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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 Airways Limited: United Kingdom MyTravel Airways Limited was a British scheduled and charter airline, formerly known as Airtours International. Transferred to Thomas Cook Group (2007) [7] Merged with Thomas Cook Airlines UK (2008) [7] MyTravel Airways A/S: Denmark MyTravel Airways was a Scandinavian scheduled and charter airline.
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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
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.
British Airtours (stylised as British aırtours) was a charter airline in the United Kingdom with flight operations out of London Gatwick and Manchester Airports.. Established as BEA Airtours in 1969, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways (BA) following the merger between British European Airways (BEA) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in the early 1970s.
27 April – Airtours International Airways McDonnell Douglas MD-83 G-DEVR was substantially damaged when the port undercarriage collapsed whilst the aircraft was taxying after landing at Manchester Airport. There were no injuries amongst the 178 people on board. [140] The aircraft was subsequently repaired and returned to service. [141]
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.