Britannia Airways

Britannia Airways
IATA ICAO Call sign
BY BAL BRITANNIA
Founded1 December 1961 (1961-12-01)
(as Euravia)
Commenced operations16 August 1964 (1964-08-16)
(as Britannia Airways)
Ceased operations1 November 2005 (2005-11-01)
(rebranded as Thomsonfly)
Operating bases
Parent companyTUI
HeadquartersBritannia House, Luton, Bedfordshire, England

Britannia Airways was a charter airline based in the United Kingdom. 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.