Peach Air
| Peach Air | |
|---|---|
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| IATA code : | (without) |
| ICAO code : | KGC |
| Call sign : | GOLDCREST |
| Founding: | 1996 |
| Operation stopped: | 1998 |
| Seat: |
Crawley , UK
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| Home airport : | London Gatwick Airport |
| Fleet size: | 5 |
| Aims: | Mediterranean area , Portugal , Canary Islands |
| Peach Air ceased operations in 1998. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Peach Air was a short-lived British charter airline that ceased operations in 1998.
history
Peach Air was founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of Caledonian Airways and the travel agent Goldcrest Aviation , both of which were part of the British travel company Inspirations Group . Peach Air was conceived as a low-cost airline that offered IT charter services on more favorable terms than its parent company Caledonian Airways .
To commence operations, Peach Air leased two Boeing 737-200s from Saber Airways and four Lockheed L-1011s from Air Atlanta Icelandic . The first flight took place on May 1, 1997 from London Gatwick to Barcelona . The company operated mainly tourist charter traffic from the departure airports of London Gatwick, Manchester and Dublin . In 1997, the Inspirations Group was bought by the Carlson Leisure Group , and the airlines Peach Air and Caledonian Airways also passed into their ownership. In the fall of 1998, the Carlson Leisure Group announced its merger with the Thomas Cook Group . The future business model did not provide for a low budget charter , so that Peach Air ceased operations on November 1, 1998 as part of the merger.
fleet
Fleet at the end of operations
When operations ceased, the company was using a Boeing 737 and four Lockheed L-1011s.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Flight International, March 18, 1998
- ↑ Prospectus Avion Group HF, p. 28 (PDF)
- ^ Flightglobal, Mega-merger cooks up charter consolidation, November 1, 1998
- ↑ JP airlines-fleets international, Edition 97/98
- ^ Flight International, March 28, 2000
- ↑ Klaus Vomhof: Leisure Airlines of Europe . SCOVAL Publishing Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne 2001, ISBN 1-902236-09-2 .
- ^ Flight International, October 20, 1998
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, born 1997 to 1999
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