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Fairflight (Charters) Ltd
Fairflight (Charters) Ltd
1968 - 1992
> Gill Airways
December 1968: non-scheduled carrier established at Biggin Hill to carry out passenger, cargo, and contract services in the UK and throughout Europe, with assets and equipment acquired from the bankruptcy of British Eagle Airways Ltd.
1989 to 1992: Assets are gradually absorbed into Gill Airways, and Fairflight continues as an Engineering Company
1989 to 1992: Assets are gradually absorbed into Gill Airways, and Fairflight continues as an Engineering Company
Falcon Airways
Falcon Airways
1959-1961
AOC revoked following safety concerns
First Choice Airways
First Choice Airways
2003 - 2008
Merged
11/04/1987: Started as Air 2000
March 2004: Rebranded First Choice Airways
01/11/2008: Merged with Thomsonfly to create Thomson Airways
March 2004: Rebranded First Choice Airways
01/11/2008: Merged with Thomsonfly to create Thomson Airways
Flightline
Flightline
1989-2008
April 1989: Airline established
1990: Commenced operations
03/12/2008: Ceased Operations and placed into administration
1990: Commenced operations
03/12/2008: Ceased Operations and placed into administration
Fly Salone
Fly Salone
2015-2016
Fly Salone was created following British Airways' suspension of their direct Heathrow / Freetown service in August 2014, due to an Ebola virus epidemic. The World Health Organisation declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola in November 2015, and the CAA lifted its ban on flights a month later. Albeit UK registered, the airline served as the flag carrier of Sierra Leone, with an entirely Sierra Leonean management team.11/12/2015: Flights, operating twice a week between Gatwick Airport and Freetown Lungi International Airport, commenced using using a single Boeing 757 leased from Icelandair TF-FIW.17/03/2016: Fly Salone announced it had ceased trading and their final flight from Freetown to London was operated the following day.
Flybe
Flybe
1979 - 2020
01/11/1979: Founded as Jersey European Airways
05/03/2020: Operations ceased
05/03/2020: Operations ceased
Flyglobespan
Flyglobespan
2002-2009
November 2002: Flyglobespan (a trading name for Globespan Airways Limited) was established at Edinburgh as a low-cost airline division of the Globespan Group.
April 2003: Operations commenced using two Boeing 737-300's provided by Channel Express
May 2005: Domestic services from Glasgow and Edinburgh to London Stansted introduced
November 2006: Longhaul flights introducced
16 December 2009: Globespan Group PLC, Globespan Airways Ltd and Alba Ground Handling Ltd ceased operations and put into administration
April 2003: Operations commenced using two Boeing 737-300's provided by Channel Express
May 2005: Domestic services from Glasgow and Edinburgh to London Stansted introduced
November 2006: Longhaul flights introducced
16 December 2009: Globespan Group PLC, Globespan Airways Ltd and Alba Ground Handling Ltd ceased operations and put into administration
Flying Colours Airlines
Flying Colours Airlines
1996-2000
Merged with Caledonian Airways > JMC Air
1996: Founded
1997: Operations commenced
1998: Flying Colours Leisure Group acquired by Thomas Cook & Son
1999: Thomas Cook acquire Carlson Leisure Group, including their charter carriers Caledonian Airways and Peach Air.
2000: Thomas Cook rebrand their charter airline operations as JMC Air
1997: Operations commenced
1998: Flying Colours Leisure Group acquired by Thomas Cook & Son
1999: Thomas Cook acquire Carlson Leisure Group, including their charter carriers Caledonian Airways and Peach Air.
2000: Thomas Cook rebrand their charter airline operations as JMC Air
Flyjet
Flyjet
2002-2007
> Siverjet
2002: Airline established
June 2003: started operations
October 2006: Acquired by SilverJet
31/10/2007: ceased operations
June 2003: started operations
October 2006: Acquired by SilverJet
31/10/2007: ceased operations
Flykeen Airways was a regional airline operating both charter and scheduled services out of Blackpool Airport and had links originating back to Keenair Services Ltd (established in 1968) and Keenair Charter Ltd based at liverpool.
Flykeen was the trading name of Keen Airways Ltd.
Ownership changed in 2005 and the ailine became A2B Airways.
v Tap for operational details & Fleet History v
Flykeen was the trading name of Keen Airways Ltd.
Ownership changed in 2005 and the ailine became A2B Airways.
v Tap for operational details & Fleet History v
Brief history
04/02/2001: A consortium consisting of Keenair Charter, Helicentre Blackpool and Blackpool FC Director Peter Whitehead established FlyKeen Airways to operate the Blackpool to Isle of Man routes, inherited by Keenair Charter following other smaller airline collapses at Blackpool Airport. The intention was to extend flights to Belfast at a later date.
Early 2002: Services commenced on the Blackpool, Isle of Man, Belfast City routes, using 2no. Embraer EMB 110P1 Bandeirante aircraft plus another from Skydrift Airways acting as maintenance cover.
June 2005: Ownership changed when a group consisting of Mike Lee (former chairman of aviation services to Airtours and My Travel), Nigel Kenny (an Isle of Man businessman) and Captain Jim Morrow (former managing director of Flykeen Airways) established a new airline, A2B Airways.
04/02/2001: A consortium consisting of Keenair Charter, Helicentre Blackpool and Blackpool FC Director Peter Whitehead established FlyKeen Airways to operate the Blackpool to Isle of Man routes, inherited by Keenair Charter following other smaller airline collapses at Blackpool Airport. The intention was to extend flights to Belfast at a later date.
Early 2002: Services commenced on the Blackpool, Isle of Man, Belfast City routes, using 2no. Embraer EMB 110P1 Bandeirante aircraft plus another from Skydrift Airways acting as maintenance cover.
June 2005: Ownership changed when a group consisting of Mike Lee (former chairman of aviation services to Airtours and My Travel), Nigel Kenny (an Isle of Man businessman) and Captain Jim Morrow (former managing director of Flykeen Airways) established a new airline, A2B Airways.
ICAO Code: JFKCallsign: KEENAIR
Fleet history
Embraer EMB-110 P1 Bandeirante
G-BGYT 17/11/1999 > 19/09/2003 (Keenair Charter)19/09/2003 > 26/09/2006 (Keen Airways)
G-FLTY 17/11/1999 > 19/09/2003 (Keenair Charter)19/09/2003 > 19/04/2004 (Keen Airways)
G-TABS (on lease from Skydrift Airways, as and when required for maintenance cover of other aircraft)
Embraer EMB-110 P1 Bandeirante
G-BGYT 17/11/1999 > 19/09/2003 (Keenair Charter)19/09/2003 > 26/09/2006 (Keen Airways)
G-FLTY 17/11/1999 > 19/09/2003 (Keenair Charter)19/09/2003 > 19/04/2004 (Keen Airways)
G-TABS (on lease from Skydrift Airways, as and when required for maintenance cover of other aircraft)
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