Caledonian Airways was a United Kingdom charter airline that operated for twelve years between 1988 and 2000.

History

Caledonian Airways was formed in 1988 when British Airways

British Airways

British Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. British Airways is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations...

 acquired British Caledonian

British Caledonian

British Caledonian was a private, British independentindependent from government-owned corporations airline, operating out of Gatwick Airport in the 1970s and 1980s...

. The British Airways subsidiary British Airtours

British Airtours

British Airtours was a UK charter airline with flight operations out of London Gatwick and Manchester Airport.Originally established as BEA Airtours in 1969, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of then state-owned British Airways following the British European Airways — British Overseas Airways...

 was rebranded as Caledonian Airways.

In 1995 British Airways sold Caledonian Airways to UK tour operator Inspirations, part of the Carlson Group.

Between 1997 and 1998 Caledonian Airways operated four aircraft under the name Peach Air

Peach Air

Peach Air was a United Kingdom charter airline that operated for two years between 1997 and 1998.-History:Peach Air was formed in 1996. It was part of Caledonian Airways , created to operate for the tour operator Goldcrest....

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Inspirations became part of the Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook of Melbourne, Derbyshire, England founded the travel agency that is now Thomas Cook Group.- Early days :...

 group in 2000. Caledonian Airways was merged with Flying Colours

Flying Colours (airline)

-History:The airline began operations in the summer of 1996 with a fleet of Boeing 757-200 & Airbus A320 aircraft.Flying Colours had several operational bases outside of its Manchester Airport headquarters, including London Gatwick Airport and Glasgow International Airport...

 to form JMC Air

JMC Air

JMC Air Services also known as JMC Air, JMC Airlines or simply JMC, was a UK charter airline formed by the merger of Caledonian Airways and Flying Colours Airlines following the purchase of Thomas Cook Group by the Carlson Leisure Group. JMC Air was named after the initials of the son of Thomas...

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Fleet

Caledonian Airways operated 46 aircraft during its 12 years in operation including 6 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10

McDonnell Douglas DC-10

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's, 19 x Lockheed L-1011

Lockheed L-1011

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's, 10 x Boeing 757

Boeing 757

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's, 1 x Boeing 747

Boeing 747

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, 8 x Airbus

Airbus

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 A320

Airbus A320 family

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's and 2 x Airbus A300

Airbus A300

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