Go fly
| Go fly | |
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| IATA code : | GO |
| ICAO code : | GOE |
| Call sign : | GO FLIGHT |
| Founding: | 1998 |
| Operation stopped: | 2002 |
| Seat: |
London , UK
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| Home airport : | London Stansted Airport |
| Company form: | British Airways subsidiary |
| Fleet size: | 27 (+ 3 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Go Fly ceased operations in 2002. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Go Fly (mostly just Go on the outside ) was a British low-cost airline based in London and a subsidiary of British Airways . It was taken over by easyJet in 2002 and integrated into it.
history
At the end of 1997 it was announced that British Airways had been preparing to set up its own separate low-cost airline since the beginning of the year. The main purpose of the project, which initially ran under the name Operation Blue Sky , was to enable British Airways to counter the growing market for low-cost flights in its own country and within Europe so as not to be displaced. With Boeing 737-300 aircraft in pure economy seating , destinations such as Frankfurt am Main , Madrid , Oslo , Paris and Rome were to be served from London Stansted Airport , which British Airways had not used until then . In the first year of operation, the project should create more than 150 new jobs.
Operations started in May 1998 under the name Go Fly. Initially two destinations were served from Stansted, by mid-September 1999 there were already 13 routes and 500 employees. A return flight between London and Rome had to be paid an average of around US $ 187.
At the end of 2000 British Airways began to set the course for the sale of the Go Fly, which at that time already served 20 destinations from Stansted.
On May 22, 2001, a new base was opened at Bristol Airport , from which eight destinations were initially served. In addition, the airline had been expanding for a long time. In the past business year ending March 31, 2001, the number of passengers had increased by 46 percent compared to the previous year.
On June 15, 2001, the Go Fly was sold. The new owner became 3i , which took over the airline for 110 million pounds . At the time of the sale, Go Fly had around 750 employees and operated 15 Boeing 737-300s.
In March 2002, another base was opened at East Midlands Airport.
In the summer of 2002, Go Fly was finally taken over by its competitor easyJet , who dissolved the company and integrated it into its own brand.
Destinations
Go Fly recently served 38 European destinations from bases at London-Stansted , East Midlands and Bristol airports .
fleet
At the time of the takeover by easyJet in spring 2002, the Go Fly fleet consisted of 27 aircraft:
Orders
- 3 Boeing 737-300
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ bbc.co.uk - New BA low-cost airline meets legal threat (English) November 17, 1997
- ↑ nytimes.com - Hong Kong's huge new airport, Chek Lap Kok, is set to open in April, tourist slump and all. (English) December 31, 1997
- ^ Nytimes.com - Nurturing a No-Frills Airline (English) September 19, 1999
- ↑ bbc.co.uk - BA to sell Go airline as profits surge (English) November 6, 2000
- ↑ praguepost.cz - All signals Go: Airline sold ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) June 20, 2001
- ↑ a b c d easyjet.com - circular regarding proposed acquisition of Go ( Memento from October 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ^ Nytimes.com - Discount Airlines Merge (English) May 17, 2002
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