Scores of flights have been cancelled following the appointment of liquidators to an ill-fated Scottish airline.

EcoJet Airlines, which had ambitious plans to become the world's first electric airline, went under last year after a reported unsuccessful attempt to raise £20 million.

Provisional liquidators were appointed in February and, as reported by The Herald, Opus Restructuring has since been formally appointed as liquidators for the stricken firm.

The announcement has now been published in the Gazette Government records, with Paul Dounis and Mark Harper from the firm named to wind up the company.

Opus Restructuring confirmed that EcoJet's owners are funding the process in order to support staff, reports the Daily Record.

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A spokesperson said: "EcoJet was a start-up business and has no material assets. The members have elected to fund the liquidation process to ensure that the company's employees receive their full statutory entitlements."

EcoJet had intended to operate flights from Edinburgh to Southampton, with further European routes also planned, though the schedule never got off the ground before the firm's collapse.

The airline was founded in Edinburgh in 2023 by entrepreneur Dale Vince. Mr Vince, who also established green energy company Ecotricity, confirmed he has "paused investment into EcoJet".

He said: "We remain committed to electrifying all forms of transport - aviation is the last frontier and the hardest.

"It's taking longer than we hoped, to get the technology and regulatory pieces of the puzzle in alignment, and so we're pausing work at this time."

Mr Vince added: "This is a vital frontier in the move to net zero, green living, whatever you choose to call it - and it's absolutely doable. It's a matter of when not if."