Airline
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Image
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IATA
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ICAO
|
Callsign
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Commenced operations
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Ceased operations
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Notes
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A
|
Avro Transport Company |
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1919 |
1920 |
First regular airline in the UK
[3]
|
A2B Airways |
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|
2005 |
2006 |
Established as
Flykeen Airways. Acquired by
British NorthWest Airlines
|
AB Airlines |
|
7L |
AZX |
AZTEC |
1993 |
1999 |
Entered administration
|
AB Shannon |
|
|
|
|
1995 |
1996 |
Established as
Air Bristol in 1993. Operated
BAC 1-11
[4]
|
Aberdeen Airways (1934) |
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|
1934 |
1937 |
Became
Allied Airways (Gandar Dower)
|
Aberdeen Airways (1989) |
|
SM |
AAW |
GRANITE |
1989 |
1992 |
|
Aberdeen London Express |
|
|
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|
1994 |
1994 |
Operated
BAC 1-11
|
ACE Freighters |
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|
1964 |
1966 |
|
ACE Scotland |
|
|
|
|
1966 |
1966 |
Subsidiary company of
ACE Freighters
|
Aerofilms |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
1925 |
Taken over by
Hunting Aerosurveys
|
African Air Safaris |
|
|
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1954 |
1959 |
Established as
Meredith Air Transport in 1952. Renamed
Air Safaris. Operated
Handley Page Hermes,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[5]
|
Air 2000 |
|
DP |
AMM |
JETSET |
1987 |
2003 |
Renamed
First Choice Airways
|
Air Alba |
|
|
RLB |
|
1991 |
1997 |
Renamed
Highland Airways
[6]
|
Air Anglia |
|
AQ |
AQ |
ANGLIAN |
1970 |
1980 |
Merged with
British Island Airways to form
AirUK
|
Air Atlanta Europe |
|
5A |
EUK |
SNOWBIRD |
2003 |
2006 |
Merged into
XL Airways UK
|
Air Atlantique |
|
|
|
|
1969 |
1990 |
Established as
General Aviation Services in 1969. Renamed
Air Corbiere. Operated
Douglas DC-3
[7]
|
Air Belfast |
|
7L |
AZX |
|
1995 |
1996 |
Former
Air Bristol, integrated into
AB Airlines.
[8]
|
Air Bridge Carriers |
|
AB |
|
|
1972 |
1992 |
Renamed
Hunting Cargo Airlines. Operated
AW.660 Argosy,
Vickers Vanguard,
L-188 Electra
|
Air Bristol |
|
7L |
AZX |
|
1992 |
1997 |
Formed by
Brymon Airways's founder (Charles Stuart who died 1993), reorganized 1993 by
British Aerospace. Doing business as
AB Airlines from 1997.
|
Air Caledonian |
|
|
CSF |
|
2003 |
2005 |
[9]
|
Air Camelot |
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|
1978 |
1986 |
Operated
Piper Apache
[10]
|
Air Cargo |
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|
1991 |
1994 |
Operated
Douglas DC-8
[11]
|
Air Cavrel |
|
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ACL |
CAVREL |
1996 |
2002 |
Operated
Short 330
[12]
|
Air Charter Limited |
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|
1947 |
1960 |
To
British United Airways
[13]
|
Air Commerce |
|
|
|
|
1938 |
1947 |
To
British European Airways
|
Air Commuter |
|
3A |
ACK |
|
1982 |
1984 |
Renamed
Venture Airways. Operated
BAe Jetstream,
Cessna Citation I
[14]
|
Air Condor |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
1960 |
Established as
Shortcut Airlines. Operated
Bristol Freighter,
Douglas DC-4,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[15]
|
Air Contractors |
|
|
|
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1946 |
1949 |
Took part in the
Berlin Airlift. Operated
Douglas C-47A,
Miles Aerovan
[16]
|
Air Cordial |
|
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|
|
2000 |
2004 |
Aircraft operated by
Air Scandic
|
Air Couriers |
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1938 |
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Air Dispatch |
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|
1936 |
1940 |
[17]
|
Air Ecosse |
|
EC |
ECS |
AIR ECOSSE |
1977 |
1988 |
Subsidiary of Fairflight Charters of
Biggin Hill.
|
Air Enterprises |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1955 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[18]
|
Air Envoy |
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1971 |
Renamed
Central Air Services. Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Piper Aztec
[19]
|
Air Europe |
|
AE |
AOE |
AIR EUROPE |
1979 |
1991 |
|
Air Europe Express |
|
AX |
AEE |
|
1982 |
1991 |
Established as
Connectair in 1984
|
Air Exel UK |
|
EXX |
|
|
1990 |
1992 |
Operated
Embraer Brasilia
[20]
|
Air Faisal |
|
|
KV |
|
1975 |
1978 |
Operated
Bristol Britannia
|
Air Ferry Limited |
|
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|
1962 |
1968 |
|
Air Foyle HeavyLift |
|
GS |
UPA |
FOYLE |
1978 |
2006 |
Formed as a joint venture between
Air Foyle and
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines.
|
Air Freight |
|
|
|
|
1967 |
1975 |
Renamed Skyways Air Cargo
[21]
|
Air Freight Express |
|
5Z |
AFX |
|
1999 |
2002 |
Operated
Boeing 747-200
[22]
|
Air Gregory |
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1968 |
Established as
Gregory Air Taxis. Operated
Cessna 172,
Piper Aztec,
Douglas C-47A,
Piper Twin Comanche
[23]
|
Air Hanson |
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|
|
|
1965 |
2000 |
Operated
BAC 1-11
[24]
|
Air Hire |
|
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1934 |
1935 |
Established as
Wrightson Air Hire in 1933. Operated
de Havilland Leopard Moth
[25]
|
Air International |
|
AK |
|
|
1971 |
1973 |
Operated
Vickers Viscount
[26]
|
Air Kent |
|
|
|
|
1979 |
1979 |
Operated
Piper Navajo Chieftain
|
Air Kilroe |
|
9R |
AKL |
KILROE |
1978 |
1992 |
Merged into
Eastern Airways. Operated
BAe Jetstream
|
Air Kruise |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1958 |
[27]
|
Air Links |
|
|
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|
1958 |
1966 |
Renamed
Transglobe Airways. Operated
Bristol Britannia,
Handley Page Hermes
[28]
|
Air Luton |
|
|
|
|
1983 |
1986 |
Operated
Douglas C-47A,
Piper Navajo
[29]
|
Air Manchester |
|
|
|
SUREWAY |
1982 |
1982 |
|
Air Medical |
|
|
MCD |
AIR MED |
1985 |
2016 |
Operated
Learjet 35,
Piper Cheyenne,
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne
[30]
|
Air Metro |
|
|
|
|
1988 |
1989 |
Operated
Swearingen Metro
[31]
|
Air Oxford |
|
|
|
|
1979 |
1982 |
Operated
Piper Chieftain,
Piper Navajo
[32]
|
Air Safaris |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
1962 |
|
Air Sarnia |
|
SG |
ASS |
|
1985 |
1990 |
Acquired
EVA (Ellan-Vannin Airlines). Operated
Britten-Norman Trislander
|
Air Scandic |
|
|
SCY |
AIRSCAN |
2003 |
2005 |
|
Air Scandic International Aviation |
|
|
SCY |
AIRSCAN |
1997 |
2003 |
Merged into
Air Scandic
|
Air Scotland |
|
|
SCO |
|
2003 |
2005 |
|
Air Shetland |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
1980 |
Operated
Embraer Bandeirante
[33]
|
Air Southwest |
|
SZ |
WOW |
SWALLOW |
2003 |
2011 |
|
Air Sylhet |
|
SL |
SHR |
SYLHET |
2007 |
2009 |
|
Air Swansea |
|
|
|
|
1980s |
1980s |
Operated
Piper Navajo
|
Air Swift Ltd |
|
|
SWF |
|
1986 |
1996 |
Operated
BAe Jetstream 31,
Beech King Air
[34]
|
Air Tabernacle |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
1998 |
Formed by a merger between
Willow Air and
Streamline Aviation. Operated
Embraer Bandeirante
[35]
|
Air Taxi (Cumberland) |
|
|
|
|
1954 |
1961 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[36]
|
Air Transport Charter |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1950 |
|
Air UK Commuter |
|
|
|
|
1984 |
1992 |
Operated
Short 330
[37]
|
Air UK Leisure |
|
MV |
UKL |
LEISURE |
1988 |
1999 |
|
Air Ulster |
|
|
|
|
1967 |
1970 |
Operated
Douglas C-47A,
Vickers Viscount
[38]
|
Air Wales (1977) |
|
|
|
|
1977 |
1979 |
|
Air Wales |
|
6G |
AWW |
RED DRAGON |
2000 |
2006 |
|
Aircraft Operating Company |
|
|
|
|
1924 |
1944 |
Acquired by
Hunting Aerosurveys
[39]
|
Aircraft Transport and Travel |
|
|
|
|
1916 |
1921 |
|
Airflight |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1950 |
|
Airfreight Express |
|
5Z |
AFX |
|
1999 |
2003 |
Operated
Boeing 747-200
|
Airspan Travel |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1952 |
Operated
Airspeed Consul
[40]
|
Airtours |
|
VZ |
AIH |
TOURJET then KESTREL from 1997 |
1991 |
2002 |
Renamed
MyTravel Airways
|
AirUK |
|
UK |
UKA |
UKAY |
1980 |
1998 |
Renamed
KLM uk
|
Airviews |
|
|
|
|
1953 |
1957 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
de Havilland Dove
[41]
|
Airways International Cymru |
|
AK |
CYM |
WELSHAIR |
1984 |
1988 |
|
Airwork Limited |
|
AW |
|
|
1928 |
1960 |
Merged with
Hunting-Clan Air Transport to form
British United Airways
|
Airworld |
|
RL |
AWD |
ENVOY |
1994 |
1998 |
Merged into
Flying Colours Airlines then
JMC Air
|
Alan Cobham Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1927 |
1928 |
Founded by
Alan Cobham
[42]
|
Alderney Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1975 |
Founded by Peter Moss. Renamed
Mossair. Operated
Cessna Skymaster
[43]
|
Alderney Air Ferries |
|
|
|
|
1979 |
1982 |
Renamed
Metropolitan Airways. Operated
BN-2 Islander
[44]
|
Alidair |
|
QA |
|
|
1972 |
1981 |
Renamed Inter City Airlines. Operated
Vickers Viscount
|
All Cargo Airlines |
|
UF |
|
|
1978 |
1979 |
Operated
Bristol Britannia
[45]
|
All Leisure Airways |
|
|
ALT |
JETWING |
1994 |
1997 |
Acquired by
TransAer International Airlines
|
Allied Airways (Gandar Dower) |
|
|
|
|
1937 |
1947 |
Former
Aberdeen Airways (1934). Merged to
British European Airways
[46]
|
Allied British Airways |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
1935 |
Formed by merger of
Spartan Air Lines,
United Airways Ltd,
Hillman Airways
[47]
|
Alpha One Airways |
|
|
|
|
2005 |
2006 |
Small regional airlines
[48]
|
Altavia Jet Services |
|
|
|
|
2009 |
2010 |
Renamed
Cello Aviation
[49]
|
Ambassador Airways |
|
B3 |
AMY |
AMBASSADOR |
1992 |
1994 |
|
Amberair (Amber Airways) |
|
DD |
ABM |
DIAMOND |
1988 |
1989 |
Operated
Boeing 737-200
[50]
|
Anglian Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
1970 |
Merged with
Norfolk Airways and
Rig Air to form
Air Anglia
[51]
|
Anglo Cargo |
|
ML |
ANC |
ANGLO |
1983 |
1992 |
Operated
Boeing 707-320,
Boeing 757,
BAC 1-11
|
Anglo European Airways |
|
|
|
|
1940 |
1940 |
Operated
DH.90 Dragonfly originally G-AEDK of Anglo European Airways
[52]
|
Anglo Normandy Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
1979 |
Acquired by
Aurigny Air Services. Operated
Piper Aztec
[53]
|
Aquila Airways |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1958 |
|
Argus Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1957 |
1960 |
Renamed
Autair
[54]
|
Astraeus Airlines |
|
5W |
AEU |
FLYSTAR |
2002 |
2011 |
|
Atlanta Airways (UK) |
|
KG |
|
|
1996 |
1996 |
Low cost subsidiary of
Caledonian Airways. Operated
Lockheed Tristar
[55]
|
Atlantic Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
2007 |
Renamed
RVL Aviation. Operated
Bristol Freighter
|
Atlantic Airlines |
|
|
NPT |
NEPTUNE |
1994 |
2013 |
Renamed
West Atlantic UK
|
Atlantic Airways (UK) |
|
|
ALH |
|
1993 |
1998 |
Operated
Fairchild Metroliner
[56]
|
Atlantic Bridge Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1990s |
1990s |
Operated
BN-2 Islander
[57]
|
Atlantic Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1993 |
1998 |
Operated
Lockheed L-188 Electra
[58]
|
Atlantic Express |
|
|
SBV |
RIPPLE |
1985 |
2007 |
|
Autair |
|
|
OU |
|
1953 |
1969 |
Renamed
Court Line Aviation
|
AV8 Air |
|
|
MNF |
RINGWAY |
2003 |
2004 |
[59]
|
B
|
BA CitiExpress |
|
TH |
BRT |
BRITISH |
2002 |
2006 |
Renamed
BA Connect
[60]
|
BA Connect |
|
TH |
BRT |
BRITISH |
2006 |
2007 |
Merged into
Flybe.
|
BAC Aircraft |
|
|
ABR |
|
1992 |
1995 |
Renamed
BAC Express Airlines
[61]
|
BAC Express Airlines |
|
|
RPX |
|
1995 |
2007 |
Renamed
HD Air Ltd
|
Baltic Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1986 |
1989 |
Merged into
British Air Ferries. Operated
Vickers Viscount
[62]
|
Baylee Air Charter |
|
BC |
|
|
1971 |
1978 |
Operated
Piper Aztec
[63]
|
BBC Air |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
2009 |
Operated
de Havilland Dove
[64]
|
BEA Airtours |
|
KT |
|
|
1969 |
1974 |
|
BEA Helicopters |
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1974 |
Operated
Agusta-Bell 206,
Sikorsky S-58T,
Sikorsky S-61
[65]
|
Benair |
|
|
|
|
1999 |
1999 |
Established as
Martini Airfreight Services in 1996. Operated
Cessna 208B
[66]
|
Berkshire Aviation Company |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
1922 |
Founded by East Hanney, John and Fred Holmes. Operated
Avro 504
[67]
|
Berkshire Aviation Tours |
|
|
|
|
1924 |
1929 |
Amalgamated with
Northern Air Transport. Operated
Avro 504
[68]
|
Berlin European UK |
|
WZ |
RGN |
|
1987 |
1991 |
Acquired by
Germania
|
Berlin Regional UK |
|
WZ |
|
|
1985 |
1990 |
Operated
Jetstream 31
[69]
|
Birkett Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1948 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[70]
|
Birmingham European Airways |
|
VB |
BEA |
BIRMEX |
1989 |
1992 |
Merged into
Brymon Airways
|
Birmingham Executive Airways |
|
EB |
BEX |
|
1983 |
1989 |
Renamed/merged to
Birmingham European Airways
|
BKS Aero Charter |
|
|
|
|
1952 |
1953 |
Renamed
BKS Air Transport. Operated
Douglas DC-3
[71]
|
BKS Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1952 |
1970 |
Acquired by
British European Airways and renamed
Northeast Airlines
|
Blackpool and West Coast Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1937 |
Renamed
West Coast Air Services
[72]
|
Blue-Air |
|
|
|
|
1958 |
1959 |
Established as
Independent Air Transport in 1954. Operated
Beech 18,
Douglas C-54B,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[73]
|
Blue-Line Airways |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1949 |
Operated
Douglas C-47B,
Avro Anson
[74]
|
bmi British Midland |
|
BD |
BMA |
|
2001 |
2012 |
Merged into
British Airways
|
bmi Regional |
|
WW / BM |
GNT / BMR |
|
2001 |
2015 |
Renamed
Flybmi
|
bmibaby |
|
WW |
BMI |
BABY |
2002 |
2012 |
Acquired by
British Airways and subsequently closed
|
BOAC Cargo Service |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
1960 |
Operated
Douglas DC-7
[75]
|
BOAC-Cunard |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
1966 |
|
BOBWOOD |
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1969 |
Renamed
Tradewinds Airways. Operated
Canadair CL-44
[76]
|
Bon Accord Airways |
|
|
BON |
|
1992 |
1997 |
Founded by John Begg. Operated
Short 330-200,
Short 360-100
[77]
|
Bond Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1949 |
Operated
de Havilland Express
[78]
|
Bostonair |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1998 |
Operated
Cessna 310
[79]
|
Bristol Air Taxis |
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1979 |
Operated
Piper Navajo
[80]
|
Britannia Airways |
|
BY |
BAL |
BRITANNIA |
1964 |
2005 |
Renamed
Thomsonfly
|
Britavia |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1961 |
|
British Air Ferries (BAF) |
|
VF |
BAF |
AIR FERRY |
1967 |
1993 |
Renamed/merged to
British World Airlines
|
British Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1969 |
1979 |
Operated
Vickers Viscount,
Hawker Siddeley Trident,
Skyvan
[81]
|
British Air Transport (BAT) |
|
|
|
|
1932 |
1951 |
|
British Airtours |
|
KT |
BKT |
BEATOURS |
1974 |
1988 |
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 |
Renamed/merged to
British Airways Citiexpress Isle of Man
|
British Airways Helicopters |
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1986 |
Sold to
Maxwell Aviation and renamed
British International Helicopters
|
British Airways World Cargo |
|
|
|
|
2001 |
2014 |
Merged with Iberia Cargo to form
IAG Cargo
|
British American Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1938 |
1949 |
Operated
Fokker F.XXII,
Handley Page Halifax,
de Havilland Express
[82]
|
British Amphibious Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1932 |
1933 |
|
British Asia Airways |
|
BR |
BAW |
SPEEDBIRD |
1995 |
2001 |
Part of
British Airways
|
British Atlantic Airways |
|
|
|
|
1984 |
1984 |
Renamed
Virgin Atlantic
[83]
|
British Aviation Services |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1962 |
|
British Caledonian |
|
BR |
BCA |
CALEDONIAN |
1971 |
1988 |
Merged into
British Airways
|
British Caledonian Charter |
|
JB |
|
|
1982 |
1985 |
Merged into
Cal Air International
|
British Cargo Airlines |
|
FF |
|
|
1979 |
1980 |
Formed by merger of
Transmeridian Air Cargo and
IAS Cargo Airlines. Operated
Canadair CL-44,
DC-8-40
[84]
[85]
|
British Caribbean Airways |
|
EO |
|
|
1986 |
|
|
British Continental Airways |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
1936 |
Merged into
British Airways in 1936.
[86]
|
British Eagle International Airlines |
|
EG |
EGT |
|
1963 |
1968 |
|
British European |
|
JY |
JEA |
JERSEY |
2000 |
2002 |
Renamed
Flybe
|
British European Airways (BEA) |
|
BE |
BEE |
BEALINE |
1946 |
1974 |
Merged with
British Overseas Airways Corporation to form
British Airways
|
British Flying & Motor Services |
|
|
|
|
1927 |
1927 |
Operated
Airco DH.6
[87]
|
British Global |
|
7G |
MKA |
|
2008 |
2010 |
Operated
Boeing 747-200
[88]
|
British Independent Airways |
|
|
|
|
1989 |
1991 |
Operated
HS 748
[89]
|
British International Helicopters |
|
BS |
BIH |
BRINTEL |
2000 |
2012 |
|
British Island Airways (BIA) |
|
UK |
BIA |
BRITISLAND |
1970 |
1980 |
Original BIA merged with
Air Anglia,
Air Wales and
Air Westland to form
AirUK
|
British Island Airways |
|
KD |
BIA |
BRITISLAND |
1982 |
1990 |
Second BIA formed in 1982 from AirUK's charter operations
|
British Latin American Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
1944 |
1946 |
Renamed
British South American Airways
[90]
|
British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd |
|
|
|
|
1923 |
1924 |
Merged with
Handley Page Transport,
Instone Air Line and
Daimler Airway to form
Imperial Airways
|
British Mediterranean Airways |
|
KJ |
LAJ |
BEE MED |
1994 |
2004 |
Renamed
BMED
[91]
|
British Mediterranean Airways (B|MED) |
|
KJ |
LAJ |
|
2004 |
2007 |
|
British Midland Airways (BMA) |
|
BD |
BMA |
BEE MED |
1964 |
2001 |
Renamed
Bmi British Midland
|
British Midland Commuter |
|
BD |
GNT |
GRANITE |
1998 |
2001 |
Renamed
bmi Regional
|
British Midland International (bmi) |
|
BD |
BMA |
MIDLAND |
1938 |
2012 |
Established as
Air Schools, renamed
British Midland Airways in 1964, renamed
British Midland International in 2001. Integrated into
British Airways
|
British Nederland Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1951 |
Operated
Douglas C-47A
[92]
|
British NorthWest Airlines |
|
W9 |
BNW |
BRITISH NORTH |
2001 |
2006 |
[93]
|
British Oriental Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
1986 |
[94]
|
British Overseas Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1970 |
1974 |
BOAC's charter service
[95]
|
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) |
|
BA |
|
SPEEDBIRD |
1939 |
1974 |
Merged to form
British Airways
|
British Regional Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
2002 |
[96]
|
British South American Airways |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1949 |
Renamed
British Overseas Airways Corporation
[97]
|
British United (C.I.) Airways |
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1963 |
Operated
Handley Page Dart Herald
[98]
|
British United Air Ferries |
|
|
|
BUAF |
1963 |
1967 |
Renamed
British Air Ferries
|
British United Airways (BUA) |
|
BR |
BUA |
BRITISH UNITED |
1960 |
1970 |
|
British United Island Airways (BUIA) |
|
UK |
|
|
1968 |
1970 |
Renamed
British Island Airways
|
British Westpoint Airlines |
|
WP |
|
|
1963 |
1966 |
|
British World Airlines |
|
VF |
BWL |
BRITWORLD |
1993 |
2001 |
See
British United Air Ferries
|
Brooklands Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1951 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[99]
|
Brown Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1983 |
1987 |
Renamed
Capital Airlines (UK). Operated
Cessna 441 Conquest II
[100]
|
Brymon Airways |
|
BC |
BRY |
BRYMON |
1972 |
2007 |
Merged with
British Regional Airlines and renamed
British Airways Citiexpress
|
Brymon European Airways |
|
BC |
BRY |
|
1992 |
1993 |
|
Brymon Offshore Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1999 |
1999 |
Operated
DHC 7
[101]
|
Business Air |
|
|
|
|
1987 |
1996 |
Based at Aberdeen; eventually evolved into
bmi Regional
|
Buzz |
|
PL |
BUZ |
BUZZARD |
1999 |
2003 |
Renamed Buzzaway
|
Buzzaway |
|
|
UKA / BUZ |
|
2003 |
2003 |
Merged into
Ryanair
|
By Air |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
1920 |
Operated
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8
[102]
|
C
|
C.L. Air Surveys |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1959 |
Operated
Avro Anson,
Handley Page Halifax
[103]
|
Cal Air International |
|
EN |
CAI |
CALJET |
1985 |
1988 |
Renamed
Novair International Airways
|
Caledonian Airways |
|
CA |
|
|
1961 |
1970 |
Renamed
Caledonian/BUA
|
Caledonian Airways (1988) |
|
KG |
CKT |
CALEDONIAN |
1988 |
1999 |
Merged into
JMC Air then
Thomas Cook Airlines
[104]
|
Caledonian/BUA |
|
CA |
|
|
1970 |
1971 |
Renamed
British Caledonian
|
Cambrian Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
1955 |
Renamed
Cambrian Airways
[105]
|
Cambrian Airways |
|
CS |
CAS |
CAMBRIAN |
1955 |
1974 |
Merged into
British Airways
|
Capital Airlines |
|
BZ |
CPG |
CAPITAL |
1983 |
1990 |
[106]
|
CargoLogicAir |
|
P3 |
CLU |
FIREBIRD |
2015 |
2020 |
Operated
Boeing 747
[107]
|
CASAIR |
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1982 |
Operated
Cessna Titan,
Short 330
[108]
|
CCF Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1965 |
Operated
Piper Aztec
[109]
|
Cello Aviation |
|
|
CLJ |
CELLO |
2010 |
2018 |
|
Celtic Airways |
|
|
CIC |
CELTAIR |
1988 |
1993 |
Became part of
Airwork Services
|
Central Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1971 |
1973 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Piper Aztec
[110]
|
Centreline Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
1983 |
Operated
Cessna 310,
Embraer Bandeirante,
HS 748,
Piper Navajo Chieftain
[111]
|
Channel Air Bridge |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1962 |
|
Channel Air Ferries |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
1939 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon
[112]
|
Channel Airways |
|
CW |
|
CHANNEL AIR |
1962 |
1972 |
|
Channel Islands Air Freight |
|
|
|
|
1940s |
1950s |
Operated
Miles Aerovan
[113]
|
Channel Island Airways |
|
|
|
|
1945 |
1947 |
Formed by the merger of
Jersey Airways and
Guernsey Airways. Absorbed into
British European Airways. Operated
Bristol Freighter
[114]
|
Channel Express |
|
LS |
EXS |
CHANNEX |
1983 |
2006 |
Renamed
Jet2
|
Chartair |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1947 |
Founded by Guy Lawrence. Renamed
British American Air Services. Operated
Handley Page Halifax
[115]
|
Chauffair |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
2001 |
Jet charter business. Operated
Hawker Siddeley HS.125
[116]
|
Chieftain Airways |
|
PQ |
|
|
1986 |
1987 |
Operated
HS 748
[117]
|
Chrisair |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
1968 |
Operated
DH.84,
DH.89,
Cessna 172,
Piper Twin Comanche
[118]
|
Ciro Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1948 |
Took part in
Berlin Airlift. Operated
Douglas DC-3,
DH.89
[119]
|
Citelynx |
|
|
|
|
2005 |
2007 |
|
City Star Airlines |
|
X9 |
ISL |
ISLANDIA |
2003 |
2008 |
|
CityFlyer Express |
|
CJ |
CFE |
FLYER |
1992 |
2002 |
|
Citywing |
|
|
|
|
2013 |
2017 |
Established as
Manx2 in 2006. Operated
Let L-410 Turbolet
[120]
|
Classic Airways |
|
|
CCN |
CLASSIC JET |
1997 |
1998 |
Operated
Lockheed Tristar
[121]
|
Claydon Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1958 |
1959 |
Operated
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[122]
|
Club 328 |
|
|
SDJ |
SPACEJET |
2005 |
2008 |
[123]
|
Cobham Air Routes |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
1935 |
Sold to
Olley Air Service. Operated
Westland IV
[124]
|
Cobham-Blackburn Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1929 |
1930 |
Formed by the merger of
Alan Cobham Aviation and
North Sea Aerial and General Transport Company
[125]
|
Comed Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1994 |
2001 |
Operated
Embraer Bandeirante
[126]
|
Commercial Air Hire |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
1936 |
Delivered newspapers to Europe. Operated
Avro 642 Eighteen,
de Havilland Dragon
[127]
|
Community Express Airlines |
|
5V |
UNI |
COMMUNITY |
1993 |
1996 |
[128]
|
Continental Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1957 |
1960 |
Operated
Douglas C-54,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[129]
|
Continental Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1957 |
1960 |
Operated
Douglas C-54,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[130]
|
Cougar Airlines |
|
|
GCR |
SPEEDCAT |
2001 |
2003 |
|
Court Line |
|
OU |
|
COURTLINE |
1969 |
1974 |
Originally Argus Air Transport, then became Autair (Luton), then Autair International Airways
|
Crewsair |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
1951 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[131]
|
Crilly Airways |
|
|
|
|
1930s |
1936 |
Aircraft purchased by
British Airways Ltd and used to form British Airways Iberia Ltd
|
Culliford Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1949 |
Operated
Avro Anson,
Miles Aerovan
[132]
|
Cunard Eagle Airways |
|
EG |
|
|
1960 |
1963 |
Renamed/merged to
British Eagle
|
D
|
Daimler Air Hire |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
1921 |
Acquired
Aircraft Transport and Travel to form
Daimler Airway
[133]
|
Daimler Airway |
|
|
|
|
1922 |
1924 |
Merged with
British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd,
Instone Air Line and
Handley Page Transport to form
Imperial Airways
|
Dan-Air |
|
DA |
DAN |
DANAIR |
1953 |
1992 |
Merged into
British Airways
|
Dan-Air Skyways |
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1974 |
Subsidiary of
Dan-Air. Operated
HS 748
[134]
|
de Havilland Aeroplane Hire |
|
|
|
|
1922 |
1922 |
Operated
Airco DH.9C
[135]
|
Debonair |
|
2G |
DEB |
DEBONAIR |
1993 |
1999 |
|
Denham Air Taxi Services |
|
|
|
|
1976 |
1980 |
Established as
Gregory Air Taxis in 1963. Operated
Piper Aztec
[136]
|
Dennis Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1956 |
Operated
Airspeed Consul,
Avro Anson,
Percival Proctor
[137]
|
Derby Airways |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1964 |
Renamed
British Midland International. Operated
Handley Page Marathon,
Canadair Argonaut
|
Derby Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
1959 |
Renamed
Derby Airways
|
Devonair |
|
|
|
|
1952 |
1962 |
Operated
de Havilland Tiger Moth
[138]
|
Dominie Airways |
|
|
|
|
1967 |
1967 |
Subsidiary of
Treffield Aviation. Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[139]
|
Don Everall Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1960 |
Merged into
Air Safaris. Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Douglas DC-3,
Miles Messenger,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[140]
|
Donaldson International Airways |
|
DI |
|
DONALDSON |
1964 |
1974 |
|
Dragon Airways |
|
|
|
|
1953 |
1958 |
Absorbed by
Silver City Airways. Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
de Havilland Heron
[141]
|
Duo Airways |
|
VB |
DUO |
FLY DUO |
2003 |
2004 |
|
E
|
Eagle Airways (UK) |
|
EG |
|
|
1953 |
1960 |
Renamed/merged to
Cunard Eagle Airways
|
Eagle Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1960 |
Renamed
Cunard Eagle Airways. Operated
Avro York,
Douglas DC-6A,
Handley Page Halifax,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[142]
|
East Anglian Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1962 |
Renamed
Channel Airways
|
Eastern Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1932 |
1934 |
Founded by Michael Scott. Operated
de Havilland Fox Moth
[143]
|
Eastern Airways (1972-1982) |
|
EN |
|
|
1972 |
1982 |
Merged with
Genair and
CASAIR
[144]
|
Eastern Airways (1978-1981) |
|
CE / EN |
|
|
1978 |
1981 |
[145]
|
Edinburgh Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1998 |
2006 |
Renamed
Air Charter Scotland. Operated
Cessna 310,
Cessna 402,
Cessna 404
[146]
|
Edinburgh Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1971 |
1979 |
Operated
Reims Cessna F172,
Cessna 150
[147]
|
Edwin Air Cargo |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
2019 |
Operated
Antonov An-26
[148]
|
Elan Air |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1989 |
Renamed
DHL Air UK
[149]
|
Emerald Airways |
|
|
|
|
1965 |
1967 |
Acquired by
Hibernian Airlines. Operated
de Havilland Heron,
Douglas C-53D
[150]
|
Emerald Airways |
|
G3 |
JEM |
GEMSTONE |
1992 |
2006 |
|
Emerald European Airways |
|
YE |
|
|
1994 |
1995 |
[151]
|
Eros Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1957 |
1964 |
Operated
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[152]
|
Euravia |
|
EY |
|
|
1961 |
1964 |
Renamed
Britannia Airways
|
Euroair Transport |
|
EZ / VC |
URO / EUZ |
|
1977 |
1997 |
Operated
Embraer Bandeirante
|
Euroceltic Airways |
|
5Q |
ECY |
ECHELON |
2001 |
2003 |
Operated
Fokker F27,
Fokker 50
[153]
|
Eurocity Express |
|
II |
ECE |
|
1986 |
1988 |
Founded by
British Midland as Eurocity Express and renamed as
London City Airways
|
Eurodirect |
|
9R |
EUD |
|
1994 |
1995 |
|
Euroflite |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
1984 |
Acquired by
London European Airways. Operated
BAe Jetstream 31,
BAe 125,
Cessna 404
[154]
|
EuroManx |
|
3W |
EMX |
CATCHER |
2002 |
2008 |
|
European Airways |
|
|
|
|
1995 |
2001 |
Operated
BAC 1-11,
BAe Jetstream 31
[155]
|
European Aviation Air Charter |
|
E7 |
EAF |
EUROCHARTER |
1994 |
2008 |
Established as
European Aviation in 1989
[156]
|
European Skytime |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
2012 |
|
Euroscot Express |
|
MY |
EUJ |
SCOTAIR |
1997 |
2001 |
Operated
BAC 1-11,
ATR 72
[157]
|
Euroworld Airways |
|
|
|
|
1991 |
1992 |
Renamed/merged to
CityFlyer Express
[158]
|
Euroworld International Airline Operations |
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1988 |
Operated
Bristol Britannia
[159]
|
Excalibur Airways |
|
EQ |
EXC |
CAMELOT EXCALIBUR |
1992 |
1996 |
|
Excel Airways |
|
JN |
XLA |
EXPO |
2000 |
2006 |
Renamed
XL Airways UK
|
Executair |
|
|
|
|
1957 |
1961 |
Operated
Westland Widgeon
[160]
|
Executive Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
1972 |
[161]
|
Executive Express |
|
EX |
|
|
1975 |
1982 |
Operated
Beech King Air,
Cessna 421
[162]
|
Express Air Freight |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
1980 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3
[163]
|
Express Air Services |
|
LS |
EXS |
|
1978 |
1983 |
Renamed
Channel Express
|
Express Parcel Systems |
|
|
|
|
1983 |
1992 |
Operated
Fokker F27
[164]
|
F
|
F & J Mann Airways |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
1961 |
Renamed
Westpoint Aviation. Operated
Douglas DC-3
[165]
|
Fairflight |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
1951 |
Acquired by
Surrey Flying Services
[166]
|
Fairflight Charters |
|
FC |
|
|
1968 |
1989 |
Operated
Shorts 360
[167]
|
Falcon Airways |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1961 |
AOC revoked due to safety concerns
|
Federated Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1954 |
1961 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Avro Anson
[168]
|
Field Survey Flight |
|
|
FAS |
|
1989 |
1992 |
Operated
Fokker F27
[169]
|
Finglands Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
1952 |
Operated
Avro Anson I
[170]
|
First Choice Airways |
|
DP |
FCA |
JETSET |
2003 |
2008 |
Merged with
Thomsonfly to create
Thomson Airways
|
Flight One |
|
|
|
|
1973 |
1989 |
Operated
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
[171]
|
Flight Refuelling |
|
|
|
|
1934 |
1953 |
Operated
Avro Lancaster
[172]
|
Flightline |
|
B5 |
FLT |
FLIGHTLINE |
1989 |
2008 |
Contract passenger and ad hoc charters
|
Fly Europa |
|
|
|
|
2001 |
2002 |
Operated
Boeing 737-200
[173]
|
Fly Salone |
|
5L |
|
|
2015 |
2016 |
|
Flybe (1979–2020) |
|
BE |
BEE |
JERSEY |
1979 |
2020 |
Entered administration
|
Flybe |
|
BE |
BEE |
JERSEY |
2022 |
2023 |
Entered administration
|
Flybmi |
|
BM |
BMR |
MIDLAND |
1987 |
2019 |
Entered administration
|
Flyglobespan |
|
Y2 |
GSM |
GLOBESPAN |
2002 |
2009 |
|
Flying Colours Airlines |
|
MT |
FCL |
COLOURS |
1996 |
2000 |
Merged with
Caledonian Airways to form
JMC Air
|
Flyjet |
|
F7 |
FJE |
ENVOY |
2002 |
2007 |
|
Flykeen Airways |
|
|
JFK |
KEENAIR |
2002 |
2005 |
Became
A2B Airways
[174]
|
FlyWhoosh |
|
W2 |
WEA |
|
2007 |
2007 |
|
FordAir |
|
|
FOB |
|
1996 |
2008 |
Operated
BAe 146-300,
Avro RJ100
[175]
|
FR Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
1995 |
Operated
Beech Super King Air
[176]
|
G
|
GB Airways |
|
GT |
GBL |
GEEBEE |
1981 |
2008 |
|
Genair |
|
EN |
GEN |
GENAIR |
1981 |
1984 |
Operated
British Caledonian Commuter Services
[177]
|
General Aviation Services |
|
|
|
|
1969 |
1975 |
[178]
|
Genesis Airways |
|
|
|
|
1994 |
1995 |
Established as
Prospair in 1990. Operated
BAe Jetstream
[179]
|
Gibair |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1981 |
Renamed/merged to
GB Airways
[180]
|
Gibraltar Airways |
|
GT |
|
GIBAIR |
1931 |
1989 |
Operated
Saro Windhover
[181]
|
Gill Airways |
|
9C |
GIL |
GILLAIR |
1995 |
2001 |
Established as
Gill Aviation in 1969
|
Gill Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1969 |
1989 |
Renamed
Gillair. Operated
Cessna 402
[182]
|
Gillair |
|
|
|
|
1989 |
1995 |
Established as
Gill Aviation in 1969. Renamed
Gill Airways
[183]
|
Giro Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1920 |
1964 |
Operated
de Havilland Fox Moth,
Avro Avian
[184]
[185]
|
Glass Eels |
|
|
|
|
1970 |
2012 |
Operated
Cessna 208 Caravan
[186]
[187]
|
Global Supply Systems |
|
XH |
GSS |
JET LIFT |
2001 |
2014 |
|
Glos-Air |
|
|
|
|
1970s |
1980s |
Operated
Westland Whirlwind
[188]
|
Go |
|
GO |
GOE |
GO FLIGHT |
1998 |
2003 |
|
Guernsey Airlines [
de] |
|
GE |
GER |
|
1977 |
1988 |
Operated
Vickers Viscount, Shorts 330 and 360, Handley Page Herald
|
Gold Air International |
|
|
|
|
1998 |
2010 |
Executive charter airline. Established as
HawkAir in 1994. Operated
Bombardier Learjet 45
[189]
|
Grahame-White Aviation Company |
|
|
|
|
1911 |
1919 |
Established as
Grahame-White, Blériot & Maxim in 1911. Operated
Farman III,
Blériot XI
[190]
|
Grayson Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1947 |
Operated
Airspeed Consul
[191]
|
Great Western & Southern Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1938 |
1947 |
Took over
Channel Air Ferries routes. Absorbed into
BEA. Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Westland IV
[192]
|
Great Western Railway Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1934 |
Operated
Westland IV
[193]
|
Gregory Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1965 |
Renamed
Air Gregory. Operated
Aero Commander 500,
Hawker Siddeley HS-125,
Douglas DC-3
[194]
|
Guernsey & Jersey Airways |
|
|
|
|
1937 |
1940 |
Operated
de Havilland Express
[195]
|
Guernsey Airways |
|
|
|
|
1934 |
1945 |
Merged with
Jersey Airways to form
Channel Island Airways. Absorbed into
British European Airways. Operated
Saro Windhover,
Saro Cloud
[196]
|
H
|
Handley Page Transport |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
1924 |
Merged with
British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd,
Instone Air Line and
Daimler Airway to form
Imperial Airways
|
Harvest Air |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
1988 |
Founded by Nigel Brendish. Operated
Douglas DC-3,
BN-2 Islander,
Piper Aztec
[197]
[198]
|
HawkAir |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
1988 |
Executive charter airline. Merged into
Gold Air International. Operated
Cessna 421,
Piper Aztec
[199]
|
Haywards Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1970 |
1979 |
Operated
BN-2 Islander,
de Havilland Dove
[200]
[201]
|
HD Air |
|
|
RPX |
RAPEX |
2007 |
2015 |
Established as
BAC Aircraft in 1992
[202]
|
Heathrow Jet Charter |
|
|
HJC |
RHINOAIR |
1997 |
1998 |
[203]
|
Heavylift Cargo Airlines (UK) |
|
NP |
HLA |
HEAVYLIFT |
1980 |
2006 |
Established as
TAC Heavylift in 1978. Renamed
HC Airlines. Operated
Airbus A300,
Boeing 707,
Canadair CL-44,
Douglas DC-8,
Short Belfast
[204]
|
Highland Airways Limited |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1937 |
Merged to
Scottish Airways and eventually
British European Airways
|
Highland Airways |
|
8H |
HWY |
HIWAY |
1991 |
2010 |
|
Highland Express Airways |
|
VY |
TTN |
TARTAN |
1986 |
1987 |
|
Hillman's Airways |
|
|
|
|
1931 |
1935 |
Merged with
Spartan Air Lines and
United Airways Limited to form
Allied British Airways
|
Hornton Airways |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1950 |
Operated
Airspeed Consul,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Douglas C-47A,
Miles M.65 Gemini,
Percival Proctor
[205]
|
Hot Air (UK) |
|
|
|
|
1988 |
1989 |
Subsidiary of
Baltic Airlines. Operated
Vickers Viscount
[206]
|
Humber Airways |
|
HM |
HUA |
HUMBER AIR |
1968 |
1975 |
Operated
BN-2 Islander
[207]
|
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd |
|
|
|
|
1944 |
1960 |
Founded by
Percy Hunting. Merged with
Hunting Geophysics to form
Hunting Surveys
[208]
|
Hunting Air Travel [
de] |
|
|
|
|
1945 |
1951 |
Operated
Vickers Viking; replaced by
Hunting Air Transport [
de]
|
Hunting Air Transport [
de] |
|
|
|
|
1951 |
1953 |
replaced by
Hunting-Clan Air Transport
|
Hunting Cargo Airlines |
|
AG |
ABR |
CONTRACT |
1992 |
1998 |
Renamed
Air Contractors
|
Hunting-Clan Air Transport |
|
HC |
|
|
1951 |
1960 |
Founded as
Hunting Air Travel [
de]. Merged with
Airwork Services to form
British United Airways
|
Hunting Geophysics |
|
|
|
|
1956 |
1960 |
Merged with
Hunting Aerosurveys to form
Hunting Surveys
[209]
|
Hunting Surveys |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
2001 |
Formed by the merger of
Hunting Aerosurveys with
Hunting Geophysics
[210]
|
I
|
IAS Cargo Airlines |
|
FF |
|
|
1967 |
1979 |
|
Imperial Airways |
|
|
|
|
1924 |
1939 |
Merged with
British Airways Ltd to form
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
|
Independent Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1954 |
1958 |
Renamed
Blue-Air. Operated
Avro Anson,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
de Havilland Dove,
Douglas DC-4,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[211]
[212]
|
Inland Flying Service |
|
|
|
|
1929 |
1931 |
Renamed
Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation
[213]
|
Inner Circle Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
1935 |
[214]
|
Instone Air Line |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
1924 |
Merged with
British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd,
Handley Page Transport and
Daimler Airway to form
Imperial Airways
|
Instone Air Line (1981) |
|
|
|
|
1981 |
1996 |
Operated
Bristol Freighter
|
Inter City Airlines |
|
QA |
|
|
1981 |
1983 |
Established as
Alidair in 1972. Operated
Cessna Citation II,
Short 330,
Vickers Viscount
|
Inter European Airways |
|
IP |
IEA |
ASPRO |
1986 |
1993 |
Merged with
Airtours International
|
Interflight |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
2018 |
Established as
Berrad Aviation in 1974. Operated
BAe 125,
Learjet 35
[215]
|
Interline |
|
|
|
|
1994 |
1996 |
Established as
Aztec Charter in 1993. Operated
Jetstream 31
[216]
|
International Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1971 |
1973 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Piper Aztec,
Vickers Viscount
[217]
|
International Air Freight |
|
|
|
|
1937 |
1938 |
Operated
Curtiss T-32 Condor II
[218]
|
International Airways |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1949 |
Operated
Airspeed Consul,
Avro Anson,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[219]
|
Intra Airways |
|
JY |
|
|
1969 |
1979 |
|
Invicta Air Cargo |
|
|
|
INDIA MIKE |
1964 |
1969 |
Merged with
BMA and became cargo division.Operated
Bristol Britannia,
Douglas C-54B
[220]
|
Invicta Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1971 |
Renamed
Invicta International Airlines
|
Invicta International Airlines |
|
IM |
|
INVICTA |
1971 |
1981 |
Assets sold to Seabourne Aviation
|
Irelfly |
|
|
|
|
1966 |
1966 |
Operated
Douglas C-47B
[221]
|
Island Air Charters (UK) |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1947 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[222]
|
Island Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1959 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[223]
|
Isle of Man Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1937 |
1947 |
|
Isles of Scilly Skybus |
|
5Y |
IOS |
|
1984 |
2008 |
Renamed
Skybus. Operated
BN-2 Islander
[224]
|
J
|
J-MAX |
|
|
|
|
2000s |
2000s |
Operated
Hawker 800
[225]
|
Janes Aviation (1987-1992) |
|
|
|
|
1987 |
1992 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Dart Herald
[226]
|
Janes Aviation (2006-2010) |
|
|
JAN |
JANES |
2006 |
2010 |
Operated
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
[227]
|
Janus Airways |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1987 |
Acquired by
Euroair. Operated
Vickers Viscount,
Dart Herald
[228]
|
Jersey Air Ferries |
|
|
|
|
1983 |
1984 |
Operated
Vickers Viscount
|
Jersey Airlines |
|
JY |
|
|
1948 |
1963 |
Absorbed by
British United Island Airways
|
Jersey Airways |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1945 |
To
British European Airways
[229]
|
Jersey European Airways |
|
BE |
JEA |
JERSEY |
1979 |
2000 |
Renamed
British European
|
Jersey Ferry Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1987 |
Operated
BN-2 Islander,
de Havilland Heron,
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
[230]
|
Jetstream Express |
|
JX |
JXT |
VANNIN |
2007 |
2007 |
|
jetXtra.com |
|
|
|
|
2012 |
2017 |
Virtual airline
|
JJ Airways |
|
|
|
|
2001 |
2001 |
Founded by Keith Newnham. Renamed
Cougar Air Cargo. Operated
Boeing 727-200
[231]
|
JMC Air |
|
MT |
JMC |
TOPJET |
2000 |
2003 |
Rebranded to
Thomas Cook Airlines
|
K
|
Kearsley Airways |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1950 |
Took part in the Berlin airlift. Operated
Douglas C-47B
[232]
|
Keegan Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
1964 |
Operated
Canadair North Star,
Cessna 310,
de Havilland Dove,
De Havilland Dragon Rapide
[233]
|
Keenair Charter |
|
5Q |
JKF |
KEENAIR |
1968 |
2002 |
Renamed
Flykeen Airways. Operated
Embraer Bandeirante
[234]
|
Kemps Aerial Survey |
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1969 |
Operated
Avro Anson,
Reid and Sigrist R.S.4 single aircraft built
[235]
|
Kestrel International |
|
|
|
|
1971 |
1972 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Vickers Viscount
[236]
|
KLM uk |
|
UK |
UKA |
|
1999 |
2002 |
Merged with
KLM Cityhopper
|
Knight Air |
|
|
KNT |
|
1994 |
1997 |
Established as
Knightway Air Charter in 1982. Fatal crash on 24 May 1995 of scheduled flight Leeds to Aberdeen. Operated
Cessna 550 Citation II,
Embraer Bandeirante
[237]
[238]
|
Kondair Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1977 |
1989 |
Taken over by
TNT Aviation Services. Operated
Britten-Norman Trislander,
Cessna 404 Titan
[239]
|
L
|
Laker Airways |
|
GK |
LKR |
LAKER |
1965 |
1982 |
|
Lakeside North West |
|
|
LKS |
|
1992 |
1993 |
Operated
BAe Jetstream 31
[240]
|
Lancashire Aircraft Corporation |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1958 |
Acquired by
Silver City Airways. Operated
Airspeed Consul,
Avro York,
Bristol Freighter,
de Havilland Express,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Douglas C-47B,
Handley Page Halifax,
Percival Proctor
[241]
[242]
|
Lanzair |
|
|
|
|
1973 |
1976 |
Operated
Lockheed L-649 Constellation
[243]
|
LeCocq's Airlink |
|
|
|
|
1999 |
2003 |
Renamed
Rockhopper Airlines. Operated
BN-2 Islander,
Trislander
[244]
|
Leisure International Airways |
|
MV |
UKL |
LEISURE |
1992 |
1998 |
Merged into
Air 2000
|
Lennard Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1966 |
Operated
Piper Aztec,
Piper Twin Comanche,
BN-2 Islander
[245]
|
Links Air |
|
|
LNQ |
FASTLINK |
1983 |
2016 |
Operated
BAe Jetstream 31
[246]
|
Little Red |
|
VS |
VIR |
VIRGIN |
2013 |
2015 |
|
Lloyd International Airways |
|
LW |
|
|
1961 |
1972 |
|
London Aero and Motor Services |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1947 |
Founded by
Graham Humby. Merged with the South African charter airline
Alpha Airways. Operated
Handley Page Halifax
[247]
|
London City Airways |
|
II |
LCY |
STOL |
1986 |
1990 |
Founded by
British Midland as
Eurocity Express and later reabsorbed by British Midland
|
London European Airways |
|
UQ |
LON |
EUROPEAN |
1986 |
1991 |
Operated for a while as Ryanair Europe.
|
London, Scottish & Provincial Airways |
|
|
|
|
1934 |
1934 |
1934 crash. Operated
Airspeed Courier
[248]
|
Love Air |
|
4J |
LOV |
LOVEAIR |
1991 |
2000 |
Operated
BAe Jetstream 31
[249]
|
Lundy & Atlantic Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
1936 |
Operated
Short Scion
[250]
|
Luton Airways |
|
|
|
|
1958 |
1959 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[251]
|
Luxury Air Tours |
|
|
|
|
1932 |
1933 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon
[252]
|
Lynton Aviation |
|
|
LYN |
LYNTON |
1987 |
2003 |
Founded by Christopher Tennant. Established as
Magec Aviation in 1985. Operated
Eurocopter AS355 Écureuil 2,
BAe 125,
Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond
[253]
|
M
|
Macavia International Corporation |
|
|
|
|
− |
− |
Operated
HS 748,
Douglas C-118
[254]
|
Macedonian Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1974 |
Founded by Roger Byron-Collins. Operated
de Havilland Dove,
Douglas DC-3
[255]
[256]
|
Maersk Air UK |
|
VB |
MSK |
BLUESTAR |
1993 |
2003 |
Renamed
Duo Airways
[257]
|
Magec Aviation |
|
|
MGC |
MAGEC |
1982 |
1999 |
Merged into
Lynton Aviation. Operated
BAe 125,
Falcon 900
[258]
|
Maitland Air Charters |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1960 |
Founded by Jock Maitland. Renamed
Maitland Drewery. Operated
Aero Ae-45,
Percival Prentice,
Percival Proctor
[259]
[260]
|
Maitland Drewery |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
1961 |
Operated
Aero Ae-45,
Vickers Viscount,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[261]
|
Malinair |
|
WG |
MAK |
MALIN |
1985 |
1987 |
[262]
|
Manchester Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1921 |
1923 |
Operated
Airco DH.6
[263]
|
Mannin Airways |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1949 |
Merged with
Ulster Aviation to form
North West Airlines. Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[264]
|
Manx Air Charters |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1953 |
Renamed
Manx Airlines (1953). Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[265]
|
Manx Airlines (1953) |
|
|
|
|
1953 |
1958 |
Established as
Manx Air Charters. Acquired by
Silver City Airways
[266]
|
Manx Airlines |
|
JE |
MNX |
MANX |
1982 |
2002 |
|
Manx Airlines Europe |
|
JE |
MXE |
EUROMANX |
1995 |
1996 |
Renamed/merged to
British Regional Airlines /
British Airways Express
[267]
|
Manx2 |
|
NM |
BPS |
|
2006 |
2013 |
Renamed
Citywing
[268]
|
Markoss Aviation |
|
|
MKO |
|
2001 |
2008 |
Operated
BAe 125,
BAe 125 800,
Bombardier CRJ200
[269]
[270]
|
Martini Airfreight Services |
|
|
INI |
|
1996 |
1999 |
Renamed
Benair. Operated
Cessna Grand Caravan
[271]
|
Mayflower Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
1964 |
Acquired by
British Westpoint Airlines. Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[272]
|
McAlpine Aviation |
|
|
MAL |
|
|
1992 |
|
Mediterranean Express |
|
|
MEE |
|
1986 |
1988 |
Acquired by
Trans European Airways. Operated
BAC 1-11
[273]
|
Melba Airways |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
1952 |
Operated
Airspeed Consul,
de Havilland Dove,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[274]
|
Mercury Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1957 |
1964 |
Established as
Overseas Air Transport (Jersey). Acquired by
British Midland. Operated
Douglas DC-3,
de Havilland Heron
[275]
|
Meredith Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1952 |
1954 |
Became
Air Safaris. Operated a single
Douglas DC-3
|
Meridian Airmaps |
|
|
|
|
1952 |
1989 |
Aerial survey. Went in liquidation. Operated
Avro Anson,
Miles Aerovan
[276]
|
Merlin Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1952 |
1989 |
Operated
Cessna Caravan
[277]
|
Merlot International Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1974 |
Operated
BAe 125,
Agusta-Bell 206
[278]
|
Metropolitan Air Movements |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
1964 |
Operated
de Havilland Heron,
de Havilland Dove,
de Havilland Dragonfly
[279]
|
Metropolitan Airways |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1985 |
Established as
Alderney Air Ferries. Operated
BN-2 Islander,
DHC-6 Twin Otter,
Short 330
[280]
|
Mid-Fly |
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1966 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Piper Aztec,
Piper Tri-Pacer,
Piper Colt,
Piper Cherokee
[281]
|
Midland Air Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1970 |
1973 |
Operated
Bristol Freighter
[282]
|
Midland & Scottish Air Ferries |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1934 |
Scotland's first airline
|
MK Airlines |
|
7G |
BGB |
BRITISH GLOBAL |
2006 |
2010 |
|
Modern Transport |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
1950 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[283]
|
Monarch Airlines |
|
ZB |
MON |
MONARCH |
1967 |
2017 |
Entered administration
|
Morton Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1945 |
1967 |
Absorbed into
British United Island Airways
|
Mossair |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
1980 |
Established as
Alderney Air Charter in 1964. Operated
de Havilland Dove
[284]
|
Murray Chown Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
1953 |
Acquired by
Cambrian Air Services. Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Percival Proctor
[285]
|
MyTravel Airways |
|
VZ |
MYT |
KESTREL |
2002 |
2008 |
Merged into
Thomas Cook Airlines
|
MyTravelLite Airlines |
|
VZ |
MYL |
MY LITE |
2002 |
2005 |
Reintegrated into its parent airline
MyTravel Airways
|
N
|
National Airways (UK) |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1988 |
Renamed
National Commuter Airways. Operated
Beech King Air,
Beech Baron,
Trislander,
Embraer Bandeirante,
Short 330
[286]
|
National Commuter Airways |
|
|
|
|
1988 |
1989 |
Acquired by
Region Airways. Operated
Embraer Brasilia,
Short 330,
Short 360
[287]
|
Newman Airways |
|
|
|
|
1945 |
1951 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[288]
|
Nexus Airlines |
|
|
|
|
2005 |
2005 |
|
Norfolk Airways |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
1970 |
Merged with
Anglian Air Charter and
Rig Air to form
Air Anglia. Operated
Piper Aztec
[289]
|
North Eastern Airways |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
1947 |
Absorbed into
BEA. Operated
Airspeed Envoy,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[290]
|
North Sea Aerial & General Transport Company |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
1936 |
Established as
North Sea Aerial Navigation Company. Operated
Blackburn Segrave,
Blackburn Kangaroo
[291]
|
North Sea Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1949 |
Operated
Avro Anson,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Lockheed 12A,
Lockheed 14
[292]
|
North West Airlines (UK) |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
1957 |
Formed by the merger of
Mannin Airways and
Ulster Aviation. Operated
Miles Aerovan,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Douglas C-47A
[293]
|
North-South Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1962 |
Operated
de Havilland Heron
[294]
|
Northair |
|
NT |
|
|
1964 |
1979 |
Acquired by
Capital Airlines (UK), Operated
Piper Aztec,
Piper Twin Comanche
[295]
|
Northeast Airlines |
|
NS |
|
NORJET |
1970 |
1976 |
Merged into
British Airways
|
Northern & Scottish Airways |
|
|
|
|
1934 |
1937 |
Merged to
Scottish Airways and eventually British European Airways
|
Northern Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1948 |
Operated
Airspeed Consul,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[296]
|
Northern Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
1924 |
1925 |
Went into liquidation. Operated
Airco DH.9,
de Havilland DH.50
[297]
|
Northern Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1929 |
1932 |
Founded by John Leeming. Operated
Avro 504
[298]
|
Northern Airlines (UK) |
|
|
TLR |
|
1991 |
1994 |
Operated
BN-2 Islander
[299]
|
Northern Aviation |
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2009 |
Operated
Beech Super King Air,
Piper Seneca,
Cessna Golden Eagle
[300]
|
Northern Executive Aviation |
|
|
NEX |
NEATAX |
1962 |
2013 |
Operated
Beech Super King Air,
BN-2 Islander,
Falcon 900,
Learjet 35,
Piper Aztec,
Piper Twin Comanche
[301]
|
Norwegian Air UK |
|
DI |
NRS |
RED NOSE |
2015 |
2021 |
|
Novair International Airways |
|
EN |
NGK |
STARJET |
1988 |
1990 |
|
O
|
Olley Air Service |
|
|
|
|
1934 |
1947 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
de Havilland Dove
[302]
|
OpenSkies |
|
EC |
BOS |
MISTRAL |
2007 |
2009 |
|
Orion Airways (1956) |
|
|
|
|
1956 |
1960 |
Founded by Captain Peter Palmer.
Blackbushe Airport based. Operated
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[303]
[304]
|
Orion Airways |
|
KG |
ORN |
ORION |
1979 |
1989 |
East Midlands Airport based Jet operator
|
OurJet |
|
|
|
|
2003 |
2003 |
Operated
BAe 125
[305]
|
Overseas Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1957 |
1961 |
Operated
Canadair C-4 Argonaut,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[306]
|
Oxford Aero Charter (Oxaero) |
|
|
|
|
1998 |
2001 |
Operated
Cessna Citation,
Piper Navajo Chieftain
[307]
|
P
|
Palmair European |
|
|
|
|
1999 |
2010 |
|
Palmair Flightline |
|
|
|
|
1993 |
1999 |
Renamed
Palmair European. Operated
BAe 146
[308]
|
Paramount Airways |
|
QJ |
PAT |
PARAMOUNT |
1987 |
1989 |
Entered receivership
|
Peach Air |
|
KG |
KGC |
GOLDCREST |
1997 |
1998 |
Merged with
Flying Colours Airlines to form
JMC Air
|
Pegasus Airlines (UK) |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1961 |
Operated
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[309]
|
Pelican Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
1981 |
Operated
Boeing 707
[310]
|
Peregrine Air Services |
|
PJ |
PSS |
|
1969 |
1990 |
Operated
BAe Jetstream 31,
Beech Super King Air,
Cessna Titan,
Grumman Gulfstream I,
Piper Aztec
[311]
|
Peters' Aviation |
|
NP |
|
|
1969 |
1979 |
Operated
de Havilland Dove,
de Havilland Heron,
Piper Cherokee
[312]
|
Platinum Air 2000 |
|
|
|
|
1998 |
2001 |
Operated
BAe Jetstream 31,
Beech Super King Air,
Cessna Citation II
[313]
|
Platinum Air Charter Executive |
|
|
PLM |
PLATINUM EXEC |
1999 |
2001 |
Operated
BAe Jetstream 31
[314]
|
Polar Airways [
de] |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1983 |
Operated Vickers Viscounts
[315]
|
Polyfoto Air Taxi Services |
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1966 |
Operated
Piper Apache,
Piper Twin Comanche,
Cessna Skylark
[316]
|
Portsmouth, Southsea & I.O.W. Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1932 |
1939 |
Established as
Inland Flying Service. Renamed
Portsmouth Aviation. Operated
Westland IV
[317]
|
Prime Airlines |
|
|
PRM |
PRIME AIR |
2001 |
2002 |
Formed by
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines
|
Princess Air |
|
8Q |
PRN |
WHISPERJET |
1989 |
1991 |
Charter airline passenger/freight with two aircraft
|
Progressive Airways |
|
|
|
|
1970 |
1971 |
Established as
Tyler Aviation. Operated
de Havilland Dove,
de Havilland Heron
[318]
|
Prospair |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
1994 |
Renamed
Genesis Airways. Operated
BAe Jetstream 31
[319]
|
Provincial Airways |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1935 |
|
Q
|
Quest Airlines |
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2005 |
Operated
BAe Jetstream 31
[320]
|
R
|
Railway Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1947 |
Nationalised and merged into
British European Airways
|
Redcoat Air Cargo |
|
RY |
|
|
1977 |
1982 |
|
Reed Aviation (UK) |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
2006 |
Operated
HS 748
[321]
|
Regionair |
|
JA |
RGL |
|
1987 |
1991 |
Scheduled passenger Southend to Brussels/Rotterdam/Paris
|
Rig Air |
|
|
|
|
1970 |
1970 |
Merged with
Anglian Air Charter and
Norfolk Airways to form
Air Anglia. Operated
Douglas C-47
[322]
|
RM Aviation |
|
|
RMN |
|
1974 |
1999 |
Operated
Beech King Air,
Cessna Citation V
[323]
|
Rockhopper Airlines |
|
|
|
|
2003 |
2006 |
Renamed
Blue Islands
|
Ryburn Air |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
1979 |
Operated
Hughes 369,
Partenavia P.68
[324]
|
S
|
Sabre Airways |
|
JN |
SBE |
SABRE |
1994 |
2001 |
Renamed
XL Airways UK
|
Sagittair |
|
|
|
|
1969 |
1972 |
Operated
Beech D18S,
AW.660 Argosy
[325]
|
Sandown and Shanklin Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
1935 |
1936 |
Founded by Ernest Byrne. Acquired
Shanklin Flying Services
[326]
|
Scillonia Airways |
|
|
|
|
1966 |
1969 |
Seasonal services. Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[327]
|
Scillonian Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1964 |
Operated
Aero Commander 500
[328]
|
Scimitar Airlines |
|
JA |
|
|
1979 |
1982 |
|
ScotAirways |
|
CB |
SAY |
|
1999 |
2011 |
Renamed
Suckling Airways
|
Scottish Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1961 |
Prestwick based
|
Scottish Airways |
|
|
|
|
1937 |
1947 |
Merged into
British European Airways
|
Scottish European Airways |
|
WW |
SEU |
|
1988 |
1990 |
Established as
Scottish Executive Airways in 1984. Operated
HS 748
|
Securicor Air |
|
|
|
|
1983 |
1990 |
Operated
Beech Baron,
Dart Herald,
Piper Navajo Chieftain
[329]
|
SelectAir |
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2006 |
Operated
Piper Chieftain
[330]
|
Severn Airways |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
1975 |
Went in liquidation. Operated
de Havilland Dove
[331]
|
SFC Air Taxis |
|
|
|
|
1992 |
1998 |
Operated
Piper Seneca
[332]
|
Shanklin Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
1992 |
1998 |
Acquired by
Sandown and Shanklin Flying Services. Operated
Spartan Cruiser
[333]
|
Shortcut Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1958 |
1960 |
Renamed
Air Condor. Operated
Bristol Freighter
[334]
|
Silver City Airways |
|
SS |
|
|
1947 |
1962 |
Became part of
British United Air Ferries
|
Silverjet |
|
Y7 |
SLR |
SILVERJET |
2006 |
2008 |
Bankruptcy, business class only
|
Sivewright Airways |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1951 |
Operated
Avro Anson,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Douglas DC-3,
Miles Aerovan,
Miles Gemini
[335]
|
Sky Charters |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
1965 |
Operated
de Havilland Dove
[336]
|
Sky-Trek Airlines |
|
5Q |
STD |
|
1997 |
2000 |
Renamed
LyddAir
|
Skydrift Air Charter |
|
|
SDL |
|
2004 |
2010 |
Operated
Embraer Bandeirante,
Piper Aztec,
Piper Navajo Chieftain
[337]
|
Skysouth |
|
|
SDL |
|
2006 |
2009 |
|
Skyways Coach-Air Limited |
|
SX |
|
|
1956 |
1971 |
Renamed Skyways International
|
Skyways International |
|
SY |
|
|
1971 |
1972 |
[338]
|
Skyways Limited |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1962 |
Taken over by
Euravia
|
Solair Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
1964 |
Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[339]
|
Somerton Airways |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1951 |
Founded by Russell Gunton Ltd. Acquired by
Morgan Aviation. Renamed
Somerton Airways. Operated
Percival Proctor,
Austers,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[340]
|
South Coast Airways |
|
|
GAD |
|
1995 |
2002 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3
|
South East Air (SEA) |
|
XX |
|
|
1987 |
1988 |
Operated
Dart Herald
|
South West Aviation |
|
UX |
|
|
1966 |
1973 |
[341]
|
Southampton Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1946 |
Operated
Douglas DC-2
[342]
|
Southern Aircraft |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1946 |
Operated
Avro Anson,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[343]
|
Southern Airways Ltd |
|
|
|
|
1936 |
1939 |
|
Southern International Air Transport |
|
CS |
|
|
1974 |
1983 |
Operated
Vickers Viscount
[344]
|
Spacegrand |
|
|
|
|
1979 |
1985 |
Amalgamated into
Jersey European Airways. Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[345]
|
Spartan Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1935 |
Merged with
United Airways Limited to form
British Airways Ltd
|
Starways |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1963 |
Acquired by
British Eagle
|
Strathallan Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1966 |
1967 |
Operated
Douglas C-47B
[346]
|
Streamline Aviation |
|
|
SSW |
STREAMLINE |
1980 |
2002 |
Acquired by
Emerald Airways. Operated
Short 330,
Short 360
[347]
|
Suckling Airways |
|
CB |
SAY |
SUCKLING |
1984 |
2013 |
Integrated into its parent company
Loganair
|
Sunjet Airlines |
|
|
SUJ |
SUNJET |
2002 |
2003 |
Renamed
Now Airlines. Operated
Boeing 737-300
|
Surf Air Europe |
|
|
FLJ |
|
2017 |
2018 |
Parent company of the US
Surf Air. Operated
Embraer Phenom 300
[348]
|
T
|
TAC Heavylift |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
1980 |
Renamed
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines. Operated
Short Belfast
|
TBG Airways |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
1997 |
Operated
Lockheed Tristar
|
TEA UK |
|
EQ |
TUK |
|
1989 |
1991 |
Operated
Boeing 727-200
|
Tempair International Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1976 |
|
Thomas Cook Airlines |
|
MT |
TCX |
THOMAS COOK |
2003 |
2019 |
Entered liquidation
|
Thomson Airways |
|
BY |
TOM |
TOMSON |
2008 |
2016 |
Renamed
TUI Airways
|
Thomsonfly |
|
BY |
TOM |
|
2005 |
2008 |
Merged with
First Choice Airways to form
Thomson Airways
|
Thurston Aviation |
|
HZ |
|
|
1968 |
1989 |
Operated
Piper Navajo,
Beech Super King Air,
Piper Apache,
Percival Prentice
[349]
|
Tippers Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1967 |
Operated
Avro Anson
[350]
|
TMAC Seabird Air Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1975 |
Operated
Canadair CL-44
[351]
|
TNT Aviation Services |
|
|
|
|
1987 |
2000 |
Subsidiary of
TNT Express. Operated
Airbus A300B4
[352]
|
Tradair |
|
|
|
|
1957 |
1962 |
Taken over by
Channel Airways, Southend based,
Viking aircraft
[86]
|
Tradewinds Airways |
|
IK |
IKA |
TRADEWINDS |
1967 |
1990 |
|
Trans Euro Air |
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2009 |
Operated
ATR 42-300F,
Cessna Titan,
Piper Navajo
[353]
|
Trans European Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1962 |
Renamed Trans European Airways in 1961
|
Trans Meridian Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
1979 |
Renamed
Transmeridian Air Cargo. Operated
Canadair CL-44,
Douglas DC-6,
Douglas DC-7
[354]
|
Trans World Charter |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1951 |
Operated
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[355]
|
Transair |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1960 |
Absorbed into
British United Airways (BUA)
|
Transglobe Airways |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1968 |
Operated
Bristol Britannia,
Canadair CL-44
|
Transmeridian Air Cargo |
|
KK |
|
TRANSMERIDIAN |
1971 |
1981 |
Merged with
IAS Cargo Airlines to form
British Cargo Airlines
|
Treffield Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1965 |
1966 |
Founded by Lord Trefgarne and Charles Masefield. Renamed
Treffield International and declared bankruptcy in 1967. Operated
Avro Anson
[356]
|
Trent Valley Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1948 |
Based at
Nottingham Airport. Took part in the Berlin Airlift. Operated
Douglas DC-3
[357]
|
Tyler Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1970 |
1970 |
Renamed
Progressive Airways. Operated
de Havilland Dove,
de Havilland Heron
[358]
|
Tyne Tees Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
1962 |
Renamed
Tyne Tees Airways. Operated
de Havilland Dove,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[359]
|
U
|
UK International Airlines |
|
IH |
UKI |
MAGENTA |
2005 |
2007 |
[360]
|
Ulster Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1949 |
Merged with
Mannin Airways to form
North West Airlines (UK)
[361]
|
United Airways Limited |
|
|
|
|
1934 |
1935 |
Merged into
Allied British Airways
|
V
|
Varsity Express |
|
|
|
|
2010 |
2010 |
|
Venture Airways |
|
CD |
ACK |
|
1984 |
1984 |
Established as
Air Commuter. Operated
HS 748
[362]
|
Veritair |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
2008 |
Established as
Air Commuter. Operated
HS 748
[363]
|
Vernair |
|
VC |
ATS |
|
1967 |
1986 |
Transported racehorses. Operated
Short Skyvan
[364]
|
Virgin Atlantic Little Red |
|
VS |
VIR |
VIRGIN |
2013 |
2015 |
Operated on a wet-lease by
Aer Lingus
|
Virgin Sun Airlines |
|
V2 |
VIR |
VIRGIN |
1998 |
2001 |
Sold to
Air 2000
|
W
|
Waves |
|
|
|
|
2016 |
2018 |
|
Welsh Airways |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
1988 |
Operated
Partenavia P.68
[365]
|
Westair International |
|
|
|
|
1989 |
1994 |
Operated
Dart Herald
[366]
|
Western Airways |
|
|
|
SHOVEL |
1932 |
1940 |
Continued non-airline operations until 1978
|
Western Airways (Norman Edgar) |
|
|
|
|
1934 |
1938 |
Established as
Bristol Air Taxi. Renamed
Western Airways. Operated
de Havilland Puss Moth,
de Havilland Dragon
[367]
|
Western Aviation (UK) |
|
|
|
|
1928 |
1928 |
Operated
Avro 504
[368]
|
Westminster Airways |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1949 |
|
Westpoint Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
1963 |
Established as
F & J Mann Airways in 1960. Renamed
British Westpoint Airlines. Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
Douglas DC-3
[369]
|
Westward Airways |
|
|
|
|
1971 |
2009 |
|
Whoosh |
|
W2 |
|
|
2007 |
2007 |
Formed in partnership with
White Eagle Aviation, Poland. Started services 29 May 2007 using White Eagle's
AOC. Ceased all ops on 9 December 2007.
|
Wight Airlines |
|
|
|
|
2006 |
2006 |
Operated
BN-2 Islander,
Piper Navajo
[370]
|
William Dempster |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1953 |
Operated
Avro Tudor
[371]
|
Willowair |
|
|
WLO |
WILLOWAIR |
1992 |
1996 |
Acquired by
Streamline Aviation. Operated
Embraer Bandeirante
[372]
|
Wolverhampton Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1954 |
Merged into
Derby Aviation. Operated
Miles Gemini,
Miles Hawk Trainer,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[373]
[374]
|
World Air Freight |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1948 |
Operated
Handley Page Halifax
[375]
|
World Airlines |
|
W2 |
WRD |
ECLIPSE |
1995 |
1996 |
|
X
|
XL Airways UK |
|
JN |
XLA |
EXPO |
2006 |
2008 |
Bankruptcy, was
Sabre Airways
|
Y
|
Yeoward Line Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1982 |
Subsidiary of
Yeoward Brothers Ltd. Operated
Piper Seneca
[376]
|
Yorkshire European Airways |
|
|
|
|
1992 |
1993 |
Operated
Embraer Bandeirante
[377] Flights between Southampton, Leeds/Bradford and Edinburgh
|
Z
|
Zoom Airlines Limited |
|
ZX |
UKZ |
FLYZOOM |
2007 |
2008 |
|