Airtours International Airways was a charter airline based in the United Kingdom.
Launched in March 1991 with just five aircraft, Airtours International Airways was to be the in-house airline of Airtours Holidays.
In 1993, Airtours acquired Aspro Holidays (Ireland) including Aspro's Inter European Airways subsidiary. This acted to further strengthen the process of vertical integration that was becoming popular among UK holiday companies.
In 1996,...
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Airtours International Airways was a charter airline based in the United Kingdom.
Launched in March 1991 with just five aircraft, Airtours International Airways was to be the in-house airline of Airtours Holidays.
In 1993, Airtours acquired Aspro Holidays (Ireland) including Aspro's Inter European Airways subsidiary. This acted to further strengthen the process of vertical integration that was becoming popular among UK holiday companies.
In 1996, Airtours took full control of Scandinavian airline PremiAir.
In 2004, as part of the final phase of its financial restructuring, Airtours International Airways was re-branded as MyTravel Airways UK. PremiAir, the Scandinavian operator, was re-branded as MyTravel Airways A/S.
In June 2007 it was announced that MyTravel Airways UK was to merge with Thomas Cook Airlines and MyTravel Airways Scandinavian subsidiary was to become Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia. The merger between the two UK airlines was completed in March 2008 and the rebranding...
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