MyTravel Airways
Defunct holiday airline of the United Kingdom (1990–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MyTravel Airways Limited was a British scheduled and charter airline with headquarters in Manchester, England. It operated worldwide holiday charter services mainly for its parent company, the MyTravel Group. The airline merged with Thomas Cook Airlines UK Limited in 2008 and was renamed Thomas Cook Airlines Limited.
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Founded | 1 October 1990 (1990-10-01) (as Airtours International Airways) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 11 March 1991 (1991-03-11) | ||||||
Ceased operations | 30 March 2008 (2008-03-30) (merged into Thomas Cook Airlines UK) | ||||||
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Subsidiaries | MyTravel Airways A/S | ||||||
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Headquarters | Manchester, England, United Kingdom | ||||||
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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. During 2007 the MyTravel Group agreed to merge with Thomas Cook AG, and on 30 March 2008, MyTravel Airways was fully integrated into Thomas Cook Airlines.
MyTravel Airways A/S was the Danish sister airline of MyTravel Airways, which was re-branded Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia on 8 May 2008.