The largest charter airline of United Kingdom had been the Britannia Airways. The London Gatwick Airport and London Luton were its primary bases; however, the Birmingham Airport, Newcastle Airport and Manchester Airport are the secondary hubs. The headquarters of Britannia Airways was in the London Luton Airport.
The airline was founded on 1st December 1961 and started operating as Euravia on 5th May 1962. Later in the year 1964 this airline was re-equipped with the Bristol Britannia turboprop airliner and since then Euravia adopted the new name Britannia Airways. In 1965, this airline became a part of the International Thomson Organization. It experienced and underwent loads of changes and renovations which further gave birth to its subsidiary airline called Britannia GmbH. Again in the year 2000 the Britannia Airways and Thomson Travel Group were taken on by a German company, Preussag AG. Recently in 2005, Britannia Airways’ name got transformed into Thomsonfly Limited.
It covered around 47 different international destinations such as: Orlando, Turin, Puerto Plata, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Las Palmas, Faro, Sharm el Sheikh, St. Lucia, Palma de Mallorca, Luxor and so forth. Just before the re-branding of Britannia Airways took place, it possessed the following aircrafts:
- Boeing 737-500
- Boeing 737-300
- Boeing 737-800
- Boeing 757-200
- Boeing 767-200
- Boeing 767-300
Today, Thomsonfly Limited is world’s largest charter airline with its base at the Manchester Airport. It operates in almost 20 different cities of Europe with some of the bases as Newcastle, Liverpool, Gatwick, Cardiff, Glasgow, Teesside, London Luton and so forth.
- The updated aircrafts of Thomsonfly Limited are mentioned below:
- Boeing 767-300ER
- Boeing 767-200ER
- Boeing 757-200
- Boeing 737-800
- Boeing 737-300
- Boeing 737-500
They offer varied types of holiday packages to the passengers, making touring around United Kingdom and Europe easier and comfortable. The extra facilities and services catered by the Thomsonfly Limited airways add to the comfort level. Airport parking, insurance facility, airport lounge or hotel, car hire, holiday vouchers, foreign exchange and so forth are provided by Thomsonfly Limited.
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