Air Charter Scotland (EDC, Perth Scone) will launch its first-ever scheduled route after it was awarded the Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract for the Wick-Aberdeen Dyce connection.

The airline will begin the 6x weekly flights on January 12, 2025. It will initially wet-lease an 18-seat BAe Jetstream 32 from AIS Airlines (Netherlands) but plans to add this type eventually to its own fleet. The Dutch airline operates three aircraft of the type.

A spokesperson confirmed that the induction into Air Charter Scotland's own AOC was expected to take four to six months, and the aircraft could come either from AIS or another source.

Air Charter Scotland did not respond to ch-aviation's questions on whether it plans to add one of the Jetstreams currently operated by AIS or if it is sourcing the in-house aircraft elsewhere.

The aircraft will be based out of Wick.

The contract was awarded initially for 2.5 months until the end of March 2026, when the current budget allocation ends. The Highland Council, the local government, said that the agreement is subject to extension once the funds are secured.

The route was previously served by Eastern Airways and has been unserved since that carrier collapsed in late October 2025. There are no other scheduled services to Wick, and the nearest airport on the UK mainland with scheduled flights, Inverness, is around 115 kilometres south.

Air Charter Scotland has thus far focused exclusively on business charters. It operates a UK-registered fleet comprising one Citation Jet 2, one Citation Latitude, one Legacy 500, and one Legacy 650. Maltese subsidiary Air Charter Scotland Europe operates two Challenger 350s and two Citation Excels. The operator applied for a Type A operating licence and route licence for the Scottish service on December 15.