This article is about the former British airline, known both as XL and Excel. For the former Dutch airline Air Exel, see Air Exel. For the former French airline with the same name, see XL Airways France.
XL Airways
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
JN
XLA
EXPO
Founded
17 December 1994 (1994-12-17) (as Sabre Airways)
Ceased operations
12 September 2008 (2008-09-12)
Operating bases
Birmingham
Bristol
East Midlands
Glasgow
London–Gatwick
Manchester
Newcastle upon Tyne
Hubs
London Gatwick
Newcastle Airport
Manchester Airport
East Midlands
Glasgow Airport
Bristol Airport
Barbados Focus city
Alliance
None
Subsidiaries
XL Airways Ireland XL Holidays Ltd
Destinations
40
Parent company
XL Leisure Group
Headquarters
Crawley, England
Key people
CEO Phil Wyatt Chairman Peter Owen
Total assets
XL Holidays
XL Airways was a British low-cost charter and scheduled airline, which ceased operations when it went into administration on 12 September 2008. Its headquarters were in Crawley, West Sussex, near London Gatwick Airport. It was part of the XL Leisure Group. From its three bases at London Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow, the airline provided short-haul and long-haul charter services, predominantly to leisure destinations.
The airline also operated services from Newcastle, Bristol, East Midlands, Birmingham and Ireland West.[citation needed] Two other airlines (both now also defunct as of 2019) within the group used the XL Airways branding: XL Airways France and XL Airways Germany, and were not at the time affected by the insolvency of the XL Leisure Group.[1]
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