Dan-Air was a UK based airline which was started by Davies and Newton shortened to DAN. 

Originally flying charter flights from Southend Airport using various Piston aircraft they expanded to scheduled service and jet aircraft in the 1960's.  At this time they moved their base to Gatwick Airport.

Renown for buying older aircraft to keep down costs the airline flew many aircraft from the Douglas DC3 to the de Havilland Comet 4 and more "modern" Boeing 727 and 737 aircraft.

Eventually the airline became uncompetitive and was finally sold to British Airways for £1 in 1992.

1992

Douglas DC3,
Airbus A300,
Boeing 727-100, 727-200, 737-200,
British Aerospace BAE146

Orion Airways was a UK Airline based at East Midland airport.  It was established as a charter airline for the Horizon holiday company.

In 1988 the holiday company and airline were sold to Thomson Travel Group and the airline was integrated into Britannia in 1989.

1989

Boeing 737-200, 737-300,
Airbus A300B

A British Charter airline as part of the Owners Abroad Group or travel companies.  Starting life as Air 2000 in 1987, it was renamed to First Choice in 2004.  In 2008 parent company TUI AG merged the airline into the ThomsonFly airline as Thomson Airlines.

Flying a mix of Airbus A320 family and the popular Boeing 757 and 767 they were able to provide flights from the UK to many destinations including Mexico, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

2008

Airbus A320, A321,
Boeing 757-200, 767-300ER

British Caledonian Airways was a UK airline based out of Gatwick., its origins come from the take over by Caledonian Airways of British United Airways to form the largest British independent airline.

BCal as it was known would have several fights with BOAC and the British Government in trying to secure right to routes especially to Hong Kong.

BCal was also interested in Concorde and were due to be and early adopter of the Airbus A320 as a launch customer.  With the A320 deliveries due in 1988 British Caledonian were finally taken into the British Airways family and the A320's were delivered to British airways instead.

As a special, we have included a British Caledonian liveried Concorde with routes to New York, this never happened and all our other routes are per time table but we hoped it would add a little extra enjoyment to our schedules.

1988

Airbus A310,
Boeing 747-200,
Concorde

Highland Express Airways was a short lived british airline which flew a sole B747.  Daily routes to New York started in May 1987 with two different start points (Stansted or Birmingham) into Glasgow Prestwick and then onto Newark.  Plans were for the folight to then continue to Toronto but the licence was never obtained.

Operations were not smooth with delays in delivery of the aircraft and then low passenger numbers it was in November of 1987 the airlines debts forced the lessor to reposess the aircraft and the airline failed.

1987

Boeing 747-200

Flyglobespan was a low cost airline based out of Edinburgh.  Starting with a small network using two B737-300 aircraft from Channel Express (Jet2) they quickly established routes across europe from Glasgow and Edinburgh.  As the airline grew so did the bases and a move to low cost long haul saw services to Canada, Eastern US and South Africa.

Despite getting several awards for service the airline was finally declared bankrupt in 2009.

FlyGlobespan were one of the few airline to operate the -600 variant of the Boeing 737

2009

Boeing 737-300, 737-600, 737-700, 737-800, 757-200, 767-300ER

Sardinia's own airline, Meridiana was originally set up in 1963 by Aga Khan Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī to promote tourism in Sardinia under the Alisarda name,

The airline changes it's name to Meridiana in 1991, following Qatar Airways taking a 49% stake in 2017 eventually saw Meridian rebranded as Air Italy in 2018.

Our airline represents operations prior to this rebranding.

2018

Airbus A319, A320,
Boeing B737-300, B737-700, B737-800,
British Aerospace BAE 146-200, BAE 146-300.
McDonnel Douglas MD82, MD83

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2004

2002

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2001

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1990

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2015

Air Berlin was originally founded to provide flights into and out of West Berlin.  Due to limitations on West German airlines such as Lufthansa in flying through East German airspace the airline was American owned.  Following reunification in 1991 ownership transfer German owners.

Expansion saw the airline expand its portfolio with other airlines joining the Air Berlin Group and the airline would join the One World alliance in 2012.  Insolvency came in 2017 after many years of losses.

2017

Airbus A319, A320, A321,
Boeing B737-300, B737-700, B737-800,
British Aerospace BAE 146-200, BAE 146-300,
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400

Niki was a schedule and charter airline based in Austria, part of the Air Berlin Group its origins stem from Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda acquiring the Aero Lloyd Austria operations in 2003.

The aircraft were distinctive main years of operation with the silver livery and cartoon like fly drawn from the cockpit, using the cockpit windows as eyes.  This livery would be replaced eventually with the Air Berlin livery and the Operated by Niki logo near the front doors of the aircraft.

2017

Airbus A319, A320, A321