page_title: Airspeed Ambassador
section_title: Civil operators
hierarchical_section_title: Airspeed Ambassador / Operators / Civil operators
caption_attribution_description: BEA Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAG "Sir Thomas Gresham" at Manchester Ringway
context_page_description: The Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador is a British twin piston-engined airliner that first flew on 10 July 1947 and served in small numbers through the 1950s and 1960s. The planes are sometimes referred to as "Elizabethans", as they were originally ordered and popularised by British European Airways as the planes used for their "Elizabethan Class" passenger service.
context_section_description:  Australia
  Butler Air Transport - operated three different aircraft
   Norway
  Norrønafly - proposed to operate two aircraft but they never entered service.
   New Zealand
  South Seas Airways - bought one aircraft but failed to gain an operators licence and it was never delivered to New Zealand.
    Switzerland
  Globe Air - operated three different aircraft
   United Kingdom
  Autair International Airways - operated three different aircraft
  BKS Air Transport - operated three different aircraft
  British European Airways - operated 20 different aircraft
  Dan-Air - operated seven different aircraft
  Decca Navigator Company - one aircraft
  Napier
  Rolls-Royce
  Shell Aviation Limited - two aircraft
caption: BEA "Elizabethan" G-AMAG "Sir Thomas Gresham" at Manchester (Ringway) Airport on the schedule to Heathrow in July 1953
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