Airworld
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| IATA code : | RL |
| ICAO code : | AWD |
| Call sign : | ENVOY |
| Founding: | 1994 |
| Operation stopped: | 1998 |
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Bromley , UK
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| Home airport : | Gatwick Airport |
| Number of employees: | 300 |
| Fleet size: | 7th |
| Aims: | international |
| Airworld ceased operations in 1998. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Airworld was a British charter airline based in Bromley .
history
The airline Airworld was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of the tour operator Sunworld , which belonged to the British travel group Thomas Cook Holdings . The company went on for four years in the airline Flying Colors after it was bought by Thomas Cook Holdings .
In 1999, Thomas Cook Holdings acquired the charter airline Caledonian Airways , which was merged with Flying Colors Airlines to form JMC Airlines on March 26, 2000 . In 2003, the German C&N Touristic took over the British travel group Thomas Cook Holdings , creating Thomas Cook AG . The JMC Airlines was for on 31 March 2003 Thomas Cook Airlines renamed.
Destinations
Airworld flew exclusively for the Thomas Cook tourism group to destinations around the Mediterranean , Portugal and the Canary Islands .
fleet
Airworld was the first British airline to operate the Airbus A321 .
See also
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Airlines from the United Kingdom , British Overseas Territories and the Crown possessions of the British Crown
