1 December 1961; 62 years ago (1961-12-01) (as Euravia)
Ceased operations
1 November 2005; 18 years ago (2005-11-01) (rebranded as Thomsonfly)
Operating bases
Birmingham
Bristol
Cardiff
Glasgow
East Midlands
Leeds Bradford
Liverpool
London–Gatwick
London–Luton
London–Stansted
Manchester
Newcastle upon Tyne
Fleet size
47
Destinations
42
Parent company
TUI
Headquarters
Luton Airport, England
Britannia Airways was a charter airline based in the UK. It was founded in 1961 as Euravia and became the world's largest holiday airline. Britannia's main bases were at London Gatwick, London Stansted, London Luton, Cardiff, Bristol, East Midlands, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, and Glasgow. It had its headquarters at Britannia House in Luton.[1]
Britannia was originally a charter operator for Universal Sky Tours and later for Thomson holidays where it became the in-house airline with a fleet of Boeing jet aircraft.
In 2000, Thomson Travel Group, and thereby Britannia Airways, were acquired by TUI Group of Germany. As part of a wider reorganisation of TUI's UK operations in September 2004, Britannia was rebranded as Thomsonfly.
^World Airline Directory Flight International 28 March 2000
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