Cal Air International
| Cal Air International | |
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| IATA code : | EN |
| ICAO code : | CAI |
| Call sign : | CALJET / STARJET |
| Founding: | 1982 |
| Operation stopped: | 1990 |
| Seat: |
Crawley , UK
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| Home airport : | Gatwick Airport |
| Number of employees: | 310 |
| Fleet size: | 5 |
| Aims: | Europe , Canary Islands , North America |
| Cal Air International ceased operations in 1990. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Cal Air International (originally British Caledonian Airways Charter , Novair International Airways from 1988 ) was a British charter airline that ceased operations in 1990.
history
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In February 1982 the British charter airline Laker Airways filed for bankruptcy, which caused the British tour operators Blue Sky , OSL and Wings , which belonged to the tourism group Rank Leisure Group , to lack transport capacities. To the already concluded charter agreements fulfill mandated Rank Leisure , the British Caledonian , although this so far with the implementation of charter services only in regular service was active. From March 1982 the airline leased two 380-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10s that had previously been in service with Laker Airways and started charter traffic with them from London-Gatwick Airport in the same month . The IT charter flights for Rank Leisure initially took place under the British Caledonian Airways brand .
In December 1982, Rank Leisure and British Caledonian Airways decided on a long-term cooperation and founded the airline British Caledonian Airways Charter , in which both companies each held half. The two Douglas DC-10s were transferred to the new company and from March 1983 bore the hull label British Caledonian Charter , at times also BCA Charter . In the first financial year, the company carried 420,000 passengers. Mainly tourist destinations on the Mediterranean Sea as well as Portugal and the Canary Islands were served . In addition, the company carried out long-haul charters to Gambia , Canada and the USA . In order to differentiate the company more clearly from the airline British Caledonian Airways , it was renamed Cal Air International in October 1985 . At the same time, the machines were given a new color scheme. A third Douglas DC-10-10 was used from the spring of 1986. In May 1987 the company ordered two Boeing 737-400s , which were delivered in the spring of 1989.
On July 16, 1987 British Caledonian Airways was bought by British Airways , whereby the 50 percent stake in Cal Air International passed into their possession. British Airways sold the acquired shares on May 25, 1988 to the Rank Group , which became the sole owner of the company. Initially, Cal Air International continued its operations with the three existing DC-10s under the previous brand name. To avoid confusion with the British Airways operated charter airline Caledonian Airways , the Rank Group renamed the company in December 1988 to Novair International Airways . The airline ran into economic difficulties at the end of 1989 after the demand for British holiday travel collapsed by 20 percent. In February 1990 she put her two Boeing 737s up for sale. At the same time, the Rank Group was looking for an investor to take over the company, but could not find any interested parties. Flight operations ceased on May 5, 1990.
fleet
Fleet at the end of operations
At the time of the cessation of operations, the company's fleet consisted of two Boeing 737s and three Douglas DC-10s.
Previously deployed aircraft
- Boeing 737-400 (operated by Novair International Airways )
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 (operated by Cal Air International and Novair International Airways )
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ After the change of name to Novair , the callsign "STARJET" was used.
- ^ Aero, issue 34, year 1984
- ↑ Airliner World, British Charters 1970s and 1980s, October 2010
- ↑ a b c d Leisure Airlines of Europe, K. Vomhof, 2001
- ^ Aero, issue 202, year 1987
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 86
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 87/88
- ^ Flight International, May 30, 1987
- ^ Flight International, December 17, 1988
- ^ Flight International, February 28, 1990
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 91/92
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