Britannia Airways

Britannia Airways

IATA ICAO Call sign BY BAL BRITANNIA
Founded	1 December 1961 (1961-12-01) (as Euravia)
Commenced operations	16 August 1964 (1964-08-16) (as Britannia Airways)
Ceased operations	1 November 2005 (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
Parent company	TUI
Headquarters	Britannia 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.