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1718:. This in turn resulted in the closure of the former BIA engineering base at Blackpool, accounting for 220 out of a total of 400 job losses. It also resulted in the suspension of scheduled passenger and cargo services to 14 points by late 1981. At the start of the 1981–82 winter timetable in November 1981, Air UK relaunched scheduled operations from Stansted by opening a new route to Amsterdam. This was the first international scheduled service from London's third airport in over ten years. The resulting network linked 20 points in the
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1529:(CAA) disapproved of this predominantly blue livery, arguing that it could potentially pose a safety hazard for other aircraft as it was difficult for other crews to see the blue aircraft against a blue sky. To address the CAA's safety concerns, Air UK decided to amend its original colour scheme by opting for a hybrid blue-and-white scheme featuring a blue fuselage and a white tail.
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jet aircraft. The introduction of these aircraft led to the adoption of another new livery, the final Air UK-themed livery in the airline's 19-year history. This livery combined elements of the earlier livery with a new, single dark blue cheatline that included a thin, pale blue stripe merging into a
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airline subsidiary, at the time the largest independent airline in the UK and
Gatwick's biggest user, accounting for one-fifth of all the airport's slots. The then prevailing harsh economic climate also resulted in route and schedule cutbacks at other major airlines operating out of both main London
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as a charter-only airline and his departure from Air UK along with the four BAC One-Eleven 400s. In addition to the tough economic climate and merger blues during the airline's inception as a result of combining two organisations with vastly different cultures and management styles, the operation of
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coincided with the introduction of a new livery, consisting of a white fuselage and tail with three different blue cheatlines merging into a stylised Union Flag on the aircraft's tail. In addition, this livery differed from the previous one by dropping the gap between the words "Air" and "UK" while
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Following the merger, most of the fleet progressively adopted Air UK's new blue, white and red colour scheme. Originally, this featured a predominantly blue fuselage with a white-red-white strip across the windows and a white roof. The tail was also predominantly blue, apart from the "Air UK" logo.
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at the end of a scheduled service from
Southampton. The aircraft overran the runway while landing in high crosswinds and came to rest in an adjacent field with its left landing gear collapsed. There were no injuries among the 50 passengers and four crew. (The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and
2142:. In addition, scheduled routes not transferred to Buzz and serving destinations other than Amsterdam were eventually all withdrawn, thus reducing the network to only 15 routes exclusively linking regional UK airports to Amsterdam Schiphol. This also resulted in the retirement of KLM uk's ATR-72s.
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on 1 January 1980. Operations commenced on 16 January 1980. At the time of its inception, Air UK was the largest regional airline in the UK and the country's third-largest scheduled carrier. It had a staff of 1,700, carried more than 1m, mainly scheduled, passengers annually and had a fleet of 40
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dark blue tail featuring the previous Union Flag logo. It also combined elements of both previous liveries by dropping the gap between the "U" and "K" in "UK" (as in Air UK's original blue livery) as well as dropping the gap between the words "Air" and "UK" (as in the airline's second livery).
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Following the move to
Stansted in 1988, Air UK became London's third airport's biggest resident airline and its main scheduled operator. The company began building a comprehensive network of short-haul domestic and European feeder routes that was intended to provide connecting traffic for the
1726:. Management hoped that these business realignments – including cutting the company's workforce in half over a two-year period — would reverse heavy losses Air UK had incurred during its first two years of operation, thereby stabilising the company and positioning it for future growth.
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airports, especially at peak times. Air UK's move to the new Norman Foster-designed terminal in early 1991 provided the impetus for the launch of several new, year-round scheduled routes linking
Stansted with important business destinations including Belfast, DĂĽsseldorf,
1762:'s junior partner. (British Midland, which owned the remaining 75%, was the senior partner.) Air UK and British Midland hoped that transferring their loss-making Isle of Man operations to a dedicated, lower cost subsidiary would eventually make these services profitable.
1750:—Guernsey licence to Guernsey Airlines, a newly formed regional operator, following numerous passenger complaints about the service Air UK had been providing ever since it had assumed the former BIA operation on that route. That year also saw Air UK joining forces with
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On 31 March 1992, a BAe 146-300 G-UKHP overran runway 34 at
Aberdeen (Dyce) Airport after landing on a wet runway with high crosswinds. The pilot failed to deploy the spoilers and ran off the end of the runway. The aircraft was not badly damaged and no passengers were
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airports. As a result, it became much easier to obtain viable slots at these airports, including at peak times. This meant that none of the contemporary major long-haul carriers were showing any interest in commencing operations at
Stansted (with the sole exception of
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with the right gear retracted, damaging the aircraft beyond repair. There were no injuries among the 17 passengers and four crew members. (The aircraft was subsequently ferried to Air UK's base at
Norwich Airport, where it was withdrawn from service and
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based at
Stansted itself. By 2001, Buzz operated 14 point-to-point routes from Stansted. Many of these were former Air UK routes served with a fleet of eight BAe 146-300s handed down from Air UK and two independently sourced, second-hand
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In 1997, KLM became the sole owner of Air UK. This resulted in the airline being rebranded as KLM uk in
January 1998, including the adoption of a new livery. The legal name changed from Air UK Limited to KLM uk Limited in April 1998.
1687:, Air UK's predecessor Air Anglia had launched a year-round scheduled service linking Heathrow with the company's bases in Norwich and Humberside, as well as a year-round scheduled operation between London Gatwick and Leeds.)
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By late 2009, several regional point-to-point routes plied by Air UK and its predecessors for many years, which were dropped soon after Dutch flag carrier KLM had become the airline's sole owner, had been taken over by
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to
Guernsey, Manchester to the Isle of Man, Leeds to Belfast and Dublin, and Edinburgh to Jersey in April 1980. Air UK's new, year-round Heathrow—Guernsey route was its most prominent scheduled route serving
1825:'s regional operation between Glasgow, Newcastle and Amsterdam at the start of the 1985 summer timetable period, thereby further strengthening its position as the UK's leading regional feeder operator at
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service during the early 1990s). In addition, Stansted's considerably smaller catchment area and its greater distance from most parts of London compared with Heathrow and Gatwick, combined with poorer
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as well as a major reduction in operations at Southend. As a consequence of these cutbacks, ten turboprop aircraft (seven Heralds and three Bandeirantes) were withdrawn from service while the two
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and as the airport's largest foreign scheduled carrier. The additional aircraft also permitted several year-round, domestic and international scheduled services from Stansted to be reinstated.
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serving KLM's Amsterdam Schiphol hub as well as Glasgow and Edinburgh. However, from January 2000, the KLM uk routes that did not serve Amsterdam were either progressively transferred to
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in December 1987, the CAA awarded Air UK the licences for the ex-BCal domestic feeder routes from Gatwick to Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1988. This resulted in an order for four stretched
2173:, the UK's dominant private sector airline conglomerate of the 1960s, with what is arguably the world's most commercially successful airline of the first decade of the 21st century.
2048:, resulted in a sharp contraction of both the business and leisure travel markets. This in turn resulted in the spectacular collapse of the International Leisure Group (ILG) and its
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Air UK Leisure's corporate headquarters were located at Air UK's Stansted base. Its main operating bases were at London Gatwick, London Stansted and Manchester.
2194:-related business routes along Britain's East Coast and the latter focusing on former BIA/Air Westward routes serving the southern and western parts of the UK.
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at the end of a scheduled flight from London Stansted. The aircraft's right-hand main gear failed to lock down while preparing to land. This resulted in a
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links in relation to Heathrow's and Gatwick's better accessibility, meant that Air UK found it extremely difficult to make its Stansted operation viable.
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to enable the launch of high-frequency services with up to seven daily round-trips on both routes from the start of the 1988–89 winter timetable period.
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At the time of its creation, Air UK was sometimes referred to as the unofficial "Third Force" among the main contemporary scheduled airlines in the UK (
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the following year. This transaction constituted the final link in a long chain of events connecting the early- to mid-20th century decision of
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as well as two BIA One Eleven 400s during that period. (All of these aircraft wore different, white-based colour schemes.) Reintroduction of
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1758:, a new, jointly owned regional subsidiary based on the Isle of Man. Air UK parent B&C owned 25% of Manx Airlines, making it the new
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Air Transport (photograph depicting Handley Page Dart Herald G-BAZJ as the first aircraft to appear in Air UK's first, all-blue livery)
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1699:, resulting in extensive frequency, route and staff cutbacks. This entailed the closure of bases at Bournemouth, Humberside and
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these aircraft had largely been responsible for Air UK's poor financial performance that threatened the airline's survival.
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turboprop fleet and to withdraw from its loss-making regional scheduled routes, Air UK assumed BA's regional routes from
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535:, a long-standing business partner of Air UK and its predecessor Air Anglia, acquired a 14.9% minority stake in Air UK's
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long-haul carriers that were then expected to commence operations from Stansted, as a result of the increasingly tight
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Air UK was the first and, at the time, only scheduled airline in the UK to fly from all three main London airports.
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Air Transport (photograph depicting Air UK's fourth BAC One-Eleven G-CBIA in the airline's first, all-blue livery)
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Air UK was the name of the new airline resulting from the merger of BIA and Air Anglia. (BIA had already absorbed
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when it acquired B&C's stake in British Air Transport (Holdings). The following year Air UK was renamed
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Air UK originally was a wholly owned subsidiary of British Air Transport (Holdings), a successor to the
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ASN Aircraft accident description Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 G-BCDO — Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS)
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There were four recorded non-fatal incidents during Air UK's 19-year existence from 1980 until 1998.
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2032:(in addition to the existing year-round scheduled routes serving Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Brussels, the
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situation at both London Heathrow as well as London Gatwick, at the time London's two main gateway/
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Air UK operated the following aircraft types at one point or another during its 19-year existence:
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ASN Aircraft accident description Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 203 G-BBXI — Bournemouth Airport (BOH)
2213:
On 19 July 1990, an ex-Air Anglia F-27-200 (registration G-BCDO) had an accident while landing at
1953:
In 1993, Air UK Leisure entered the long-haul leisure market through the acquisition of a pair of
466:(the old BIA engineering base). This was closed down following Air UK's major retrenchment during
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1700:
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2507:, Merger Procedure Decision, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, 22 September 1997
539:. In 1995, KLM increased its minority stake in Air UK to 45%. In 1997, KLM became Air UK's sole
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On 11 June 1984,an empty ex-BIA Handley Page Dart Herald (registration: G-BBXI), was parked at
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as its new charter subsidiary in association with charter brokerage firm Viking International.
1913:
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ASN Aircraft accident description Fokker F-27 Friendship 500F G-BNCY — Guernsey Airport (GCI)
2611:, General Aviation — Business and Light Transport, Flight International, 21 July 1979, p. 163
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in response to its increasing inability to match the far lower costs of the rapidly growing "
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586:
471:
2691:, Flight International, Reed Business Information, Sutton, 1 December 1979, p. 1818 (bottom)
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turboprops replaced the aging F-27-500s. During that period Air UK also retired all of its
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featuring an increased seating capacity of 52 (as opposed to 44 for all shorter fuselage
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166:
136:
2705:, Flight International, Reed Business Information, Sutton, 19 January 1980, p. 137 (top)
2040:). However, the unfavourable economic conditions in the UK at the time, i.e. the severe
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2149:, its wholly owned, Dutch-based regional subsidiary. It also decided to sell Buzz to
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originally part of the BIA, Air Wales and Air Westward fleets). Apart from the four
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Air UK Leisure was subsequently sold to Unijet, which in turn became part of the
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models). To further support its ongoing expansion, Air UK temporarily leased an
450:, Surrey, the location of the old BIA head office. It subsequently relocated to
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European Commission Merger Decision on Case IV/M.967 of 22/09/1997 (KLM/AIR UK)
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On 7 December 1997, an F-27-500F (registration: G-BNCY) had an accident at
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Air UK's scheduled route network initially served the following 33 points:
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Former BIA managing director Peter Villa became Air UK's first MD as well.
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purposes, there was no gap between the letters "U" and "K" in the "Air UK"
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for the first time. This was also the year the airline acquired its first
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Aviation Safety Network — Photo of Fokker F-27 Friendship 500F G-BNCY (2)
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Aviation Safety Network — Photo of Fokker F-27 Friendship 500F G-BNCY (1)
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3118:"Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten: Jersey Airlines – United into BUA)".
1488:, all the other aircraft were part of Air UK's scheduled service fleet.
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Aviation Safety Network — Photo of Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 203 G-BBXI
2646:, Vol 43, No 1, pp. 24, 26, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010
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Unijet. Although Air UK Leisure operated these aircraft under the same
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subsidiary. The following year, Air UK shifted its headquarters to
2918:, Vol 43, No 1, p. 28, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010
2663:, Vol 43, No 1, p. 26, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010
2473:, Vol 43, No 1, p. 27, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010
2442:, Vol 43, No 1, p. 25, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, January 2010
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that could trace its roots to the 19th century, to diversify into
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No Frills – The Truth behind the Low-cost Revolution in the Skies
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No Frills – The Truth behind the Low-cost Revolution in the Skies
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No Frills – The Truth behind the Low-cost Revolution in the Skies
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No Frills – The Truth behind the Low-cost Revolution in the Skies
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2745:, Air Transport, Flight International, 22 September 1979, p. 942
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2759:, Air Transport, Flight International, 20 October 1979, p. 1264
2373:, Air Transport, Flight International, 27 October 1979, p. 1343
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In 2002, KLM decided to integrate what was left of KLM uk into
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British commuters grow — British Air Ferries/Guernsey Airlines
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when a lorry struck the aircraft and damaged it beyond repair.
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28:
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The severe recession of the early 1980s necessitated a major
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286:
2731:, World News, Flight International, 8 September 1979, p. 754
2597:, Air Transport, Flight International, 24 March 1979, p. 882
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had become part of Air Anglia in June of that year.) It was
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In March/April 1997 the Air UK fleet comprised 36 aircraft.
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In March/April 1995 the Air UK fleet comprised 28 aircraft.
943:
2811:"Air UK retrenches in the face of recession, Air Transport"
2799:, Air Transport, Flight International, 28 July 1979, p. 247
2773:, Air Transport, Flight International, 5 January 1980, p. 5
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Initially, the rebranded airline launched new routes from
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of Air UK's charter business, resulting in reconstituting
16:
Defunct regional airline of the United Kingdom (1980–1998)
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inserting a gap between the letters "U" and "K" in "UK".
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2933:, Calder, S., Virgin Books, London, 2002, pp. 139, 144/5
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By 1985, Air UK acquired additional Shorts 330/360s and
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where the naming ceremony took place in the shadow of a
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2583:, Flight International, 29 March – 4 April 1995, p. 51
2493:, Flight International, 26 March – 1 April 1997, p. 48
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3122:. Hersham, UK: Ian Allan Publishing: 66. June 2011.
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1982 was also the year the CAA transferred Air UK's
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2786:, Calder, S., Virgin Books, London, 2002, pp. 166/7
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3242:Airlines of the United Kingdom and Channel Islands
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1670:Following British Airways' decision to retire its
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438:were the two dominant merger partners. The merged
3004:AAIB report 4/1993 G-UKHP 31 March 1992, Aberdeen
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1875:aircraft in its fleet with additional, stretched
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2678:, Calder, S., Virgin Books, London, 2002, p. 145
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1521:(BA) the primary UK flag carrier at that time).
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2630:, Flight International, 24–30 March 1999, p. 82
2566:, Flight International, 14–20 March 1990, p. 65
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3446:List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
2894:, Flight International, 20 August 1983, p. 501
2880:, Flight International, 20 August 1983, p. 498
2245:List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
2165:through ownership of several of the post-/pre-
458:. In addition to the main maintenance base at
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3485:1998 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
2916:Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... AIR UK)
2866:, Flight International, 3 April 1982, p. 826
2716:Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... AIR UK)
2666:
2661:Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... AIR UK)
2644:Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... AIR UK)
2628:Europe & the CIS World Airline Directory
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2545:, Flight International, 26 March 1988, p. 47
2528:, Flight International, 2 April 1983, p. 882
2491:Europe & the CIS World Airline Directory
2471:Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... AIR UK)
2440:Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... AIR UK)
2429:, Flight International, 30 March 1985, p. 59
2398:
2394:, Flight International, 30 March 1985, p. 49
2377:
2352:, Flight International, 26 July 1980, p. 295
2331:, Flight International, 26 July 1980, p. 272
2310:, Flight International, 26 July 1980, p. 280
2113:aircraft or closed. KLM uk adopted this new
1934:Operations commenced with three second-hand
2595:BIA, Air Anglia to take Air Westward routes
2415:, Flight International, 1 April 1989, p. 55
1960:aircraft. Both aircraft were contracted by
1938:. These were replaced with seven brand-new
1832:In 1987, Air UK placed its first order for
1427:Air UK employed 2,000 people at this time.
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1322:Air UK employed 1,466 people at this time.
1219:
1177:Air UK employed 1,340 people at this time.
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866:
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758:Air UK employed 1,700 people at this time.
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1805:. The latter included the first stretched
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410:was a wholly privately owned, independent
3480:1980 establishments in the United Kingdom
3097:(UK & Ireland ed.). London, UK.
3056:. Sutton, UK: Reed Business Information.
2615:
2169:independent airlines that merged to form
1975:short-/medium-haul fleet, it adopted the
1773:commuter turboprop plane, which it named
1061:Air UK employed 975 people at this time.
932:Air UK employed 850 people at this time.
859:in the modified blue-and-white scheme at
840:Air UK employed 850 people at this time.
777:in the modified blue-and-white scheme at
516:. Following the beginning of the gradual
2944:www.airuk.co.uk has moved to a new site.
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495:International Air Transport Association
3465:Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
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2371:Air UK is Air Anglia and BIA successor
2133:and former British Airways subsidiary
1863:By 1994, Air UK acquired several, new
1474:Fokker F-27 100/200 series Friendships
593:Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000/4000 series
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1730:Reorganisation and renewed expansion
1439:-based Air Westward in March 1979).
555:
2155:British & Commonwealth Shipping
2057:, which ran a short-lived Stansted—
1979:brand for its long-haul operation.
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2757:BA route cuts: independents gather
1882:By the late 1990s, a fleet of new
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493:Air UK was a full member of the
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2743:Independents look at BA routes
2505:Case No. IV/M.967 — KLM/Air UK
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474:. In 1987, Air UK established
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571:BAC One-Eleven 200/400 series
3470:Airlines established in 1980
3078:. London, UK: Virgin Books.
2838:. 3 April 1982. p. 815.
1924:In 1987, Air UK established
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472:recession of the early 1980s
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2215:Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
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961:Air UK fleet in March 1988
884:Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000
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787:Air UK fleet in April 1983
710:Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000
645:Basel/Mulhouse EuroAirport
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1386:Fokker F27 Friendship 500
1267:Fokker F27 Friendship 500
1149:Fokker F27 Friendship 100
1139:Fokker F27 Friendship 200
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385:Capt Christopher Haysom
283:London Stansted Airport
3376:Isles of Scilly Skybus
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2015:
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1987:
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1973:narrow-bodied
1971:
1968:(AOC) as its
1967:
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1962:tour operator
1959:
1956:
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1937:
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1929:
1927:
1919:
1918:Malta Airport
1915:
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1878:
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1869:
1866:
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1839:
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1828:
1824:
1820:
1819:jet equipment
1816:
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1799:
1797:
1796:
1791:
1787:
1784:
1780:
1776:
1772:
1768:
1763:
1761:
1760:joint venture
1757:
1756:Manx Airlines
1753:
1749:
1744:
1741:
1737:
1727:
1725:
1721:
1720:British Isles
1717:
1714:
1710:
1706:
1702:
1698:
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1668:
1665:
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1571:
1567:
1563:
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1535:
1530:
1528:
1525:However, the
1522:
1520:
1516:
1511:
1508:
1506:
1502:
1498:
1494:
1489:
1487:
1483:
1479:
1475:
1471:
1467:
1463:
1459:
1456:(four ex-BIA
1455:
1450:
1446:
1442:
1438:
1431:"Third Force"
1428:
1425:
1417:
1414:
1413:
1409:
1407:
1404:
1403:
1399:
1397:
1394:
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1379:
1377:
1374:
1373:
1369:
1367:
1364:
1363:
1359:
1356:
1352:
1347:
1341:
1337:
1332:
1326:Fleet in 1997
1323:
1320:
1318:
1308:
1305:
1304:
1300:
1298:
1295:
1294:
1290:
1288:
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1234:
1230:
1227:
1223:
1218:
1212:
1208:
1203:
1196:
1192:
1187:
1181:Fleet in 1995
1178:
1170:
1167:
1166:
1162:
1160:
1157:
1156:
1152:
1150:
1147:
1146:
1142:
1140:
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1130:
1127:
1126:
1122:
1120:
1117:
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1106:
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1100:
1097:
1096:
1092:
1090:
1087:
1086:
1082:
1079:
1075:
1070:
1065:Fleet in 1990
1062:
1059:
1057:
1047:
1044:
1043:
1039:
1037:
1034:
1033:
1029:
1027:
1024:
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983:
979:
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966:
962:
954:
950:
945:
941:
936:Fleet in 1988
933:
925:
922:
921:
917:
915:
912:
911:
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902:
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895:
892:
891:
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870:
862:
858:
853:
849:
844:Fleet in 1985
841:
833:
830:
829:
825:
823:
820:
819:
815:
813:
810:
809:
805:
803:
800:
799:
795:
792:
788:
780:
776:
771:
767:
762:Fleet in 1983
759:
751:
748:
747:
743:
741:
738:
737:
733:
731:
728:
727:
723:
721:
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693:
690:
686:
678:
673:
666:
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642:
638:
633:
629:
624:Fleet in 1980
619:
616:
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609:
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604:
601:
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596:
594:
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588:
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583:
580:
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572:
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566:
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562:
561:
548:
546:
542:
538:
534:
531:
527:
526:air transport
523:
519:
515:
511:
510:Cayzer family
507:
503:
498:
496:
491:
489:
488:Norman Foster
485:
481:
477:
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469:
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437:
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429:
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387:
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363:
360:
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354:
351:
348:
345:
342:
339:
337:Stuart Carson
336:
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284:
281:
275:
271:
268:
262:
258:
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254:
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244:
242:
238:
235:
231:
230:British Isles
228:
224:
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207:
201:
195:
191:
184:
180:
178:
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168:
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160:
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140:
138:
135:
133:
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128:
125:
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118:
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114:
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108:
103:
89:
85:
74:
70:
62:
59:
56:
55:
52:
47:
42:
38:
34:
30:
25:
19:
3441:
3391:RVL Aviation
3361:Directflight
3346:Blue Islands
3273:BA EuroFlyer
3268:BA CityFlyer
3134:
3119:
3094:
3075:
3070:, 1980–2003)
3067:
3053:
3032:
3021:
3010:
2999:
2988:
2977:
2966:
2955:
2938:
2930:
2915:
2891:
2886:
2877:
2872:
2863:
2858:
2849:
2844:
2835:
2814:
2805:
2796:
2791:
2783:
2779:
2770:
2765:
2756:
2751:
2742:
2737:
2728:
2723:
2715:
2711:
2702:
2697:
2688:
2683:
2675:
2660:
2643:
2627:
2608:
2603:
2594:
2589:
2580:
2563:
2542:
2525:
2504:
2499:
2490:
2470:
2439:
2435:
2426:
2421:
2412:
2391:
2370:
2349:
2328:
2307:
2264:
2201:
2180:
2144:
2096:
2092:
2022:Milan Linate
1993:
1984:First Choice
1981:
1976:
1952:
1933:
1930:
1925:
1923:
1881:
1870:
1862:
1858:BAe 146-300s
1851:
1846:regional jet
1831:
1803:Fokker F-27s
1800:
1793:
1774:
1764:
1745:
1733:
1697:retrenchment
1694:
1691:Retrenchment
1669:
1666:
1531:
1523:
1512:
1509:
1490:
1449:incorporated
1434:
1426:
1423:
1350:
1345:
1321:
1314:
1221:
1216:
1176:
1073:
1068:
1060:
1053:
960:
939:
931:
868:
847:
839:
786:
765:
757:
684:
627:
559:
530:flag carrier
499:
492:
407:
406:
370:George White
352:Tony Camacho
346:James French
340:Harold Payne
322:Neil Forster
250:Headquarters
226:Destinations
177:Subsidiaries
18:
3310:Wizz Air UK
3295:TUI Airways
2099:London City
1722:and six in
1650:Southampton
1594:Isle of Man
1562:Bournemouth
1191:BAe 146-200
949:Shorts 360s
657:Fokker F-27
541:shareholder
456:West Sussex
373:Robert Nunn
364:Matt Button
358:Bob Coleman
328:Andrew Gray
316:Peter Villa
291:(1988–1997)
278:(1985–1987)
274:West Sussex
265:(1980–1984)
196:36 aircraft
186:(1987–1998)
167:Southampton
137:Isle of Man
3459:Categories
3421:DHL Air UK
3290:Ryanair UK
3280:easyJet UK
3046:References
2222:scrapped.)
2085:behind at
2069:Rebranding
2050:Air Europe
1958:widebodied
1865:Fokker 100
1792:to launch
1783:Boeing 747
1775:Enterprise
1771:Shorts 330
1767:broke even
1716:Air Alsace
1707:jets were
1626:Manchester
1610:Le Touquet
1590:Humberside
1580:, Exeter,
1574:DĂĽsseldorf
1554:Birmingham
1505:Union Flag
1466:turboprops
1406:Fokker 100
1336:Fokker 100
1334:An Air UK
1297:Shorts 360
1287:Fokker 100
1205:An Air UK
1189:An Air UK
1159:Shorts 360
1036:Shorts 360
914:Shorts 330
904:Shorts 360
855:An Air UK
773:An Air UK
677:One-Eleven
675:An Air UK
663:livery at
661:Air Anglia
655:An Air UK
643:livery at
635:An Air UK
618:Shorts 360
613:Shorts 330
603:Fokker 100
470:'s severe
436:Air Anglia
434:(BIA) and
379:C.E. Smith
376:E.F. Bates
300:Key people
259:, Surrey,
200:Fokker 100
193:Fleet size
132:Humberside
3336:AirTanker
3249:passenger
3193:Companies
3151:(Archive)
3128:2041-2150
3103:0262-4397
3062:0015-3710
2279:Citations
2119:no frills
2083:Fokker 50
2077:A KLM uk
2063:transport
2014:Inverness
2006:Frankfurt
1884:Fokker 50
1877:F-27-500s
1840:regional
1658:Stavanger
1646:Rotterdam
1630:Newcastle
1578:Edinburgh
1558:Blackpool
1538:Amsterdam
1493:marketing
1464:) and 34
1445:Air Wales
1396:Fokker 50
1357:Aircraft
1317:Fokker 50
1277:Fokker 50
1228:Aircraft
1207:Fokker 50
1080:Aircraft
967:Aircraft
875:Aircraft
793:Aircraft
691:Aircraft
598:Fokker 50
334:Bob Frost
212:Fokker 50
117:Blackpool
51:Call sign
3381:Loganair
3285:Jet2.com
3205:Aviation
3135:Aircraft
3120:Aircraft
2239:See also
2123:Scotland
2115:strategy
2089:in 1999.
2046:Gulf War
1944:European
1940:737-400s
1896:146-100s
1892:146-200s
1842:jetliner
1788:used by
1754:to form
1701:Stansted
1676:Heathrow
1662:Teesside
1654:Southend
1606:Bradford
1586:Guernsey
1566:Brussels
1534:Aberdeen
1476:and six
1342:in 1997.
1213:in 1995.
1197:in 1994.
955:in 1989.
863:in 1985.
781:in 1983.
667:in 1981.
647:in 1980.
127:Guernsey
3341:Aurigny
3167:Portals
2151:Ryanair
2131:EasyJet
2129:-based
2111:146-300
2079:BAe 146
2059:Chicago
2010:Hamburg
1986:group.
1836:'s new
1748:Gatwick
1634:Norwich
1582:Glasgow
1546:Belfast
1443:-based
1441:Cardiff
1360:Number
1231:Number
1083:Number
970:Number
878:Number
796:Number
694:Number
551:History
520:of the
480:charter
468:Britain
452:Crawley
448:Redhill
414:in the
396:Website
270:Crawley
263:, U.K.
261:England
257:Redhill
162:Norwich
92: (
77: (
72:Founded
3126:
3101:
3082:
3060:
2948:KLM uk
2030:ZĂĽrich
2026:Munich
2018:Madrid
1888:ATR-72
1724:Europe
1709:leased
1681:London
1660:, and
1638:Ostend
1598:Jersey
1570:Dublin
1550:Bergen
1501:livery
1437:Exeter
1415:Total
1315:Eight
1306:Total
1168:Total
1045:Total
923:Total
831:Total
749:Total
545:KLM uk
440:entity
420:merger
142:Jersey
122:Exeter
102:KLM uk
22:Air UK
3414:cargo
3319:minor
3256:major
3149:AirUK
2256:Notes
2251:Notes
2226:hurt.
2188:Flybe
2127:Luton
2038:Paris
1642:Paris
1602:Leeds
1542:Basel
478:as a
408:AirUK
400:AirUK
287:Essex
63:UKAY
3124:ISSN
3099:ISSN
3080:ISBN
3058:ISSN
2186:and
2157:, a
2103:Buzz
2028:and
1997:slot
1886:and
1811:F-27
1790:NASA
1705:F-28
1497:logo
1491:For
1454:jets
1054:Two
857:F-27
198:(11
94:1998
90:1998
79:1980
75:1980
60:UKA
46:ICAO
41:IATA
2192:oil
2167:war
2001:hub
1948:400
1916:at
1838:146
1834:BAe
1740:BIA
1685:M11
1418:36
1410:11
1370:10
1309:28
1171:27
1143:11
1048:22
1020:10
926:22
898:16
834:21
806:10
752:37
734:11
724:14
641:BIA
533:KLM
442:'s
204:11
57:UK
3461::
3444::
2946:"
2923:^
2900:^
2834:.
2823:^
2813:.
2668:^
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2636:^
2617:^
2572:^
2551:^
2534:^
2513:^
2478:^
2447:^
2400:^
2379:^
2358:^
2337:^
2316:^
2287:^
2135:Go
2024:,
2020:,
2016:,
2012:,
2008:,
1898:.
1798:.
1664:.
1656:,
1652:,
1648:,
1644:,
1640:,
1636:,
1632:,
1628:,
1624:,
1620:,
1616:,
1612:,
1608:,
1600:,
1596:,
1592:,
1588:,
1584:,
1576:,
1572:,
1568:,
1564:,
1560:,
1556:,
1552:,
1548:,
1544:,
1540:,
1536:,
1507:.
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1390:5
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