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The airline was founded in 1990 as Airtours International Airways and was to be the in-house airline for Airtours Holidays, (Going Places Travel Agent). In 1993 they purchased Inter European Airways and the fleet was merged. In 2002 Airtours changed their brand name to MyTravel and therefore Airtours International Airways became MyTravel Airways.
MyTravel Group plc was a British, global travel group headquartered in Rochdale, England.It was founded in 1972 as Airtours Group. The group included two in-house airlines, MyTravel Airways UK and MyTravel Airways Scandinavia, and various tour operators around the world.
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The aircraft, a Boeing 737-236(A), named River Orrin, was flown by British Airtours, a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways. It had 131 passengers and six crew on the manifest. During the takeoff roll, a loud thump was heard, and takeoff was aborted. An engine failure had generated a fire and the captain ordered evacuation.
Founded as BEA Airtours, to Caledonian Airways: British Airways Ltd: 1935: 1940: Merged with Imperial Airways to form British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) British Airways Ltd (2012–2015) BA: BAT: GHERKIN: 2012: 2015: British Airways CitiExpress: TH: BRT: 2002: 2006: Renamed/merged to BA Connect: British Airways Express: TH: MXE: 1996: 2002
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In June 1993 parent company Aspro Travel was acquired by the Airtours Group [1] for £20m. Operations under the IEA name continued to the end of October 1993. The Inter European Airways fleet was then either disposed of (Boeing 737-300/400 aircraft) or merged into the Airtours International fleet and repainted into their livery.
On September 3, 1999, an engine failed during takeoff at Glasgow. The aircraft then crashed short of the runway, killing 8 of the 11 people on board. The Cessna 404 Titan was chartered by Edinburgh Air Charter but operating with Airtours and carrying Airtours employees. Later they would board an actual Airtours Boeing 757 for Palma de Mallorca.