport LN-FOL)	Derelict		2004-06-16		Airline	opf EMS International Post Corporation
G-FIZU	L.188CF	2014	BUR	1960-02-17	1960-02-25	Air Contractors	ex SE‑IZU @ Falcon Air	To (ASL Airlines Ireland EI-CHY)	Stored		2014-12-01		Airline
N667F	L.188CF	1131	BUR	1960-10-28	1961-03-09	Air Contractors	leased from TPI Int'l AW	(Leased & Returned)	Destroyed		2016-09-29	2010-01-28	Airline	no titles, temp.opf DHL from 1991Q4
G-FIJR	L.188PF	1138	BUR	1961-01-31	1961-03-29	Air Contractors	ex C‑FIJR @ NWT Air / Air Canada Connector	To (West Atlantic UK Atlantic AL)	Derelict	2010-11-07			Airline
G-BGLC	Viscount 839	436	BOH	1959-09	1961-05-13	Air Contractors	ex 3D‑ACN @ Swaziland Airlink	To (Dan-Air London Dan-Air)	Preserved				Airline
G-APEG	Vanguard 953C	710	EGLB	1961-05-01	1961-05-19	Air Contractors		Scrapped ((fire trainer) at EMA)	Scrapped at EMA		1992-02-18	1995	Airline
G-FIJV	L.188AF	1129	BUR	1960-03-30	1961-05-24	Air Contractors	ex C‑FIJV @ NWT Air / Air Canada Connector	To (ASL Airlines Ireland EI-HCE)	Scrapped		2016-09-29	2013-05	Airline
G-APEJ	Vanguard 953C	713	EGLB	1961-07-28	1961-08-16	Air Contractors		Scrapped ((nose to Brooklands museum,Weybridge) at EMA)	Scrapped at EMA		1996-11-15	1995-08	Airline
G-APEK	Vanguard 953C	714	EGLB	1961-08-30	1961-09-16	Air Contractors		Scrapped ((EAS) at PGF)	Scrapped at PGF	1989-11-24	1996-11-07	1997-09-18	Airline
G-APEM	Vanguard 953C	716	EGLB	1961-10-13	1961-11-03	Air Contractors	ex F‑BYCE @ EAS Europe AL	Scrapped ( at EMA)	Scrapped at EMA		1996-11-07	1995-11	Airline	opf DHL 1991
G-BCZR	Viscount 838	446	EGLB	1961-11-05	1961-11-26	Air Contractors	ex 9G‑AAU @ Ghana AW	To (Air Zimbabwe VP-WGC)	Preserved				Airline
G-APEP	Vanguard 953C	719	EGLB	1961-11-29	1961-12-13	Air Contractors		Preserved ((Brooklands Museum) at EGLB)	Preserved at EGLB	1996-10-17	1997-02-28		Airline
G-APES	Vanguard 953C	721	EGLB	1962-01-08	1962-01-24	Air Contractors		Scrapped ((cockpit preserved at Aeropark,EMA) at EMA)	Scrapped at EMA		1997-02-28		Airline
G-APET	Vanguard 953C	722	EGLB	1962-02-01	1962-02-23	Air Contractors		Scrapped ((fire trainer) at EMA)	Scrapped at EMA		1996-11-07	1997	Airline
G-BEYF	Herald 401	175	EGTL	1964-01-03	1964-01-17	Air Contractors	leased from Jet2	(Leased & Returned)	Scrapped	1999-04-09	1999-11-18	2008-06-30	Airline
N920SJ	L.100‑30	4561	MGE		1974-11	Air Contractors	leased from Southern Air Transport	(Leased & Returned)	Destroyed			1998-12-26	Airline	opf Aer Lingus
ZS-RSI	L.100‑30	4600	MGE		1975-06	Air Contractors	leased from Safair	(Leased & Returned)	Active				Airline	temp.opf FedEx
HB-ILG	L.100‑30	4698	MGE		1976-10	Air Contractors	leased from Zimex Avn	(Leased & Returned)	Active				Airline
A2-ACA	L.100‑30	4701	MGE		1976-11	Air Contractors	leased from Air Botswana	(Leased & Returned)	Destroyed			1987-10-14	Airline

Last session initiated on 2026-05-16 10:44:38. Re-attached.