Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - ATL da farko ya ƙware a cikin sauya fashewar tashin hankali da yawa da masu jigilar kaya zuwa jiragen ruwa. Wannan ya hada da sauya fashewar Handley Page Halifax zuwa jiragen ruwa, shida daga cikinsu an sayar da su zuwa Bond Air Services, wani kamfanin jirgin sama na Birtaniya mai zaman kanta. Kamfanin Bond Air Services ya kafa wadannan jirage a filin jirgin sama na Wunstorf a Jamus ta Yamma don daukar kayan agaji zuwa Berlin ta Yamma a lokacin Berlin Blockade
na shekarar 1948-49. Bugu da ƙari, Bond Air Services ya ba da kwangilar Aviation Traders don kula da waɗannan jiragen. A musayar, 'Yan Kasuwancin Jirgin Sama sun sami rabin kudin jigilar kayayyaki na Bond Air Services. Bayan karshen Berlin Airlift a 1949, Laker yana da mafi yawan Halifaxes ya kawota zuwa daban-daban m kamfanonin jiragen sama a lokacin Airlift tarkace a Southend ta wurare.