Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
A |
Avro Transport Company | | | | | 1919 | 1920 | First regular airline in the UK[3] |
A2B Airways | | | | | 2005 | 2006 | Established as Flykeen Airways. Acquired by British NorthWest Airlines |
AB Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/AB_Airlines_Boeing_737-300%3B_G-OABA%40SXF%2C_July_1998_%288354046512%29.jpg/100px-AB_Airlines_Boeing_737-300%3B_G-OABA%40SXF%2C_July_1998_%288354046512%29.jpg) | 7L | AZX | AZTEC | 1993 | 1999 | Entered administration |
AB Shannon | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/AB_Airlines_%28G-AVMW%29%2C_Shannon_Airport%2C_July_1997.jpg/100px-AB_Airlines_%28G-AVMW%29%2C_Shannon_Airport%2C_July_1997.jpg) | | | | 1995 | 1996 | Established as Air Bristol in 1993. Operated BAC 1-11[4] |
Aberdeen Airways (1934) | | | | | 1934 | 1937 | Became Allied Airways (Gandar Dower) |
Aberdeen Airways (1989) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Aberdeen_Airways_HS.748_McKnight-1.jpg/100px-Aberdeen_Airways_HS.748_McKnight-1.jpg) | SM | AAW | GRANITE | 1989 | 1992 | |
Aberdeen London Express | | | | | 1994 | 1994 | Operated BAC 1-11 |
ACE Freighters | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Lockheed_L-749A_Constellation%2C_G-ALAL%2C_ACE_Freighters.jpg/100px-Lockheed_L-749A_Constellation%2C_G-ALAL%2C_ACE_Freighters.jpg) | | | | 1964 | 1966 | |
ACE Scotland | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lockheed_L-749A_G-ASYF_Ace_Scot_CVT_15.10.66_edited-3.jpg/100px-Lockheed_L-749A_G-ASYF_Ace_Scot_CVT_15.10.66_edited-3.jpg) | | | | 1966 | 1966 | Subsidiary company of ACE Freighters |
Aerofilms | | | | | 1919 | 1925 | Taken over by Hunting Aerosurveys |
African Air Safaris | | | | | 1954 | 1959 | Established as Meredith Air Transport in 1952. Renamed Air Safaris. Operated Handley Page Hermes, Vickers VC.1 Viking[5] |
Air 2000 | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Air_2000_Boeing_757-200_PER_Wheatley-1.jpg/100px-Air_2000_Boeing_757-200_PER_Wheatley-1.jpg) | DP | AMM | JETSET | 1987 | 2003 | Renamed First Choice Airways |
Air Alba | | | RLB | | 1991 | 1997 | Renamed Highland Airways[6] |
Air Anglia | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Air_Anglia_F-27-200_Friendship.jpg/100px-Air_Anglia_F-27-200_Friendship.jpg) | AQ | AQ | ANGLIAN | 1970 | 1980 | Merged with British Island Airways to form AirUK |
Air Atlanta Europe | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Boeing_747-267B%2C_Air_Atlanta_Europe_JP5940566.jpg/100px-Boeing_747-267B%2C_Air_Atlanta_Europe_JP5940566.jpg) | 5A | EUK | SNOWBIRD | 2003 | 2006 | Merged into XL Airways UK |
Air Atlantique | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Douglas_DC-3%2C_Air_Atlantique_AN2227395.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-3%2C_Air_Atlantique_AN2227395.jpg) | | | | 1969 | 1990 | Established as General Aviation Services in 1969. Renamed Air Corbiere. Operated Douglas DC-3[7] |
Air Belfast | | 7L | AZX | | 1995 | 1996 | Former Air Bristol, integrated into AB Airlines.[8] |
Air Bridge Carriers | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Vickers_808C_Freightmaster%2C_Air_Bridge_Carriers_-_ABC_AN0639189.jpg/100px-Vickers_808C_Freightmaster%2C_Air_Bridge_Carriers_-_ABC_AN0639189.jpg) | AB | | | 1972 | 1992 | Renamed Hunting Cargo Airlines. Operated AW.660 Argosy, Vickers Vanguard, L-188 Electra |
Air Bristol | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BAC_111-510ED_One-Eleven%2C_Air_Bristol_%28European_Aircharter_-_EAL%29_AN0215792.jpg/100px-BAC_111-510ED_One-Eleven%2C_Air_Bristol_%28European_Aircharter_-_EAL%29_AN0215792.jpg) | 7L | AZX | | 1992 | 1997 | Formed by Brymon Airways's founder (Charles Stuart who died 1993), reorganized 1993 by British Aerospace. Doing business as AB Airlines from 1997. |
Air Caledonian | | | CSF | | 2003 | 2005 | [9] |
Air Camelot | | | | | 1978 | 1986 | Operated Piper Apache[10] |
Air Cargo | | | | | 1991 | 1994 | Operated Douglas DC-8[11] |
Air Cavrel | | | ACL | CAVREL | 1996 | 2002 | Operated Short 330[12] |
Air Charter Limited | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Bristol_170_Superfreighter_32_G-ANVR%2C_Air_Charter%2C_Southend%2C_UK%2C_c._May_1955_%289018823106%29.jpg/100px-Bristol_170_Superfreighter_32_G-ANVR%2C_Air_Charter%2C_Southend%2C_UK%2C_c._May_1955_%289018823106%29.jpg) | | | | 1947 | 1960 | To British United Airways[13] |
Air Commerce | | | | | 1938 | 1947 | To British European Airways |
Air Commuter | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/British_Aerospace_BAe-3101_Jetstream_31%2C_Air_Commuter_AN0634993.jpg/100px-British_Aerospace_BAe-3101_Jetstream_31%2C_Air_Commuter_AN0634993.jpg) | 3A | ACK | | 1982 | 1984 | Renamed Venture Airways. Operated BAe Jetstream, Cessna Citation I[14] |
Air Condor | | | | | 1960 | 1960 | Established as Shortcut Airlines. Operated Bristol Freighter, Douglas DC-4, Vickers VC.1 Viking[15] |
Air Contractors | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Miles_M.57_Aerovan_1_G-AGOZ_Air_Contrs_RWY_25.7.46.jpg/100px-Miles_M.57_Aerovan_1_G-AGOZ_Air_Contrs_RWY_25.7.46.jpg) | | | | 1946 | 1949 | Took part in the Berlin Airlift. Operated Douglas C-47A, Miles Aerovan[16] |
Air Cordial | | | | | 2000 | 2004 | Aircraft operated by Air Scandic |
Air Couriers | | | | | 1938 | | |
Air Dispatch | | | | | 1936 | 1940 | [17] |
Air Ecosse | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/G-BEDR-Trislander-AirEcosse.jpg/100px-G-BEDR-Trislander-AirEcosse.jpg) | EC | ECS | AIR ECOSSE | 1977 | 1988 | Subsidiary of Fairflight Charters of Biggin Hill. |
Air Enterprises | | | | | 1946 | 1955 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[18] |
Air Envoy | | | | | 1968 | 1971 | Renamed Central Air Services. Operated Douglas DC-3, Piper Aztec[19] |
Air Europe | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Boeing_757-236_G-BNSF_Air_Europe_Newcastle_Airport.jpg/100px-Boeing_757-236_G-BNSF_Air_Europe_Newcastle_Airport.jpg) | AE | AOE | AIR EUROPE | 1979 | 1991 | |
Air Europe Express | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Short_360-100%2C_Air_Europe_Express_AN0193481.jpg/100px-Short_360-100%2C_Air_Europe_Express_AN0193481.jpg) | AX | AEE | | 1982 | 1991 | Established as Connectair in 1984 |
Air Exel UK | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Embraer_EMB-120_Brasilia%2C_G-EXEL%2C_Air_Exel.jpg/100px-Embraer_EMB-120_Brasilia%2C_G-EXEL%2C_Air_Exel.jpg) | EXX | | | 1990 | 1992 | Operated Embraer Brasilia[20] |
Air Faisal | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Air_Faisal_Bristol_175_Britannia_253F_at_Manston_Airport.jpg/100px-Air_Faisal_Bristol_175_Britannia_253F_at_Manston_Airport.jpg) | | KV | | 1975 | 1978 | Operated Bristol Britannia |
Air Ferry Limited | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/G-AIVF_Vickers_V610_Viking_3B_Air_Ferry_LPL_25NOV64_%285641058013%29.jpg/100px-G-AIVF_Vickers_V610_Viking_3B_Air_Ferry_LPL_25NOV64_%285641058013%29.jpg) | | | | 1962 | 1968 | |
Air Foyle HeavyLift | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Air_Foyle_Antonov_124%3B_CCCP-82008%2C_August_1991_%286162380428%29.jpg/100px-Air_Foyle_Antonov_124%3B_CCCP-82008%2C_August_1991_%286162380428%29.jpg) | GS | UPA | FOYLE | 1978 | 2006 | Formed as a joint venture between Air Foyle and HeavyLift Cargo Airlines. |
Air Freight | | | | | 1967 | 1975 | Renamed Skyways Air Cargo[21] |
Air Freight Express | | 5Z | AFX | | 1999 | 2002 | Operated Boeing 747-200[22] |
Air Gregory | | | | | 1963 | 1968 | Established as Gregory Air Taxis. Operated Cessna 172, Piper Aztec, Douglas C-47A, Piper Twin Comanche[23] |
Air Hanson | | | | | 1965 | 2000 | Operated BAC 1-11[24] |
Air Hire | | | | | 1934 | 1935 | Established as Wrightson Air Hire in 1933. Operated de Havilland Leopard Moth[25] |
Air International | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/G-APPX_V.702_Viscount_Air_Intl_%28stored%29_EMA_FEB74_%285646896519%29.jpg/100px-G-APPX_V.702_Viscount_Air_Intl_%28stored%29_EMA_FEB74_%285646896519%29.jpg) | AK | | | 1971 | 1973 | Operated Vickers Viscount[26] |
Air Kent | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/G-BGFY_Piper_PA31_Navajo_Chieftan_Air_Kent_EMA_30-08-79_%2830954717893%29.jpg/100px-G-BGFY_Piper_PA31_Navajo_Chieftan_Air_Kent_EMA_30-08-79_%2830954717893%29.jpg) | | | | 1979 | 1979 | Operated Piper Navajo Chieftain |
Air Kilroe | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/G-OAKJ_1_B.Ae_Jetstream_31_Air_Kilroe_MAN_APR90_%286854883692%29.jpg/100px-G-OAKJ_1_B.Ae_Jetstream_31_Air_Kilroe_MAN_APR90_%286854883692%29.jpg) | 9R | AKL | KILROE | 1978 | 1992 | Merged into Eastern Airways. Operated BAe Jetstream |
Air Kruise | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ramsgate_Airport_Miles_M65_Gemini_1A_G-AJZO.jpg/100px-Ramsgate_Airport_Miles_M65_Gemini_1A_G-AJZO.jpg) | | | | 1946 | 1958 | [27] |
Air Links | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/G-ALDA_HP_Hermes_4_Air_Links_B-Hill_04MAY63_%286890683751%29.jpg/100px-G-ALDA_HP_Hermes_4_Air_Links_B-Hill_04MAY63_%286890683751%29.jpg) | | | | 1958 | 1966 | Renamed Transglobe Airways. Operated Bristol Britannia, Handley Page Hermes[28] |
Air Luton | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Air_Luton_DC-3_G-ANAP_at_NCL_%2816143134805%29.jpg/100px-Air_Luton_DC-3_G-ANAP_at_NCL_%2816143134805%29.jpg) | | | | 1983 | 1986 | Operated Douglas C-47A, Piper Navajo[29] |
Air Manchester | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Air_Manchester_BAC_1-11_%286222466954%29.jpg/100px-Air_Manchester_BAC_1-11_%286222466954%29.jpg) | | | SUREWAY | 1982 | 1982 | |
Air Medical | | | MCD | AIR MED | 1985 | 2016 | Operated Learjet 35, Piper Cheyenne, Piper PA-31T Cheyenne[30] |
Air Metro | | | | | 1988 | 1989 | Operated Swearingen Metro[31] |
Air Oxford | | | | | 1979 | 1982 | Operated Piper Chieftain, Piper Navajo[32] |
Air Safaris | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/HP.81_Hermes_4_G-ALDA_Air_Safaris_Rwy_08.61_edited-2.jpg/100px-HP.81_Hermes_4_G-ALDA_Air_Safaris_Rwy_08.61_edited-2.jpg) | | | | 1960 | 1962 | |
Air Sarnia | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/G-UERN_Islander_Air_Sarnia_CVT_30-05-86_%2826652914904%29.jpg/100px-G-UERN_Islander_Air_Sarnia_CVT_30-05-86_%2826652914904%29.jpg) | SG | ASS | | 1985 | 1990 | Acquired EVA (Ellan-Vannin Airlines). Operated Britten-Norman Trislander |
Air Scandic | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Air_Scandic_Airbus_A300_JetPix.jpg/100px-Air_Scandic_Airbus_A300_JetPix.jpg) | | SCY | AIRSCAN | 2003 | 2005 | |
Air Scandic International Aviation | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Airbus_A300B4-203FF%2C_Air_Scandic_AN0308678.jpg/100px-Airbus_A300B4-203FF%2C_Air_Scandic_AN0308678.jpg) | | SCY | AIRSCAN | 1997 | 2003 | Merged into Air Scandic |
Air Scotland | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Air_scotland_boeing_757_SX-BLW.jpg/100px-Air_scotland_boeing_757_SX-BLW.jpg) | | SCO | | 2003 | 2005 | |
Air Shetland | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/G-BSVT_Bandeirante_Air_Shetland_Swansea_21-08-80_%2817734925074%29.jpg/100px-G-BSVT_Bandeirante_Air_Shetland_Swansea_21-08-80_%2817734925074%29.jpg) | | | | 1978 | 1980 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante[33] |
Air Southwest | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Airsouthwest.dash8.g-wowd.bristol.arp.jpg/100px-Airsouthwest.dash8.g-wowd.bristol.arp.jpg) | SZ | WOW | SWALLOW | 2003 | 2011 | |
Air Sylhet | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Air_Sylhet_Boeing_757-200_Simon.jpg/100px-Air_Sylhet_Boeing_757-200_Simon.jpg) | SL | SHR | SYLHET | 2007 | 2009 | |
Air Swansea | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Piper_PA-31-310_Navajo%2C_Air_Swansea_AN1116922.jpg/100px-Piper_PA-31-310_Navajo%2C_Air_Swansea_AN1116922.jpg) | | | | 1980s | 1980s | Operated Piper Navajo |
Air Swift Ltd | | | SWF | | 1986 | 1996 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31, Beech King Air[34] |
Air Tabernacle | | | | | 1996 | 1998 | Formed by a merger between Willow Air and Streamline Aviation. Operated Embraer Bandeirante[35] |
Air Taxi (Cumberland) | | | | | 1954 | 1961 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[36] |
Air Transport Charter | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Douglas_C-47A_G-AJVZ_Air_Tpt_Charter_RWY_27.03.51.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-47A_G-AJVZ_Air_Tpt_Charter_RWY_27.03.51.jpg) | | | | 1947 | 1950 | |
Air UK Commuter | | | | | 1984 | 1992 | Operated Short 330[37] |
Air UK Leisure | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Boeing_737-2S3-Adv%2C_Air_UK_Leisure_AN0359210.jpg/100px-Boeing_737-2S3-Adv%2C_Air_UK_Leisure_AN0359210.jpg) | MV | UKL | LEISURE | 1988 | 1993 | Renamed Leisure International Airways |
Air Ulster | | | | | 1967 | 1970 | Operated Douglas C-47A, Vickers Viscount[38] |
Air Wales (1977) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/G-BWAL_Piper_Navajo_air_wales_CVT_22-07-79_%2838032164816%29.jpg/100px-G-BWAL_Piper_Navajo_air_wales_CVT_22-07-79_%2838032164816%29.jpg) | | | | 1977 | 1979 | |
Air Wales | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Atr.airwales.artr42.arp.750pix.jpg/100px-Atr.airwales.artr42.arp.750pix.jpg) | 6G | AWW | RED DRAGON | 2000 | 2006 | |
Aircraft Operating Company | | | | | 1924 | 1944 | Acquired by Hunting Aerosurveys[39] |
Aircraft Transport and Travel | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/DH16-AT%26T.jpg/100px-DH16-AT%26T.jpg) | | | | 1916 | 1921 | |
Airflight | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Avro_Tudor_-_Airflight_at_Wunstorf_-_The_Berlin_Airlift_1948_-_1949_HU98411.jpg/100px-Avro_Tudor_-_Airflight_at_Wunstorf_-_The_Berlin_Airlift_1948_-_1949_HU98411.jpg) | | | | 1948 | 1950 | |
Airfreight Express | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Airfreight_Express_Boeing_747-200_KvW.jpg/100px-Airfreight_Express_Boeing_747-200_KvW.jpg) | 5Z | AFX | | 1999 | 2003 | Operated Boeing 747-200 |
Airspan Travel | | | | | 1948 | 1952 | Operated Airspeed Consul[40] |
Airtours | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Boeing_757-225%2C_Airtours_International_Airways_JP6213134.jpg/100px-Boeing_757-225%2C_Airtours_International_Airways_JP6213134.jpg) | VZ | AIH | TOURJET then KESTREL from 1997 | 1991 | 2002 | Renamed MyTravel Airways |
AirUK | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/AirUK_BAe_146-200_Volpati.jpg/100px-AirUK_BAe_146-200_Volpati.jpg) | UK | UKA | UKAY | 1980 | 1998 | Renamed KLM uk |
Airviews | | | | | 1953 | 1957 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, de Havilland Dove[41] |
Airways International Cymru | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Airways_International_Cymru_BAC_111-432FD_One-Eleven_Aragao-1.jpg/100px-Airways_International_Cymru_BAC_111-432FD_One-Eleven_Aragao-1.jpg) | AK | CYM | WELSHAIR | 1984 | 1988 | |
Airwork Limited | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Airwork_Hermes_IVA_at_Blackbushe.jpg/100px-Airwork_Hermes_IVA_at_Blackbushe.jpg) | AW | | | 1928 | 1960 | Merged with Hunting-Clan Air Transport to form British United Airways |
Airworld | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Airworld_Airbus_A320_Spijkers.jpg/100px-Airworld_Airbus_A320_Spijkers.jpg) | RL | AWD | ENVOY | 1994 | 1998 | Merged into Flying Colours Airlines then JMC Air |
Alan Cobham Aviation | | | | | 1927 | 1928 | Founded by Alan Cobham[42] |
Alderney Air Charter | | | | | 1964 | 1975 | Founded by Peter Moss. Renamed Mossair. Operated Cessna Skymaster[43] |
Alderney Air Ferries | | | | | 1979 | 1982 | Renamed Metropolitan Airways. Operated BN-2 Islander[44] |
Alidair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/G-AVJL_V.812_Viscount_Alidair_MAN_JUL74_%285658947373%29.jpg/100px-G-AVJL_V.812_Viscount_Alidair_MAN_JUL74_%285658947373%29.jpg) | QA | | | 1972 | 1981 | Renamed Inter City Airlines. Operated Vickers Viscount |
All Cargo Airlines | | UF | | | 1978 | 1979 | Operated Bristol Britannia[45] |
All Leisure Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Airbus_A320-231%2C_All_Leisure_Airlines_JP5943087.jpg/100px-Airbus_A320-231%2C_All_Leisure_Airlines_JP5943087.jpg) | | ALT | JETWING | 1994 | 1997 | Acquired by TransAer International Airlines |
Allied Airways (Gandar Dower) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/DHRapideMoSI.JPG/100px-DHRapideMoSI.JPG) | | | | 1937 | 1947 | Former Aberdeen Airways (1934). Merged to British European Airways[46] |
Allied British Airways | | | | | 1935 | 1935 | Formed by merger of Spartan Air Lines, United Airways Ltd, Hillman Airways[47] |
Alpha One Airways | | | | | 2005 | 2006 | Small regional airlines[48] |
Altavia Jet Services | | | | | 2009 | 2010 | Renamed Cello Aviation[49] |
Ambassador Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Boeing_737-204%28Adv%29%2C_Ambassador_Airlines_JP166806.jpg/100px-Boeing_737-204%28Adv%29%2C_Ambassador_Airlines_JP166806.jpg) | B3 | AMY | AMBASSADOR | 1992 | 1994 | |
Amberair (Amber Airways) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Amberair_Boeing_737-200_Aragao.jpg/100px-Amberair_Boeing_737-200_Aragao.jpg) | DD | ABM | DIAMOND | 1988 | 1989 | Operated Boeing 737-200[50] |
Anglian Air Charter | | | | | 1950 | 1970 | Merged with Norfolk Airways and Rig Air to form Air Anglia[51] |
Anglo Cargo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/G-TOMO_B1-11_Anglo_Cargo_%284158522690%29.jpg/100px-G-TOMO_B1-11_Anglo_Cargo_%284158522690%29.jpg) | ML | ANC | ANGLO | 1983 | 1992 | Operated Boeing 707-320, Boeing 757, BAC 1-11 |
Anglo European Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force%2C_1939-1945-_De_Havilland_Dh.90_Dragonfly._MH137.jpg/100px-Aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force%2C_1939-1945-_De_Havilland_Dh.90_Dragonfly._MH137.jpg) | | | | 1940 | 1940 | Operated DH.90 Dragonfly originally G-AEDK of Anglo European Airways[52] |
Anglo Normandy Aviation | | | | | 1975 | 1979 | Acquired by Aurigny Air Services. Operated Piper Aztec[53] |
Aquila Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Short_Sunderland_3_of_Aquila_Airways.jpg/100px-Short_Sunderland_3_of_Aquila_Airways.jpg) | | | | 1948 | 1958 | |
Argus Air Transport | | | | | 1957 | 1960 | Renamed Autair[54] |
Astraeus Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Astraeus_b737-700_g-strf_arp.jpg/100px-Astraeus_b737-700_g-strf_arp.jpg) | 5W | AEU | FLYSTAR | 2002 | 2011 | |
Atlanta Airways (UK) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lockheed_L-1011-385-1_TriStar_50%2C_Atlanta_Airways_AN0452550.jpg/100px-Lockheed_L-1011-385-1_TriStar_50%2C_Atlanta_Airways_AN0452550.jpg) | KG | | | 1996 | 1996 | Low cost subsidiary of Caledonian Airways. Operated Lockheed Tristar[55] |
Atlantic Air Transport | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Atlantic_Air_Transport_Bristol_170_Freighter.jpg/100px-Atlantic_Air_Transport_Bristol_170_Freighter.jpg) | | | | 1985 | 2007 | Renamed RVL Aviation. Operated Bristol Freighter |
Atlantic Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Atlantic.airlines.electra.g-lofd.arp.jpg/100px-Atlantic.airlines.electra.g-lofd.arp.jpg) | | NPT | NEPTUNE | 1994 | 2013 | Renamed West Atlantic UK |
Atlantic Airways (UK) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Fairchild_SA-227AC_Metro_III%2C_Atlantic_Airways_AN0320188.jpg/100px-Fairchild_SA-227AC_Metro_III%2C_Atlantic_Airways_AN0320188.jpg) | | ALH | | 1993 | 1998 | Operated Fairchild Metroliner[56] |
Atlantic Bridge Aviation | | | | | 1990s | 1990s | Operated BN-2 Islander[57] |
Atlantic Cargo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/G-LOFD_L_Electra_Atlantic_Cargo_CVT_Aug_%2797_%2824048704019%29.jpg/100px-G-LOFD_L_Electra_Atlantic_Cargo_CVT_Aug_%2797_%2824048704019%29.jpg) | | | | 1993 | 1998 | Operated Lockheed L-188 Electra[58] |
Atlantic Express | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ATR_42-300%2C_Atlantic_Express_JP5772251.jpg/100px-ATR_42-300%2C_Atlantic_Express_JP5772251.jpg) | | SBV | RIPPLE | 1985 | 2007 | |
Autair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/BAC_1-11_416EK_G-AWXJ_Autair_Intnl_Ringway_26.07.69_edited-2.jpg/100px-BAC_1-11_416EK_G-AWXJ_Autair_Intnl_Ringway_26.07.69_edited-2.jpg) | | OU | | 1953 | 1969 | Renamed Court Line Aviation |
AV8 Air | | | MNF | RINGWAY | 2003 | 2004 | [59] |
B |
BA CitiExpress | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/British_Aerospace_BAe_146-200%2C_British_Airways_%28CitiExpress%29_JP147327.jpg/100px-British_Aerospace_BAe_146-200%2C_British_Airways_%28CitiExpress%29_JP147327.jpg) | TH | BRT | BRITISH | 2002 | 2006 | Renamed BA Connect[60] |
BA Connect | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/BA_Connect_Dash_8-311Q.jpg/100px-BA_Connect_Dash_8-311Q.jpg) | TH | BRT | BRITISH | 2006 | 2007 | Merged into Flybe. |
BAC Aircraft | | | ABR | | 1992 | 1995 | Renamed BAC Express Airlines[61] |
BAC Express Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Fokker_F-27-500_Friendship%2C_BAC_Express_Airlines_AN0558259.jpg/100px-Fokker_F-27-500_Friendship%2C_BAC_Express_Airlines_AN0558259.jpg) | | RPX | | 1995 | 2007 | Renamed HD Air Ltd |
Baltic Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/G-BAPG_Vickers_V.814_Viscount_Baltic_Airlines_MAN_OCT88_%2813793590903%29.jpg/100px-G-BAPG_Vickers_V.814_Viscount_Baltic_Airlines_MAN_OCT88_%2813793590903%29.jpg) | | | | 1986 | 1989 | Merged into British Air Ferries. Operated Vickers Viscount[62] |
Baylee Air Charter | | BC | | | 1971 | 1978 | Operated Piper Aztec[63] |
BBC Air | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/De_Havilland_DH-104_Dove_8%2C_BBC_Air_AN1097225.jpg/100px-De_Havilland_DH-104_Dove_8%2C_BBC_Air_AN1097225.jpg) | | | | 1996 | 2009 | Operated de Havilland Dove[64] |
BEA Airtours | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/BEA_Airtours_707-436.jpg/100px-BEA_Airtours_707-436.jpg) | KT | | | 1969 | 1974 | |
BEA Helicopters | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/G-ASNM_Sikorsky_S-61N_BEA_Helicopters_LPL_18JUN64_%286782011650%29.jpg/100px-G-ASNM_Sikorsky_S-61N_BEA_Helicopters_LPL_18JUN64_%286782011650%29.jpg) | | | | 1964 | 1974 | Operated Agusta-Bell 206, Sikorsky S-58T, Sikorsky S-61[65] |
Benair | | | | | 1999 | 1999 | Established as Martini Airfreight Services in 1996. Operated Cessna 208B[66] |
Berkshire Aviation Company | | | | | 1919 | 1922 | Founded by East Hanney, John and Fred Holmes. Operated Avro 504[67] |
Berkshire Aviation Tours | | | | | 1924 | 1929 | Amalgamated with Northern Air Transport. Operated Avro 504[68] |
Berlin European UK | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Boeing_737-3L9%2C_Berlin_European_UK_JP88108.jpg/100px-Boeing_737-3L9%2C_Berlin_European_UK_JP88108.jpg) | WZ | RGN | | 1987 | 1991 | Acquired by Germania |
Berlin Regional UK | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/British_Aerospace_BAe-3102_Jetstream_31%2C_Berlin_Regional_UK_AN1545029.jpg/100px-British_Aerospace_BAe-3102_Jetstream_31%2C_Berlin_Regional_UK_AN1545029.jpg) | WZ | | | 1985 | 1990 | Operated Jetstream 31[69] |
Birkett Air Services | | | | | 1933 | 1948 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[70] |
Birmingham European Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/BAC_111_Birmingham_European_G-BBMG%2C_AMS_Amsterdam_%28Schiphol%29%2C_Netherlands_PP1167662711.jpg/100px-BAC_111_Birmingham_European_G-BBMG%2C_AMS_Amsterdam_%28Schiphol%29%2C_Netherlands_PP1167662711.jpg) | VB | BEA | BIRMEX | 1989 | 1992 | Merged into Brymon Airways |
Birmingham Executive Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Birmingham_Executive_BAe_3102.jpg/100px-Birmingham_Executive_BAe_3102.jpg) | EB | BEX | | 1983 | 1989 | Renamed/merged to Birmingham European Airways |
BKS Aero Charter | | | | | 1952 | 1953 | Renamed BKS Air Transport. Operated Douglas DC-3[71] |
BKS Air Transport | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Airspeed_AS_57_Ambassador_2_G-AMAD%2C_BKS_Air_Transport%2C_Southend%2C_UK%2C_Oct_1966_%289184456733%29.jpg/100px-Airspeed_AS_57_Ambassador_2_G-AMAD%2C_BKS_Air_Transport%2C_Southend%2C_UK%2C_Oct_1966_%289184456733%29.jpg) | | | | 1952 | 1970 | Acquired by British European Airways and renamed Northeast Airlines |
Blackpool and West Coast Air Services | | | | | 1933 | 1937 | Renamed West Coast Air Services[72] |
Blue-Air | | | | | 1958 | 1959 | Established as Independent Air Transport in 1954. Operated Beech 18, Douglas C-54B, Vickers VC.1 Viking[73] |
Blue-Line Airways | | | | | 1946 | 1949 | Operated Douglas C-47B, Avro Anson[74] |
bmi British Midland | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/BMI_Airbus_A319-131_by_Dn280.jpg/100px-BMI_Airbus_A319-131_by_Dn280.jpg) | BD | BMA | | 2001 | 2012 | Merged into British Airways |
bmi Regional | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Embraer_ERJ-135ER%2C_bmi_Regional_JP6232293.jpg/100px-Embraer_ERJ-135ER%2C_bmi_Regional_JP6232293.jpg) | WW / BM | GNT / BMR | | 2001 | 2015 | Renamed Flybmi |
bmibaby | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Bmibaby_Boeing_737-36M_%28G-TOYJ%29_by_Martin_Woudstra.jpg/100px-Bmibaby_Boeing_737-36M_%28G-TOYJ%29_by_Martin_Woudstra.jpg) | WW | BMI | BABY | 2002 | 2012 | Acquired by British Airways and subsequently closed |
BOAC Cargo Service | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Douglas_DC-7F_G-AOIJ_BOAC_Frt_RWY_10.61_edited-2.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-7F_G-AOIJ_BOAC_Frt_RWY_10.61_edited-2.jpg) | | | | 1960 | 1960 | Operated Douglas DC-7[75] |
BOAC-Cunard | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Vickers_Super_VC10_%E2%80%98G-ASGC%E2%80%99_%2835785185993%29.jpg/100px-Vickers_Super_VC10_%E2%80%98G-ASGC%E2%80%99_%2835785185993%29.jpg) | | | | 1962 | 1966 | |
BOBWOOD | | | | | 1968 | 1969 | Renamed Tradewinds Airways. Operated Canadair CL-44[76] |
Bon Accord Airways | | | BON | | 1992 | 1997 | Founded by John Begg. Operated Short 330-200, Short 360-100[77] |
Bond Air Services | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/DH.86_Express_G-ADVJ_Bond_Air_Services.jpg/100px-DH.86_Express_G-ADVJ_Bond_Air_Services.jpg) | | | | 1948 | 1949 | Operated de Havilland Express[78] |
Bostonair | | | | | 1982 | 1998 | Operated Cessna 310[79] |
Bristol Air Taxis | | | | | 1968 | 1979 | Operated Piper Navajo[80] |
Britannia Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Britannia_Airways_Boeing_737-200_at_Zurich_Airport_in_May_1985.jpg/100px-Britannia_Airways_Boeing_737-200_at_Zurich_Airport_in_May_1985.jpg) | BY | BAL | BRITANNIA | 1964 | 2005 | Renamed Thomsonfly |
Britavia | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Britavia_Hermes_IV_at_Blackbushe.jpg/100px-Britavia_Hermes_IV_at_Blackbushe.jpg) | | | | 1948 | 1961 | |
British Air Ferries (BAF) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Vickers_806_Viscount%2C_British_Air_Ferries_-_BAF_AN1915909.jpg/100px-Vickers_806_Viscount%2C_British_Air_Ferries_-_BAF_AN1915909.jpg) | VF | BAF | AIR FERRY | 1967 | 1993 | Renamed/merged to British World Airlines |
British Air Services | | | | | 1969 | 1979 | Operated Vickers Viscount, Hawker Siddeley Trident, Skyvan[81] |
British Air Transport (BAT) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/DH.95_Flamingo_Redhill_1953.jpg/100px-DH.95_Flamingo_Redhill_1953.jpg) | | | | 1932 | 1951 | |
British Airtours | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/British_Airtours_747-236B.jpg/100px-British_Airtours_747-236B.jpg) | KT | BKT | BEATOURS | 1974 | 1988 | Founded as BEA Airtours, to Caledonian Airways |
British Airways Ltd | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/CASA_352_%28AKA_Junkers_Ju_52-3m%29_at_RAF_Museum_Cosford.jpg/100px-CASA_352_%28AKA_Junkers_Ju_52-3m%29_at_RAF_Museum_Cosford.jpg) | | | | 1935 | 1940 | Merged with Imperial Airways to form British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) |
British Airways Ltd (2012–2015) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/British_Airways_A318.jpg/100px-British_Airways_A318.jpg) | BA | BAT | GHERKIN | 2012 | 2015 | |
British Airways CitiExpress | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Embraer_ERJ-145EU%2C_British_Airways_%28CitiExpress%29_JP154097.jpg/100px-Embraer_ERJ-145EU%2C_British_Airways_%28CitiExpress%29_JP154097.jpg) | TH | BRT | | 2002 | 2006 | Renamed/merged to BA Connect |
British Airways Express | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/ATR_ATR-42-300%2C_British_Airways_Express_%28Cityflyer_Express%29_AN0220914.jpg/100px-ATR_ATR-42-300%2C_British_Airways_Express_%28Cityflyer_Express%29_AN0220914.jpg) | TH | MXE | | 1996 | 2002 | Renamed/merged to British Airways Citiexpress Isle of Man |
British Airways Helicopters | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/British_Airways_Helicopters_Vertol_234_G-BISP.jpg/100px-British_Airways_Helicopters_Vertol_234_G-BISP.jpg) | | | | 1964 | 1986 | Sold to Maxwell Aviation and renamed British International Helicopters |
British Airways World Cargo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/British_Airways_World_Cargo_747-8_G-GSSE.jpg/100px-British_Airways_World_Cargo_747-8_G-GSSE.jpg) | | | | 2001 | 2014 | Merged with Iberia Cargo to form IAG Cargo |
British American Air Services | | | | | 1938 | 1949 | Operated Fokker F.XXII, Handley Page Halifax, de Havilland Express[82] |
British Amphibious Airlines | | | | | 1932 | 1933 | |
British Asia Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/BRITISH_ASIA_AIRWAYS_B747-436_%28G-BNLZ27091964%29.jpg/100px-BRITISH_ASIA_AIRWAYS_B747-436_%28G-BNLZ27091964%29.jpg) | BR | BAW | SPEEDBIRD | 1995 | 2001 | Part of British Airways |
British Aviation Services | | | | | 1946 | 1962 | |
British Caledonian | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/British_Caledonian_Boeing_747-200_Rees.jpg/100px-British_Caledonian_Boeing_747-200_Rees.jpg) | BR | BCA | CALEDONIAN | 1971 | 1988 | Merged into British Airways |
British Caledonian Charter | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/British_Caledonian_Charter_DC-10-10.jpg/100px-British_Caledonian_Charter_DC-10-10.jpg) | JB | | | 1982 | 1985 | Merged into Cal Air International |
British Cargo Airlines | | FF | | | 1979 | 1980 | Formed by merger of Transmeridian Air Cargo and IAS Cargo Airlines. Operated Canadair CL-44, DC-8-40[83][84] |
British Caribbean Airways | | EO | | | 1986 | | |
British Continental Airways | | | | | 1935 | 1936 | Merged into British Airways in 1936.[85] |
British Eagle International Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/G-AWDG_B707-138B_British_Eagle_LGW_01FEB69_%286052144525%29.jpg/100px-G-AWDG_B707-138B_British_Eagle_LGW_01FEB69_%286052144525%29.jpg) | EG | EGT | | 1963 | 1968 | |
British European | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/British_European_CRJ-200.jpg/100px-British_European_CRJ-200.jpg) | JY | JEA | JERSEY | 2000 | 2002 | Renamed Flybe |
British European Airways (BEA) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/BAC_111-510ED_One-Eleven%2C_BEA_-_British_European_Airways_AN1809096.jpg/100px-BAC_111-510ED_One-Eleven%2C_BEA_-_British_European_Airways_AN1809096.jpg) | BE | BEE | BEALINE | 1946 | 1974 | Merged with British Overseas Airways Corporation to form British Airways |
British Flying & Motor Services | | | | | 1927 | 1927 | Operated Airco DH.6[86] |
British Global | | 7G | MKA | | 2008 | 2010 | Operated Boeing 747-200[87] |
British Independent Airways | | | | | 1989 | 1991 | Operated HS 748[88] |
British International Helicopters | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Pre-Flight_-_Aberdeen_Airport_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1470105.jpg/100px-Pre-Flight_-_Aberdeen_Airport_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1470105.jpg) | BS | BIH | BRINTEL | 2000 | 2012 | |
British Island Airways (BIA) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/HP_Herald_210_G-AVEZ_BIA_LGW_05.71_edited-3.jpg/100px-HP_Herald_210_G-AVEZ_BIA_LGW_05.71_edited-3.jpg) | UK | BIA | BRITISLAND | 1970 | 1980 | Original BIA merged with Air Anglia, Air Wales and Air Westland to form AirUK |
British Island Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/British_Island_Airways_at_Basle_-_1985.jpg/100px-British_Island_Airways_at_Basle_-_1985.jpg) | KD | BIA | BRITISLAND | 1982 | 1990 | Second BIA formed in 1982 from AirUK's charter operations |
British Latin American Air Lines | | | | | 1944 | 1946 | Renamed British South American Airways[89] |
British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd | | | | | 1923 | 1924 | Merged with Handley Page Transport, Instone Air Line and Daimler Airway to form Imperial Airways |
British Mediterranean Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/British_Mediterranean_Airways_Airbus_A320-231%3B_G-MEDA%40LHR%3B04.04.1997_%285491901680%29.jpg/100px-British_Mediterranean_Airways_Airbus_A320-231%3B_G-MEDA%40LHR%3B04.04.1997_%285491901680%29.jpg) | KJ | LAJ | BEE MED | 1994 | 2004 | Renamed BMED[90] |
British Mediterranean Airways (B|MED) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/British_Mediterranean_A320-321.jpg/100px-British_Mediterranean_A320-321.jpg) | KJ | LAJ | | 2004 | 2007 | |
British Midland Airways (BMA) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/British_Midland_Airways_Boeing_737-400%3B_G-OBMN%40LHR%3B04.04.1997_%285491356027%29.jpg/100px-British_Midland_Airways_Boeing_737-400%3B_G-OBMN%40LHR%3B04.04.1997_%285491356027%29.jpg) | BD | BMA | BEE MED | 1964 | 2001 | Renamed Bmi British Midland |
British Midland Commuter | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/G-GNTF_SF.340A_BMA_Commuter_MAN_28JUL99_%286923683219%29.jpg/100px-G-GNTF_SF.340A_BMA_Commuter_MAN_28JUL99_%286923683219%29.jpg) | BD | GNT | GRANITE | 1998 | 2001 | Renamed bmi Regional |
British Midland International (bmi) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BMI_737-500_G-BVZH.jpg/100px-BMI_737-500_G-BVZH.jpg) | BD | BMA | MIDLAND | 1938 | 2012 | Established as Air Schools, renamed British Midland Airways in 1964, renamed British Midland International in 2001. Integrated into British Airways |
British Nederland Air Services | | | | | 1946 | 1951 | Operated Douglas C-47A[91] |
British NorthWest Airlines | | W9 | BNW | BRITISH NORTH | 2001 | 2006 | [92] |
British Oriental Air Charter | | | | | 1985 | 1986 | [93] |
British Overseas Air Charter | | | | | 1970 | 1974 | BOAC's charter service[94] |
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/BOAC_Boeing_747-136_landing_at_Heathrow.jpg/100px-BOAC_Boeing_747-136_landing_at_Heathrow.jpg) | BA | | SPEEDBIRD | 1939 | 1974 | Merged to form British Airways |
British Regional Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/G-GNTZ_2_B.Ae_146-200_British_Aws%28Citiexpress%29_MAN_04JUN02_%288208889539%29.jpg/100px-G-GNTZ_2_B.Ae_146-200_British_Aws%28Citiexpress%29_MAN_04JUN02_%288208889539%29.jpg) | | | | 1996 | 2002 | [95] |
British South American Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Avro_Anson_19_G-AIKM_BSAAC_Ringway_26.03.49_edited-1.jpg/100px-Avro_Anson_19_G-AIKM_BSAAC_Ringway_26.03.49_edited-1.jpg) | | | | 1946 | 1949 | Renamed British Overseas Airways Corporation[96] |
British United (C.I.) Airways | | | | | 1963 | 1963 | Operated Handley Page Dart Herald[97] |
British United Air Ferries | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/G-ANVR_Bristol_170_Freighter_32_British_United_Air_Ferries_LPL_08OCT67.jpg/100px-G-ANVR_Bristol_170_Freighter_32_British_United_Air_Ferries_LPL_08OCT67.jpg) | | | BUAF | 1963 | 1967 | Renamed British Air Ferries |
British United Airways (BUA) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/British_United_BAC_111.jpg/100px-British_United_BAC_111.jpg) | BR | BUA | BRITISH UNITED | 1960 | 1970 | |
British United Island Airways (BUIA) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/British_United_Airways_C-47A.jpg/100px-British_United_Airways_C-47A.jpg) | UK | | | 1968 | 1970 | Renamed British Island Airways |
British Westpoint Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Douglas_C-47A_G-ALYF_Br_Westpoint_RWY_10.65_edited-2.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-47A_G-ALYF_Br_Westpoint_RWY_10.65_edited-2.jpg) | WP | | | 1963 | 1966 | |
British World Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Boeing_737-3Y0%2C_British_World_Airlines_AN0205163.jpg/100px-Boeing_737-3Y0%2C_British_World_Airlines_AN0205163.jpg) | VF | BWL | BRITWORLD | 1993 | 2001 | See British United Air Ferries |
Brooklands Aviation | | | | | 1933 | 1951 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[98] |
Brown Air Services | | | | | 1983 | 1987 | Renamed Capital Airlines (UK). Operated Cessna 441 Conquest II[99] |
Brymon Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Brymon_HPR-7.jpg/100px-Brymon_HPR-7.jpg) | BC | BRY | BRYMON | 1972 | 2007 | Merged with British Regional Airlines and renamed British Airways Citiexpress |
Brymon European Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Brymon_DHC-7-110.jpg/100px-Brymon_DHC-7-110.jpg) | BC | BRY | | 1992 | 1993 | |
Brymon Offshore Air Charter | | | | | 1999 | 1999 | Operated DHC 7[100] |
Business Air | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Saab-Fairchild_SF-340A%28QC%29%2C_Business_Air_AN0216713.jpg/100px-Saab-Fairchild_SF-340A%28QC%29%2C_Business_Air_AN0216713.jpg) | | | | 1987 | 1996 | Based at Aberdeen; eventually evolved into bmi Regional |
Buzz | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/G-UKRC_B.Ae_146-300_Buzz_FRA_14JUN02_%288222731795%29.jpg/100px-G-UKRC_B.Ae_146-300_Buzz_FRA_14JUN02_%288222731795%29.jpg) | PL | BUZ | BUZZARD | 1999 | 2003 | Renamed Buzzaway |
Buzzaway | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Buzz_Boeing_737-300_KvW.jpg/100px-Buzz_Boeing_737-300_KvW.jpg) | | UKA / BUZ | | 2003 | 2003 | Merged into Ryanair |
By Air | | | | | 1919 | 1920 | Operated Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8[101] |
C |
C.L. Air Surveys | | | | | 1947 | 1959 | Operated Avro Anson, Handley Page Halifax[102] |
Cal Air International | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Douglas_DC-10-10_G-BJZD_Cal_Air_RWY_25.06.88_edited-2.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-10-10_G-BJZD_Cal_Air_RWY_25.06.88_edited-2.jpg) | EN | CAI | CALJET | 1985 | 1988 | Renamed Novair International Airways |
Caledonian Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Douglas_DC-7C_G-AOIE_Caledn_RWY_240764_edited-1.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-7C_G-AOIE_Caledn_RWY_240764_edited-1.jpg) | CA | | | 1961 | 1970 | Renamed Caledonian/BUA |
Caledonian Airways (1988) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/G-NIUK%2C_London_Gatwick_%28LGW%29%2C_05-02-1995_%2838117666736%29.jpg/100px-G-NIUK%2C_London_Gatwick_%28LGW%29%2C_05-02-1995_%2838117666736%29.jpg) | KG | CKT | CALEDONIAN | 1988 | 1999 | Merged into JMC Air then Thomas Cook Airlines[103] |
Caledonian/BUA | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/G-AWYV_One-Eleven_501_Caledonian_BUA_MAN_14MAR71_%286785554123%29.jpg/100px-G-AWYV_One-Eleven_501_Caledonian_BUA_MAN_14MAR71_%286785554123%29.jpg) | CA | | | 1970 | 1971 | Renamed British Caledonian |
Cambrian Air Services | | | | | 1935 | 1955 | Renamed Cambrian Airways[104] |
Cambrian Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Cambrian_viscount_g-amon_in_1963_arp.jpg/100px-Cambrian_viscount_g-amon_in_1963_arp.jpg) | CS | CAS | CAMBRIAN | 1955 | 1974 | Merged into British Airways |
Capital Airlines | | BZ | CPG | CAPITAL | 1983 | 1990 | [105] |
CargoLogicAir | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/G-CLAA%40HKG_%2820190406112822%29.jpg/100px-G-CLAA%40HKG_%2820190406112822%29.jpg) | P3 | CLU | FIREBIRD | 2015 | 2022 | Operated Boeing 747[106] |
CASAIR | | | | | 1972 | 1982 | Operated Cessna Titan, Short 330[107] |
CCF Aviation | | | | | 1963 | 1965 | Operated Piper Aztec[108] |
Cello Aviation | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/G-RAJG_%2817755436409%29.jpg/100px-G-RAJG_%2817755436409%29.jpg) | | CLJ | CELLO | 2010 | 2018 | |
Celtic Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/G-BIYH_%2814177529066%29.jpg/100px-G-BIYH_%2814177529066%29.jpg) | | CIC | CELTAIR | 1988 | 1993 | Became part of Airwork Services |
Central Air Services | | | | | 1971 | 1973 | Operated Douglas DC-3, Piper Aztec[109] |
Centreline Air Services | | | | | 1978 | 1983 | Operated Cessna 310, Embraer Bandeirante, HS 748, Piper Navajo Chieftain[110] |
Channel Air Bridge | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/ATL_98_Carvair_G-ARSF%2C_Channel_Air_Bridge%2C_Southend%2C_UK%2C_20_Jul_1962_%289127001119%29.jpg/100px-ATL_98_Carvair_G-ARSF%2C_Channel_Air_Bridge%2C_Southend%2C_UK%2C_20_Jul_1962_%289127001119%29.jpg) | | | | 1959 | 1962 | |
Channel Air Ferries | | | | | 1936 | 1939 | Operated de Havilland Dragon[111] |
Channel Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Douglas_DC-4_G-ARYY_Channel_RWY_02.06.63_edited-3.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-4_G-ARYY_Channel_RWY_02.06.63_edited-3.jpg) | CW | | CHANNEL AIR | 1962 | 1972 | |
Channel Islands Air Freight | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Miles_Aerovan_1955.jpg/100px-Miles_Aerovan_1955.jpg) | | | | 1940s | 1950s | Operated Miles Aerovan[112] |
Channel Island Airways | | | | | 1945 | 1947 | Formed by the merger of Jersey Airways and Guernsey Airways. Absorbed into British European Airways. Operated Bristol Freighter[113] |
Channel Express | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/G-CELP_Channel_Express.jpg/100px-G-CELP_Channel_Express.jpg) | LS | EXS | CHANNEX | 1983 | 2006 | Renamed Jet2 |
Chartair | | | | | 1946 | 1947 | Founded by Guy Lawrence. Renamed British American Air Services. Operated Handley Page Halifax[114] |
Chauffair | | | | | 1980 | 2001 | Jet charter business. Operated Hawker Siddeley HS.125[115] |
Chieftain Airways | | PQ | | | 1986 | 1987 | Operated HS 748[116] |
Chrisair | | | | | 1961 | 1968 | Operated DH.84, DH.89, Cessna 172, Piper Twin Comanche[117] |
Ciro Aviation | | | | | 1948 | 1948 | Took part in Berlin Airlift. Operated Douglas DC-3, DH.89[118] |
Citelynx | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Embraer_ERJ-135ER_Citelynx_G-CDFS%2C_AMS_Amsterdam_%28Schiphol%29%2C_Netherlands_PP1173001354.jpg/100px-Embraer_ERJ-135ER_Citelynx_G-CDFS%2C_AMS_Amsterdam_%28Schiphol%29%2C_Netherlands_PP1173001354.jpg) | | | | 2005 | 2007 | |
City Star Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Dornier_328-110%2C_City_Star_Airlines_AN0857085.jpg/100px-Dornier_328-110%2C_City_Star_Airlines_AN0857085.jpg) | X9 | ISL | ISLANDIA | 2003 | 2008 | |
CityFlyer Express | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/CityFlyer_ATR-42.jpg/100px-CityFlyer_ATR-42.jpg) | CJ | CFE | FLYER | 1992 | 2002 | |
Citywing | | | | | 2013 | 2017 | Established as Manx2 in 2006. Operated Let L-410 Turbolet[119] |
Classic Airways | | | CCN | CLASSIC JET | 1997 | 1998 | Operated Lockheed Tristar[120] |
Claydon Aviation | | | | | 1958 | 1959 | Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking[121] |
Club 328 | | | SDJ | SPACEJET | 2005 | 2008 | [122] |
Cobham Air Routes | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Westland_Wessex_plane.jpg/100px-Westland_Wessex_plane.jpg) | | | | 1935 | 1935 | Sold to Olley Air Service. Operated Westland IV[123] |
Cobham-Blackburn Airlines | | | | | 1929 | 1930 | Formed by the merger of Alan Cobham Aviation and North Sea Aerial and General Transport Company[124] |
Comed Aviation | | | | | 1994 | 2001 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante[125] |
Commercial Air Hire | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Avro_642_left_front_NACA-AC-191.jpg/100px-Avro_642_left_front_NACA-AC-191.jpg) | | | | 1935 | 1936 | Delivered newspapers to Europe. Operated Avro 642 Eighteen, de Havilland Dragon[126] |
Community Express Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Short_360-200%2C_Community_Express_AN0197202.jpg/100px-Short_360-200%2C_Community_Express_AN0197202.jpg) | 5V | UNI | COMMUNITY | 1993 | 1996 | [127] |
Continental Air Services | | | | | 1957 | 1960 | Operated Douglas C-54, Vickers VC.1 Viking[128] |
Continental Air Transport | | | | | 1957 | 1960 | Operated Douglas C-54, Vickers VC.1 Viking[129] |
Cougar Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/G-OPMN_B727-225_Cougar_Airlines_MAN_22SEP01_%286939319014%29.jpg/100px-G-OPMN_B727-225_Cougar_Airlines_MAN_22SEP01_%286939319014%29.jpg) | | GCR | SPEEDCAT | 2001 | 2003 | |
Court Line | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Court_Line_Lockheed_TriStar_Manteufel.jpg/100px-Court_Line_Lockheed_TriStar_Manteufel.jpg) | OU | | COURTLINE | 1969 | 1974 | Originally Argus Air Transport, then became Autair (Luton), then Autair International Airways |
Crewsair | | | | | 1950 | 1951 | Operated Douglas DC-3, Vickers VC.1 Viking[130] |
Crilly Airways | | | | | 1930s | 1936 | Aircraft purchased by British Airways Ltd and used to form British Airways Iberia Ltd |
Culliford Airlines | | | | | 1947 | 1949 | Operated Avro Anson, Miles Aerovan[131] |
Cunard Eagle Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/G-ARKA_Britannia_324_Cunard_Eagle_LHR_02SEP63_%285666673508%29.jpg/100px-G-ARKA_Britannia_324_Cunard_Eagle_LHR_02SEP63_%285666673508%29.jpg) | EG | | | 1960 | 1963 | Renamed/merged to British Eagle |
D |
Daimler Air Hire | | | | | 1919 | 1921 | Acquired Aircraft Transport and Travel to form Daimler Airway[132] |
Daimler Airway | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/DH34_Biplane_1.jpg/100px-DH34_Biplane_1.jpg) | | | | 1922 | 1924 | Merged with British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd, Instone Air Line and Handley Page Transport to form Imperial Airways |
Dan-Air | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Douglas_C-47B_G-AMSU_Dan-Air_BLA_09.04.55_edited-2.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-47B_G-AMSU_Dan-Air_BLA_09.04.55_edited-2.jpg) | DA | DAN | DANAIR | 1953 | 1992 | Merged into British Airways |
Dan-Air Skyways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Dan-Air_Skyways_Hawker_Siddeley_HS-748_at_Le_Bourget_Airport.jpg/100px-Dan-Air_Skyways_Hawker_Siddeley_HS-748_at_Le_Bourget_Airport.jpg) | | | | 1972 | 1974 | Subsidiary of Dan-Air. Operated HS 748[133] |
de Havilland Aeroplane Hire | | | | | 1922 | 1922 | Operated Airco DH.9C[134] |
Debonair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Debonair_BAe_146-200.jpg/100px-Debonair_BAe_146-200.jpg) | 2G | DEB | DEBONAIR | 1993 | 1999 | |
Denham Air Taxi Services | | | | | 1976 | 1980 | Established as Gregory Air Taxis in 1963. Operated Piper Aztec[135] |
Dennis Aviation | | | | | 1946 | 1956 | Operated Airspeed Consul, Avro Anson, Percival Proctor[136] |
Derby Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/G-ALHS_Canadair_C-4_Argonaut_Derby_Aws_LPL_26MAR64_%285562138639%29.jpg/100px-G-ALHS_Canadair_C-4_Argonaut_Derby_Aws_LPL_26MAR64_%285562138639%29.jpg) | | | | 1959 | 1964 | Renamed British Midland International. Operated Handley Page Marathon, Canadair Argonaut |
Derby Aviation | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/G-AOFZ_DC-3_Derby_Aws_MAN_14APR63_%285550561489%29.jpg/100px-G-AOFZ_DC-3_Derby_Aws_MAN_14APR63_%285550561489%29.jpg) | | | | 1949 | 1959 | Renamed Derby Airways |
Devonair | | | | | 1952 | 1962 | Operated de Havilland Tiger Moth[137] |
Dominie Airways | | | | | 1967 | 1967 | Subsidiary of Treffield Aviation. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[138] |
Don Everall Aviation | | | | | 1947 | 1960 | Merged into Air Safaris. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Douglas DC-3, Miles Messenger, Vickers VC.1 Viking[139] |
Donaldson International Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Bristol_175_Britannia_312_G-AOVF_Donaldson_RWY_4.9.71_edited-3.jpg/100px-Bristol_175_Britannia_312_G-AOVF_Donaldson_RWY_4.9.71_edited-3.jpg) | DI | | DONALDSON | 1964 | 1974 | |
Dragon Airways | | | | | 1953 | 1958 | Absorbed by Silver City Airways. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, de Havilland Heron[140] |
Duo Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Canadair_CL-600-2B19_Regional_Jet_CRJ-200LR%2C_Duo_Airways_AN0437694.jpg/100px-Canadair_CL-600-2B19_Regional_Jet_CRJ-200LR%2C_Duo_Airways_AN0437694.jpg) | VB | DUO | FLY DUO | 2003 | 2004 | |
E |
Eagle Airways (UK) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Vickers_Viking_1B_G-AIVO_Eagle_Aws_Ringway_07.59_edited-2.jpg/100px-Vickers_Viking_1B_G-AIVO_Eagle_Aws_Ringway_07.59_edited-2.jpg) | EG | | | 1953 | 1960 | Renamed/merged to Cunard Eagle Airways |
Eagle Aviation | | | | | 1948 | 1960 | Renamed Cunard Eagle Airways. Operated Avro York, Douglas DC-6A, Handley Page Halifax, Vickers VC.1 Viking[141] |
East Anglian Flying Services | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/DH.80A_Puss_Moth_G-ABKZ_%282%29_EAFS_Ringway_11.06.48_edited-2.jpg/100px-DH.80A_Puss_Moth_G-ABKZ_%282%29_EAFS_Ringway_11.06.48_edited-2.jpg) | | | | 1947 | 1962 | Renamed Channel Airways |
Eastern Air Transport | | | | | 1932 | 1934 | Founded by Michael Scott. Operated de Havilland Fox Moth[142] |
Eastern Airways (1972-1982) | | EN | | | 1972 | 1982 | Merged with Genair and CASAIR[143] |
Eastern Airways (1978-1981) | | CE / EN | | | 1978 | 1981 | [144] |
Edinburgh Air Charter | | | | | 1998 | 2006 | Renamed Air Charter Scotland. Operated Cessna 310, Cessna 402, Cessna 404[145] |
Edinburgh Air Services | | | | | 1971 | 1979 | Operated Reims Cessna F172, Cessna 150[146] |
Edwin Air Cargo | | | | | 2018 | 2019 | Operated Antonov An-26[147] |
Elan Air | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Vickers_953C_Merchantman%2C_Elan_Overnight_Delivery_System_%28Air_Bridge%29_AN1346199.jpg/100px-Vickers_953C_Merchantman%2C_Elan_Overnight_Delivery_System_%28Air_Bridge%29_AN1346199.jpg) | | | | 1982 | 1989 | Renamed DHL Air UK[148] |
Emerald Airways | | | | | 1965 | 1967 | Acquired by Hibernian Airlines. Operated de Havilland Heron, Douglas C-53D[149] |
Emerald Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Emerald_Airways_G-JEMB_Bae_ATP_%284%29_%2822757931100%29.jpg/100px-Emerald_Airways_G-JEMB_Bae_ATP_%284%29_%2822757931100%29.jpg) | G3 | JEM | GEMSTONE | 1992 | 2006 | |
Emerald European Airways | | YE | | | 1994 | 1995 | [150] |
Eros Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/G-AHOW_V498_Viking_1A_Eros_Avn_LPL_21MAR64_%285641625748%29.jpg/100px-G-AHOW_V498_Viking_1A_Eros_Avn_LPL_21MAR64_%285641625748%29.jpg) | | | | 1957 | 1964 | Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking[151] |
Euravia | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Lockheed_L049_Const_G-AMUP_Euravia_RWY_23.08.64_edited-3.jpg/100px-Lockheed_L049_Const_G-AMUP_Euravia_RWY_23.08.64_edited-3.jpg) | EY | | | 1961 | 1964 | Renamed Britannia Airways |
Euroair Transport | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Embraer_EMB-110P1_Bandeirante%2C_Euroair_AN1447417.jpg/100px-Embraer_EMB-110P1_Bandeirante%2C_Euroair_AN1447417.jpg) | EZ / VC | URO / EUZ | | 1977 | 1997 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante |
Euroceltic Airways | | 5Q | ECY | ECHELON | 2001 | 2003 | Operated Fokker F27, Fokker 50[152] |
Eurocity Express | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/G-BNGF_DHC_Dash_7_EuroCity_Express_MAN_SEP87_%2812901103573%29.jpg/100px-G-BNGF_DHC_Dash_7_EuroCity_Express_MAN_SEP87_%2812901103573%29.jpg) | II | ECE | | 1986 | 1988 | Founded by British Midland as Eurocity Express and renamed as London City Airways |
Eurodirect | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/British_Aerospace_BAe-3109_Jetstream_31%2C_Euro_Direct_Airlines_AN0597247.jpg/100px-British_Aerospace_BAe-3109_Jetstream_31%2C_Euro_Direct_Airlines_AN0597247.jpg) | 9R | EUD | | 1994 | 1995 | |
Euroflite | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/G-RUSH_Cessna_404_Euroflite_CVT_03-01-84_%2827101121588%29.jpg/100px-G-RUSH_Cessna_404_Euroflite_CVT_03-01-84_%2827101121588%29.jpg) | | | | 1980 | 1984 | Acquired by London European Airways. Operated BAe Jetstream 31, BAe 125, Cessna 404[153] |
EuroManx | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/EuroManx_Dash_8-311Q.jpg/100px-EuroManx_Dash_8-311Q.jpg) | 3W | EMX | CATCHER | 2002 | 2008 | |
European Airways | | | | | 1995 | 2001 | Operated BAC 1-11, BAe Jetstream 31[154] |
European Aviation Air Charter | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/European_Air_Charter_Boeing_747-200_Zammit.jpg/100px-European_Air_Charter_Boeing_747-200_Zammit.jpg) | E7 | EAF | EUROCHARTER | 1994 | 2008 | Established as European Aviation in 1989[155] |
European Skytime | | | | | 2000 | 2012 | |
Euroscot Express | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/BAC_111-510ED_One-Eleven%2C_Euroscot_Express_%28European_Aircharter_-_EAL%29_AN0198847.jpg/100px-BAC_111-510ED_One-Eleven%2C_Euroscot_Express_%28European_Aircharter_-_EAL%29_AN0198847.jpg) | MY | EUJ | SCOTAIR | 1997 | 2001 | Operated BAC 1-11, ATR 72[156] |
Euroworld Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Short_360-100_AN0215702.jpg/100px-Short_360-100_AN0215702.jpg) | | | | 1991 | 1992 | Renamed/merged to CityFlyer Express[157] |
Euroworld International Airline Operations | | | | | 1972 | 1988 | Operated Bristol Britannia[158] |
Excalibur Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Excalibur_Airways_Airbus_A320_Aragao.jpg/100px-Excalibur_Airways_Airbus_A320_Aragao.jpg) | EQ | EXC | CAMELOT EXCALIBUR | 1992 | 1996 | |
Excel Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Boeing_757-225%2C_Excel_Airways_AN0921460.jpg/100px-Boeing_757-225%2C_Excel_Airways_AN0921460.jpg) | JN | XLA | EXPO | 2000 | 2006 | Renamed XL Airways UK |
Executair | | | | | 1957 | 1961 | Operated Westland Widgeon[159] |
Executive Air Transport | | | | | 1960 | 1972 | [160] |
Executive Express | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Cessna_421B_Golden_Eagle%2C_Executive_Express_AN2230323.jpg/100px-Cessna_421B_Golden_Eagle%2C_Executive_Express_AN2230323.jpg) | EX | | | 1975 | 1982 | Operated Beech King Air, Cessna 421[161] |
Express Air Freight | | | | | 1975 | 1980 | Operated Douglas DC-3[162] |
Express Air Services | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Express_Air_Services_Handley_Page_HPR-7_Herald_209_Marmet-1.jpg/100px-Express_Air_Services_Handley_Page_HPR-7_Herald_209_Marmet-1.jpg) | LS | EXS | | 1978 | 1983 | Renamed Channel Express |
Express Parcel Systems | | | | | 1983 | 1992 | Operated Fokker F27[163] |
F |
F & J Mann Airways | | | | | 1960 | 1961 | Renamed Westpoint Aviation. Operated Douglas DC-3[164] |
Fairflight | | | | | 1950 | 1951 | Acquired by Surrey Flying Services[165] |
Fairflight Charters | | FC | | | 1968 | 1989 | Operated Shorts 360[166] |
Falcon Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/HP.81_Hermes_4_G-ALDC_Falcon_Aws_RWY_06.60_edited-2.jpg/100px-HP.81_Hermes_4_G-ALDC_Falcon_Aws_RWY_06.60_edited-2.jpg) | | | | 1959 | 1961 | AOC revoked due to safety concerns |
Federated Air Transport | | | | | 1954 | 1961 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Avro Anson[167] |
Field Survey Flight | | | FAS | | 1989 | 1992 | Operated Fokker F27[168] |
Finglands Aviation | | | | | 1950 | 1952 | Operated Avro Anson I[169] |
First Choice Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/First_choice_b757-200_g-ooox_lands_arp.jpg/100px-First_choice_b757-200_g-ooox_lands_arp.jpg) | DP | FCA | JETSET | 2003 | 2008 | Merged with Thomsonfly to create Thomson Airways |
Flight One | | | | | 1973 | 1989 | Operated Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer[170] |
Flight Refuelling | | | | | 1934 | 1953 | Operated Avro Lancaster[171] |
Flightline | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flightline.bae146-300.g-bsns.arp.jpg/100px-Flightline.bae146-300.g-bsns.arp.jpg) | B5 | FLT | FLIGHTLINE | 1989 | 2008 | Contract passenger and ad hoc charters |
Fly Europa | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/G-CEAF_2_B737-229_Air_Europa%28European_Air_Chtr%29_MAN_23JUN01_%287014434795%29.jpg/100px-G-CEAF_2_B737-229_Air_Europa%28European_Air_Chtr%29_MAN_23JUN01_%287014434795%29.jpg) | | | | 2001 | 2002 | Operated Boeing 737-200[172] |
Fly Salone | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Fly_Salone_aircraft_at_Lungi_airport_cropped.jpg/100px-Fly_Salone_aircraft_at_Lungi_airport_cropped.jpg) | 5L | | | 2015 | 2016 | |
Flybe (1979–2020) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/DASH.8-400_G-JEDR_4087_FLYBE_PURPLE_09_02_15_TLS_%2816217391023%29.jpg/100px-DASH.8-400_G-JEDR_4087_FLYBE_PURPLE_09_02_15_TLS_%2816217391023%29.jpg) | BE | BEE | JERSEY | 1979 | 2020 | Entered administration |
Flybe | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/G-JECX_at_Birmingham%2C_January_2022.jpg/100px-G-JECX_at_Birmingham%2C_January_2022.jpg) | BE | BEE | JERSEY | 2022 | 2023 | Entered administration |
Flybmi | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bmi_embraer_erj145_g-rjxd_arp.jpg/100px-Bmi_embraer_erj145_g-rjxd_arp.jpg) | BM | BMR | MIDLAND | 1987 | 2019 | Entered administration |
Flyglobespan | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flyglobespan_G-CDPT_glasgow.jpg/100px-Flyglobespan_G-CDPT_glasgow.jpg) | Y2 | GSM | GLOBESPAN | 2002 | 2009 | |
Flying Colours Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flying_Colours_Airbus_A320_Arag%C3%A3o.jpg/100px-Flying_Colours_Airbus_A320_Arag%C3%A3o.jpg) | MT | FCL | COLOURS | 1996 | 2000 | Merged with Caledonian Airways to form JMC Air |
Flyjet | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flyjet_Boeing_757_Spijkers.jpg/100px-Flyjet_Boeing_757_Spijkers.jpg) | F7 | FJE | ENVOY | 2002 | 2007 | |
Flykeen Airways | | | JFK | KEENAIR | 2002 | 2005 | Became A2B Airways[173] |
FlyWhoosh | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/ATR_ATR-42-320%2C_Fly_Whoosh_%28White_Eagle_Aviation%29_AN1239284.jpg/100px-ATR_ATR-42-320%2C_Fly_Whoosh_%28White_Eagle_Aviation%29_AN1239284.jpg) | W2 | WEA | | 2007 | 2007 | |
FordAir | | | FOB | | 1996 | 2008 | Operated BAe 146-300, Avro RJ100[174] |
FR Aviation | | | | | 1985 | 1995 | Operated Beech Super King Air[175] |
G |
GB Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/GB_Airways_Boeing_737-200_Aragao.jpg/100px-GB_Airways_Boeing_737-200_Aragao.jpg) | GT | GBL | GEEBEE | 1981 | 2008 | |
Genair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/G-RVIP_Bandeirante_Genair_CVT_13-07-1982_%2829349192056%29.jpg/100px-G-RVIP_Bandeirante_Genair_CVT_13-07-1982_%2829349192056%29.jpg) | EN | GEN | GENAIR | 1981 | 1984 | Operated British Caledonian Commuter Services[176] |
General Aviation Services | | | | | 1969 | 1975 | [177] |
Genesis Airways | | | | | 1994 | 1995 | Established as Prospair in 1990. Operated BAe Jetstream[178] |
Gibair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Douglas_C-47A_G-AMFV_Gibair_EMA_11.04.70_edited-3.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-47A_G-AMFV_Gibair_EMA_11.04.70_edited-3.jpg) | | | | 1947 | 1981 | Renamed/merged to GB Airways[179] |
Gibraltar Airways | | GT | | GIBAIR | 1931 | 1989 | Operated Saro Windhover[180] |
Gill Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/G-BXBV_ATR.42-310_Gill_Aws_DUS_13AUG99_%285933494397%29.jpg/100px-G-BXBV_ATR.42-310_Gill_Aws_DUS_13AUG99_%285933494397%29.jpg) | 9C | GIL | GILLAIR | 1995 | 2001 | Established as Gill Aviation in 1969 |
Gill Aviation | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/G-GILL_Cessna_402_Gill_Aviation_CVT_04-07-83_%2840815274252%29.jpg/100px-G-GILL_Cessna_402_Gill_Aviation_CVT_04-07-83_%2840815274252%29.jpg) | | | | 1969 | 1989 | Renamed Gillair. Operated Cessna 402[181] |
Gillair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Gill_Air_ATR-42_at_STN_%2829753382055%29.jpg/100px-Gill_Air_ATR-42_at_STN_%2829753382055%29.jpg) | | | | 1989 | 1995 | Established as Gill Aviation in 1969. Renamed Gill Airways[182] |
Giro Aviation | | | | | 1920 | 1964 | Operated de Havilland Fox Moth, Avro Avian[183][184] |
Glass Eels | | | | | 1970 | 2012 | Operated Cessna 208 Caravan[185][186] |
Global Supply Systems | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Global_Supply_Systems_%28British_Airways_World_Cargo%29_Boeing_747-400F%3B_G-GSSB%40FRA%3B16.07.2011_609ia_%286190039475%29.jpg/100px-Global_Supply_Systems_%28British_Airways_World_Cargo%29_Boeing_747-400F%3B_G-GSSB%40FRA%3B16.07.2011_609ia_%286190039475%29.jpg) | XH | GSS | JET LIFT | 2001 | 2014 | |
Glos-Air | | | | | 1970s | 1980s | Operated Westland Whirlwind[187] |
Go | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Boeing_737-36N%2C_Go_Fly_JP6327148.jpg/100px-Boeing_737-36N%2C_Go_Fly_JP6327148.jpg) | GO | GOE | GO FLIGHT | 1998 | 2003 | |
Guernsey Airlines [de] | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Vickers_Viscount_735_G-BFYZ_Guernsey_Airlines_F163-20.jpg/100px-Vickers_Viscount_735_G-BFYZ_Guernsey_Airlines_F163-20.jpg) | GE | GER | | 1977 | 1988 | Operated Vickers Viscount, Shorts 330 and 360, Handley Page Herald |
Gold Air International | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Bombardier_Learjet_45%2C_Gold_Air_International_JP311267.jpg/100px-Bombardier_Learjet_45%2C_Gold_Air_International_JP311267.jpg) | | | | 1998 | 2010 | Executive charter airline. Established as HawkAir in 1994. Operated Bombardier Learjet 45[188] |
Grahame-White Aviation Company | | | | | 1911 | 1919 | Established as Grahame-White, Blériot & Maxim in 1911. Operated Farman III, Blériot XI[189] |
Grayson Air Services | | | | | 1947 | 1947 | Operated Airspeed Consul[190] |
Great Western & Southern Airlines | | | | | 1938 | 1947 | Took over Channel Air Ferries routes. Absorbed into BEA. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Westland IV[191] |
Great Western Railway Air Services | | | | | 1933 | 1934 | Operated Westland IV[192] |
Gregory Air Services | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Aero_Commander_500A_G-ASIO%2C_Gregory_Air_Services%2C_Southend%2C_UK%2C_12_Apr_1965_%288745299170%29_%282%29.jpg/100px-Aero_Commander_500A_G-ASIO%2C_Gregory_Air_Services%2C_Southend%2C_UK%2C_12_Apr_1965_%288745299170%29_%282%29.jpg) | | | | 1963 | 1965 | Renamed Air Gregory. Operated Aero Commander 500, Hawker Siddeley HS-125, Douglas DC-3[193] |
Guernsey & Jersey Airways | | | | | 1937 | 1940 | Operated de Havilland Express[194] |
Guernsey Airways | | | | | 1934 | 1945 | Merged with Jersey Airways to form Channel Island Airways. Absorbed into British European Airways. Operated Saro Windhover, Saro Cloud[195] |
H |
Handley Page Transport | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Handley_Page_O.10_G-EATH_Handley_Page_Transport_D%C3%BCbendorf_-_LBS_SR02-10030.tif/lossy-page1-100px-Handley_Page_O.10_G-EATH_Handley_Page_Transport_D%C3%BCbendorf_-_LBS_SR02-10030.tif.jpg) | | | | 1919 | 1924 | Merged with British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd, Instone Air Line and Daimler Airway to form Imperial Airways |
Harvest Air | | | | | 1974 | 1988 | Founded by Nigel Brendish. Operated Douglas DC-3, BN-2 Islander, Piper Aztec[196][197] |
HawkAir | | | | | 1974 | 1988 | Executive charter airline. Merged into Gold Air International. Operated Cessna 421, Piper Aztec[198] |
Haywards Aviation | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/G-AXXJ_BN_Islander_Haywards_Aviation_CVT_03-07-79_%2838032032606%29.jpg/100px-G-AXXJ_BN_Islander_Haywards_Aviation_CVT_03-07-79_%2838032032606%29.jpg) | | | | 1970 | 1979 | Operated BN-2 Islander, de Havilland Dove[199][200] |
HD Air | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/HDAir_G-TMRB_Short360-100_CVT%284%29_%2839954837532%29.jpg/100px-HDAir_G-TMRB_Short360-100_CVT%284%29_%2839954837532%29.jpg) | | RPX | RAPEX | 2007 | 2015 | Established as BAC Aircraft in 1992[201] |
Heathrow Jet Charter | | | HJC | RHINOAIR | 1997 | 1998 | [202] |
Heavylift Cargo Airlines (UK) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Short_SC-5_Belfast_C1%2C_HeavyLift_Cargo_Airlines_AN0414311.jpg/100px-Short_SC-5_Belfast_C1%2C_HeavyLift_Cargo_Airlines_AN0414311.jpg) | NP | HLA | HEAVYLIFT | 1980 | 2006 | Established as TAC Heavylift in 1978. Renamed HC Airlines. Operated Airbus A300, Boeing 707, Canadair CL-44, Douglas DC-8, Short Belfast[203] |
Highland Airways Limited | | | | | 1933 | 1937 | Merged to Scottish Airways and eventually British European Airways |
Highland Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/British_Aerospace_Jetstream_31%2C_Highland_Airways_JP472316.jpg/100px-British_Aerospace_Jetstream_31%2C_Highland_Airways_JP472316.jpg) | 8H | HWY | HIWAY | 1991 | 2010 | |
Highland Express Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Highland_Express_Boeing_747-100_rear_Watt.jpg/100px-Highland_Express_Boeing_747-100_rear_Watt.jpg) | VY | TTN | TARTAN | 1986 | 1987 | |
Hillman's Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/DH86atStaplefordAerodrome.jpg/100px-DH86atStaplefordAerodrome.jpg) | | | | 1931 | 1935 | Merged with Spartan Air Lines and United Airways Limited to form Allied British Airways |
Hornton Airways | | | | | 1946 | 1950 | Operated Airspeed Consul, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Douglas C-47A, Miles M.65 Gemini, Percival Proctor[204] |
Hot Air (UK) | | | | | 1988 | 1989 | Subsidiary of Baltic Airlines. Operated Vickers Viscount[205] |
Humber Airways | | HM | HUA | HUMBER AIR | 1968 | 1975 | Operated BN-2 Islander[206] |
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd | | | | | 1944 | 1960 | Founded by Percy Hunting. Merged with Hunting Geophysics to form Hunting Surveys[207] |
Hunting Air Travel [de] | | | | | 1945 | 1951 | Operated Vickers Viking; replaced by Hunting Air Transport [de] |
Hunting Air Transport [de] | | | | | 1951 | 1953 | replaced by Hunting-Clan Air Transport |
Hunting Cargo Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Lockheed_L-188C%28PF%29_Electra%2C_Hunting_Cargo_Airlines_AN0252967.jpg/100px-Lockheed_L-188C%28PF%29_Electra%2C_Hunting_Cargo_Airlines_AN0252967.jpg) | AG | ABR | CONTRACT | 1992 | 1998 | Renamed Air Contractors |
Hunting-Clan Air Transport | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Avro_685_York_G-AMXM_Hunting_Clan_Ringway_27.08.55_edited-3.jpg/100px-Avro_685_York_G-AMXM_Hunting_Clan_Ringway_27.08.55_edited-3.jpg) | HC | | | 1951 | 1960 | Founded as Hunting Air Travel [de]. Merged with Airwork Services to form British United Airways |
Hunting Geophysics | | | | | 1956 | 1960 | Merged with Hunting Aerosurveys to form Hunting Surveys[208] |
Hunting Surveys | | | | | 1960 | 2001 | Formed by the merger of Hunting Aerosurveys with Hunting Geophysics[209] |
I |
IAS Cargo Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Douglas_DC-8-55%28F%29%2C_IAS_Cargo_Airlines_AN0573983.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-8-55%28F%29%2C_IAS_Cargo_Airlines_AN0573983.jpg) | FF | | | 1967 | 1979 | |
Imperial Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Tanken_van_een_vliegtuig_Airplane_provided_with_fuel.jpg/100px-Tanken_van_een_vliegtuig_Airplane_provided_with_fuel.jpg) | | | | 1924 | 1939 | Merged with British Airways Ltd to form British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) |
Independent Air Transport | | | | | 1954 | 1958 | Renamed Blue-Air. Operated Avro Anson, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, de Havilland Dove, Douglas DC-4, Vickers VC.1 Viking[210][211] |
Inland Flying Service | | | | | 1929 | 1931 | Renamed Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation[212] |
Inner Circle Air Lines | | | | | 1935 | 1935 | [213] |
Instone Air Line | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/De_havilland_dh-18.jpg/100px-De_havilland_dh-18.jpg) | | | | 1919 | 1924 | Merged with British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd, Handley Page Transport and Daimler Airway to form Imperial Airways |
Instone Air Line (1981) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bristol_170_Freighter_Mk31%2C_Atlantic_Air_Transport_%28Instone_Air_Line%29_AN0648798.jpg/100px-Bristol_170_Freighter_Mk31%2C_Atlantic_Air_Transport_%28Instone_Air_Line%29_AN0648798.jpg) | | | | 1981 | 1996 | Operated Bristol Freighter |
Inter City Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Inter_City_Airlines_Vickers_Viscount_Volpati-1.jpg/100px-Inter_City_Airlines_Vickers_Viscount_Volpati-1.jpg) | QA | | | 1981 | 1983 | Established as Alidair in 1972. Operated Cessna Citation II, Short 330, Vickers Viscount |
Inter European Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Inter_European_Airways_Airbus_A320_Arag%C3%A3o.jpg/100px-Inter_European_Airways_Airbus_A320_Arag%C3%A3o.jpg) | IP | IEA | ASPRO | 1986 | 1993 | Merged with Airtours International |
Interflight | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/British_Aerospace_BAe_125-800B%2C_Interflight_JP6237136.jpg/100px-British_Aerospace_BAe_125-800B%2C_Interflight_JP6237136.jpg) | | | | 1985 | 2018 | Established as Berrad Aviation in 1974. Operated BAe 125, Learjet 35[214] |
Interline | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/G-BRGN_Jetstream_31_InterLine_MAN_29AUG95_%287001000683%29.jpg/100px-G-BRGN_Jetstream_31_InterLine_MAN_29AUG95_%287001000683%29.jpg) | | | | 1994 | 1996 | Established as Aztec Charter in 1993. Operated Jetstream 31[215] |
International Air Charter | | | | | 1971 | 1973 | Operated Douglas DC-3, Piper Aztec, Vickers Viscount[216] |
International Air Freight | | | | | 1937 | 1938 | Operated Curtiss T-32 Condor II[217] |
International Airways | | | | | 1946 | 1949 | Operated Airspeed Consul, Avro Anson, de Havilland Dragon Rapide[218] |
Intra Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Douglas_C-47B_Dakota_4_%28DC-3%29%2C_Intra_Airways_AN1279465.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-47B_Dakota_4_%28DC-3%29%2C_Intra_Airways_AN1279465.jpg) | JY | | | 1969 | 1979 | |
Invicta Air Cargo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Invicta_Air_Cargo_C-54B_Skymaster_Manteufel.jpg/100px-Invicta_Air_Cargo_C-54B_Skymaster_Manteufel.jpg) | | | INDIA MIKE | 1964 | 1969 | Merged with BMA and became cargo division.Operated Bristol Britannia, Douglas C-54B[219] |
Invicta Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/DC-4_G-ASZT_Invicta_MAN_20.08.66.jpg/100px-DC-4_G-ASZT_Invicta_MAN_20.08.66.jpg) | | | | 1964 | 1971 | Renamed Invicta International Airlines |
Invicta International Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Invicta_International_Vickers_Vanguard_G-AZRE_01.jpg/100px-Invicta_International_Vickers_Vanguard_G-AZRE_01.jpg) | IM | | INVICTA | 1971 | 1981 | Assets sold to Seabourne Aviation |
Irelfly | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/G-AMSH_Douglas_C-47B_Irelfly-London_LPL_02JUL66_%285550559425%29.jpg/100px-G-AMSH_Douglas_C-47B_Irelfly-London_LPL_02JUL66_%285550559425%29.jpg) | | | | 1966 | 1966 | Operated Douglas C-47B[220] |
Island Air Charters (UK) | | | | | 1947 | 1947 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[221] |
Island Air Services | | | | | 1947 | 1959 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[222] |
Isle of Man Air Services | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/IOMAS_Rapide_Ringway_1939.jpg/100px-IOMAS_Rapide_Ringway_1939.jpg) | | | | 1937 | 1947 | |
Isles of Scilly Skybus | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/G-BUBP_Islander_BN2_Isles_of_Scilly_Skybus_%2838440949270%29.jpg/100px-G-BUBP_Islander_BN2_Isles_of_Scilly_Skybus_%2838440949270%29.jpg) | 5Y | IOS | | 1984 | 2008 | Renamed Skybus. Operated BN-2 Islander[223] |
J |
J-MAX | | | | | 2000s | 2000s | Operated Hawker 800[224] |
Janes Aviation (1987-1992) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/G-ATIG_HP_Herald_Janes_Aviation_CVT_01-07-91_%2834458841881%29.jpg/100px-G-ATIG_HP_Herald_Janes_Aviation_CVT_01-07-91_%2834458841881%29.jpg) | | | | 1987 | 1992 | Operated Douglas DC-3, Dart Herald[225] |
Janes Aviation (2006-2010) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/G-AMPZ_Janes_Aviation_CVT_27-11-1988_%2834443156055%29.jpg/100px-G-AMPZ_Janes_Aviation_CVT_27-11-1988_%2834443156055%29.jpg) | | JAN | JANES | 2006 | 2010 | Operated Hawker Siddeley HS 748[226] |
Janus Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Janus_Airways_Handley_Page_Herald_at_Basle_Airport_-_April_1984.jpg/100px-Janus_Airways_Handley_Page_Herald_at_Basle_Airport_-_April_1984.jpg) | | | | 1982 | 1987 | Acquired by Euroair. Operated Vickers Viscount, Dart Herald[227] |
Jersey Air Ferries | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Jersey_Air_Ferries_Vickers_Viscount_Marmet-1.jpg/100px-Jersey_Air_Ferries_Vickers_Viscount_Marmet-1.jpg) | | | | 1983 | 1984 | Operated Vickers Viscount |
Jersey Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/De_Havilland_DH-114_Heron_2B%2C_Jersey_Airlines_AN0728286.jpg/100px-De_Havilland_DH-114_Heron_2B%2C_Jersey_Airlines_AN0728286.jpg) | JY | | | 1948 | 1963 | Absorbed by British United Island Airways |
Jersey Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/DH84_ACMJ_1269.jpg/100px-DH84_ACMJ_1269.jpg) | | | | 1933 | 1945 | To British European Airways[228] |
Jersey European Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Jersey_European_BAe_146-300.jpg/100px-Jersey_European_BAe_146-300.jpg) | BE | JEA | JERSEY | 1979 | 2000 | Renamed British European |
Jersey Ferry Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Scottish_Aviation_Twin_Pioneer.jpg/100px-Scottish_Aviation_Twin_Pioneer.jpg) | | | | 1982 | 1987 | Operated BN-2 Islander, de Havilland Heron, Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer[229] |
Jetstream Express | | JX | JXT | VANNIN | 2007 | 2007 | |
jetXtra.com | | | | | 2012 | 2017 | Virtual airline |
JJ Airways | | | | | 2001 | 2001 | Founded by Keith Newnham. Renamed Cougar Air Cargo. Operated Boeing 727-200[230] |
JMC Air | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Boeing_757-2Y0%2C_JMC_Air_JP5962513.jpg/100px-Boeing_757-2Y0%2C_JMC_Air_JP5962513.jpg) | MT | JMC | TOPJET | 2000 | 2003 | Rebranded to Thomas Cook Airlines |
K |
Kearsley Airways | | | | | 1946 | 1950 | Took part in the Berlin airlift. Operated Douglas C-47B[231] |
Keegan Aviation | | | | | 1961 | 1964 | Operated Canadair North Star, Cessna 310, de Havilland Dove, De Havilland Dragon Rapide[232] |
Keenair Charter | | 5Q | JKF | KEENAIR | 1968 | 2002 | Renamed Flykeen Airways. Operated Embraer Bandeirante[233] |
Kemps Aerial Survey | | | | | 1964 | 1969 | Operated Avro Anson, Reid and Sigrist R.S.4 single aircraft built[234] |
Kestrel International | | | | | 1971 | 1972 | Operated Douglas DC-3, Vickers Viscount[235] |
KLM uk | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/KLM_uk_BAe_146-300_KvW.jpg/100px-KLM_uk_BAe_146-300_KvW.jpg) | UK | UKA | | 1999 | 2002 | Merged with KLM Cityhopper |
Knight Air | | | KNT | | 1994 | 1997 | Established as Knightway Air Charter in 1982. Fatal crash on 24 May 1995 of scheduled flight Leeds to Aberdeen. Operated Cessna 550 Citation II, Embraer Bandeirante[236][237] |
Kondair Cargo | | | | | 1977 | 1989 | Taken over by TNT Aviation Services. Operated Britten-Norman Trislander, Cessna 404 Titan[238] |
L |
Laker Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Boeing_707-138B_G-AVZZ_Laker_LGW_21.06.70.jpg/100px-Boeing_707-138B_G-AVZZ_Laker_LGW_21.06.70.jpg) | GK | LKR | LAKER | 1965 | 1982 | |
Lakeside North West | | | LKS | | 1992 | 1993 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31[239] |
Lancashire Aircraft Corporation | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/H.P._Halifax_VIII_G-AKEC_LAC_Ringway_18.02.50_edited-2.jpg/100px-H.P._Halifax_VIII_G-AKEC_LAC_Ringway_18.02.50_edited-2.jpg) | | | | 1946 | 1958 | Acquired by Silver City Airways. Operated Airspeed Consul, Avro York, Bristol Freighter, de Havilland Express, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Douglas C-47B, Handley Page Halifax, Percival Proctor[240][241] |
Lanzair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/N273R_Constellation_Lanzair_CVT_01-10-1976_%2822777449107%29.jpg/100px-N273R_Constellation_Lanzair_CVT_01-10-1976_%2822777449107%29.jpg) | | | | 1973 | 1976 | Operated Lockheed L-649 Constellation[242] |
LeCocq's Airlink | | | | | 1999 | 2003 | Renamed Rockhopper Airlines. Operated BN-2 Islander, Trislander[243] |
Leisure International Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/G-UKLI_B767-39HER_Leisure_Intl_MAN_21MAY97_%286741773285%29.jpg/100px-G-UKLI_B767-39HER_Leisure_Intl_MAN_21MAY97_%286741773285%29.jpg) | MV | UKL | LEISURE | 1993 | 1998 | Merged into Air 2000 |
Lennard Aviation | | | | | 1964 | 1966 | Operated Piper Aztec, Piper Twin Comanche, BN-2 Islander[244] |
Links Air | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Linksair_-_British_Aerospace_BAe-3102_Jetstream_31.jpg/100px-Linksair_-_British_Aerospace_BAe-3102_Jetstream_31.jpg) | | LNQ | FASTLINK | 1983 | 2016 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31[245] |
Little Red | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/EI-DEO_at_Heathrow_%288617728112%29.jpg/100px-EI-DEO_at_Heathrow_%288617728112%29.jpg) | VS | VIR | VIRGIN | 2013 | 2015 | |
Lloyd International Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Bristol_175_307_G-ANCD_Lloyd_Int_STA_09.09.72_edited-2.jpg/100px-Bristol_175_307_G-ANCD_Lloyd_Int_STA_09.09.72_edited-2.jpg) | LW | | | 1961 | 1972 | |
London Aero and Motor Services | | | | | 1946 | 1947 | Founded by Graham Humby. Merged with the South African charter airline Alpha Airways. Operated Handley Page Halifax[246] |
London City Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/DHC-7_G-BOAY_London_City_Aws_LCY_31.10.88_edited-2.jpg/100px-DHC-7_G-BOAY_London_City_Aws_LCY_31.10.88_edited-2.jpg) | II | LCY | STOL | 1986 | 1990 | Founded by British Midland as Eurocity Express and later reabsorbed by British Midland |
London European Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/G-BNIH_BAC_One-Eleven_561_London_European_Airways_MAN_JAN88_%2813324820123%29.jpg/100px-G-BNIH_BAC_One-Eleven_561_London_European_Airways_MAN_JAN88_%2813324820123%29.jpg) | UQ | LON | EUROPEAN | 1986 | 1991 | Operated for a while as Ryanair Europe. |
London, Scottish & Provincial Airways | | | | | 1934 | 1934 | 1934 crash. Operated Airspeed Courier[247] |
Love Air | | 4J | LOV | LOVEAIR | 1991 | 2000 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31[248] |
Lundy & Atlantic Air Services | | | | | 1936 | 1936 | Operated Short Scion[249] |
Luton Airways | | | | | 1958 | 1959 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[250] |
Luxury Air Tours | | | | | 1932 | 1933 | Operated de Havilland Dragon[251] |
Lynton Aviation | | | LYN | LYNTON | 1987 | 2003 | Founded by Christopher Tennant. Established as Magec Aviation in 1985. Operated Eurocopter AS355 Écureuil 2, BAe 125, Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond[252] |
M |
Macavia International Corporation | | | | | − | − | Operated HS 748, Douglas C-118[253] |
Macedonian Aviation | | | | | 1972 | 1974 | Founded by Roger Byron-Collins. Operated de Havilland Dove, Douglas DC-3[254][255] |
Maersk Air UK | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/G-MSKJ_%2816478769526%29.jpg/100px-G-MSKJ_%2816478769526%29.jpg) | VB | MSK | BLUESTAR | 1993 | 2003 | Renamed Duo Airways[256] |
Magec Aviation | | | MGC | MAGEC | 1982 | 1999 | Merged into Lynton Aviation. Operated BAe 125, Falcon 900[257] |
Maitland Air Charters | | | | | 1959 | 1960 | Founded by Jock Maitland. Renamed Maitland Drewery. Operated Aero Ae-45, Percival Prentice, Percival Proctor[258][259] |
Maitland Drewery | | | | | 1960 | 1961 | Operated Aero Ae-45, Vickers Viscount, Vickers VC.1 Viking[260] |
Malinair | | WG | MAK | MALIN | 1985 | 1987 | [261] |
Manchester Aviation | | | | | 1921 | 1923 | Operated Airco DH.6[262] |
Mannin Airways | | | | | 1948 | 1949 | Merged with Ulster Aviation to form North West Airlines. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[263] |
Manx Air Charters | | | | | 1947 | 1953 | Renamed Manx Airlines (1953). Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[264] |
Manx Airlines (1953) | | | | | 1953 | 1958 | Established as Manx Air Charters. Acquired by Silver City Airways[265] |
Manx Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Manx_Airlines_BAe_146-200_Aragao-2.jpg/100px-Manx_Airlines_BAe_146-200_Aragao-2.jpg) | JE | MNX | MANX | 1982 | 2002 | |
Manx Airlines Europe | | JE | MXE | EUROMANX | 1995 | 1996 | Renamed/merged to British Regional Airlines / British Airways Express[266] |
Manx2 | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Manx2_%28FLM_Aviation%29_Dornier_228-202K.jpg/100px-Manx2_%28FLM_Aviation%29_Dornier_228-202K.jpg) | NM | BPS | | 2006 | 2013 | Renamed Citywing[267] |
Markoss Aviation | | | MKO | | 2001 | 2008 | Operated BAe 125, BAe 125 800, Bombardier CRJ200[268][269] |
Martini Airfreight Services | | | INI | | 1996 | 1999 | Renamed Benair. Operated Cessna Grand Caravan[270] |
Mayflower Air Services | | | | | 1961 | 1964 | Acquired by British Westpoint Airlines. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[271] |
McAlpine Aviation | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/British_Aircraft_Corporation_BAC_1-11_Series_475EZ%2C_McAlpine_Aviation_JP6071552.jpg/100px-British_Aircraft_Corporation_BAC_1-11_Series_475EZ%2C_McAlpine_Aviation_JP6071552.jpg) | | MAL | | | 1992 | |
Mediterranean Express | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/G-AZUK_1_BAC_One-Eleven_476_Mediterranean_Express_MAN_OCT87_%2813029928254%29.jpg/100px-G-AZUK_1_BAC_One-Eleven_476_Mediterranean_Express_MAN_OCT87_%2813029928254%29.jpg) | | MEE | | 1986 | 1988 | Acquired by Trans European Airways. Operated BAC 1-11[272] |
Melba Airways | | | | | 1949 | 1952 | Operated Airspeed Consul, de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Dragon Rapide[273] |
Mercury Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/G-AOZN_DH114_Heron_1_Mercury_Airlines_LPL_13JUN64_%286812537259%29.jpg/100px-G-AOZN_DH114_Heron_1_Mercury_Airlines_LPL_13JUN64_%286812537259%29.jpg) | | | | 1957 | 1964 | Established as Overseas Air Transport (Jersey). Acquired by British Midland. Operated Douglas DC-3, de Havilland Heron[274] |
Meredith Air Transport | | | | | 1952 | 1954 | Became Air Safaris. Operated a single Douglas DC-3 |
Meridian Airmaps | | | | | 1952 | 1989 | Aerial survey. Went in liquidation. Operated Avro Anson, Miles Aerovan[275] |
Merlin Air Services | | | | | 1952 | 1989 | Operated Cessna Caravan[276] |
Merlot International Aviation | | | | | 1972 | 1974 | Operated BAe 125, Agusta-Bell 206[277] |
Metropolitan Air Movements | | | | | 1960 | 1964 | Operated de Havilland Heron, de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Dragonfly[278] |
Metropolitan Airways | | | | | 1982 | 1985 | Established as Alderney Air Ferries. Operated BN-2 Islander, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Short 330[279] |
Mid-Fly | | | | | 1964 | 1966 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Piper Aztec, Piper Tri-Pacer, Piper Colt, Piper Cherokee[280] |
Midland Air Cargo | | | | | 1970 | 1973 | Operated Bristol Freighter[281] |
Midland & Scottish Air Ferries | | | | | 1933 | 1934 | Scotland's first airline |
MK Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/MK_Airlines_Boeing_747-200_Zammit.jpg/100px-MK_Airlines_Boeing_747-200_Zammit.jpg) | 7G | BGB | BRITISH GLOBAL | 2006 | 2010 | |
Modern Transport | | | | | 1949 | 1950 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[282] |
Monarch Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/G-EOMA_3_A330-243_Monarch_PMI_27MAY12_%287281499666%29.jpg/100px-G-EOMA_3_A330-243_Monarch_PMI_27MAY12_%287281499666%29.jpg) | ZB | MON | MONARCH | 1967 | 2017 | Entered administration |
Morton Air Services | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Douglas_C-47B_G-AMRA_Morton_LGW_06.68_edited-3.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-47B_G-AMRA_Morton_LGW_06.68_edited-3.jpg) | | | | 1945 | 1967 | Absorbed into British United Island Airways |
Mossair | | | | | 1975 | 1980 | Established as Alderney Air Charter in 1964. Operated de Havilland Dove[283] |
Murray Chown Aviation | | | | | 1949 | 1953 | Acquired by Cambrian Air Services. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Percival Proctor[284] |
MyTravel Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Mytravel.a320.takeoff.arp.750pix.jpg/100px-Mytravel.a320.takeoff.arp.750pix.jpg) | VZ | MYT | KESTREL | 2002 | 2008 | Merged into Thomas Cook Airlines |
MyTravelLite Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Airbus_A320-231%2C_MyTravel_Lite_JP288614.jpg/100px-Airbus_A320-231%2C_MyTravel_Lite_JP288614.jpg) | VZ | MYL | MY LITE | 2002 | 2005 | Reintegrated into its parent airline MyTravel Airways |
N |
National Airways (UK) | | | | | 1982 | 1988 | Renamed National Commuter Airways. Operated Beech King Air, Beech Baron, Trislander, Embraer Bandeirante, Short 330[285] |
National Commuter Airways | | | | | 1988 | 1989 | Acquired by Region Airways. Operated Embraer Brasilia, Short 330, Short 360[286] |
Newman Airways | | | | | 1945 | 1951 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[287] |
Nexus Airlines | | | | | 2005 | 2005 | |
Norfolk Airways | | | | | 1950 | 1970 | Merged with Anglian Air Charter and Rig Air to form Air Anglia. Operated Piper Aztec[288] |
North Eastern Airways | | | | | 1935 | 1947 | Absorbed into BEA. Operated Airspeed Envoy, de Havilland Dragon Rapide[289] |
North Sea Aerial & General Transport Company | | | | | 1919 | 1936 | Established as North Sea Aerial Navigation Company. Operated Blackburn Segrave, Blackburn Kangaroo[290] |
North Sea Air Transport | | | | | 1946 | 1949 | Operated Avro Anson, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Lockheed 12A, Lockheed 14[291] |
North West Airlines (UK) | | | | | 1949 | 1957 | Formed by the merger of Mannin Airways and Ulster Aviation. Operated Miles Aerovan, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Douglas C-47A[292] |
North-South Airlines | | | | | 1959 | 1962 | Operated de Havilland Heron[293] |
Northair | | NT | | | 1964 | 1979 | Acquired by Capital Airlines (UK), Operated Piper Aztec, Piper Twin Comanche[294] |
Northeast Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Vickers_Viscount_806_G-APEY_Northeast_LHR_22.08.71_edited-3.jpg/100px-Vickers_Viscount_806_G-APEY_Northeast_LHR_22.08.71_edited-3.jpg) | NS | | NORJET | 1970 | 1976 | Merged into British Airways |
Northern & Scottish Airways | | | | | 1934 | 1937 | Merged to Scottish Airways and eventually British European Airways |
Northern Air Charter | | | | | 1947 | 1948 | Operated Airspeed Consul, de Havilland Dragon Rapide[295] |
Northern Air Lines | | | | | 1924 | 1925 | Went into liquidation. Operated Airco DH.9, de Havilland DH.50[296] |
Northern Air Transport | | | | | 1929 | 1932 | Founded by John Leeming. Operated Avro 504[297] |
Northern Airlines (UK) | | | TLR | | 1991 | 1994 | Operated BN-2 Islander[298] |
Northern Aviation | | | | | 2004 | 2009 | Operated Beech Super King Air, Piper Seneca, Cessna Golden Eagle[299] |
Northern Executive Aviation | | | NEX | NEATAX | 1962 | 2013 | Operated Beech Super King Air, BN-2 Islander, Falcon 900, Learjet 35, Piper Aztec, Piper Twin Comanche[300] |
Norwegian Air UK | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Norwegian_Air_UK_Boeing_787-9_Dreamliner_G-CKWC_approaching_JFK_Airport.jpg/100px-Norwegian_Air_UK_Boeing_787-9_Dreamliner_G-CKWC_approaching_JFK_Airport.jpg) | DI | NRS | RED NOSE | 2015 | 2021 | Merged into Norse Atlantic UK |
Novair International Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Boeing_737-46B%2C_Novair_International_Airways_JP5947866.jpg/100px-Boeing_737-46B%2C_Novair_International_Airways_JP5947866.jpg) | EN | NGK | STARJET | 1988 | 1990 | |
O |
Olley Air Service | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/DH.104_Dove_1B_G-AJBI_Olley_RWY_09.07.54_edited-2.jpg/100px-DH.104_Dove_1B_G-AJBI_Olley_RWY_09.07.54_edited-2.jpg) | | | | 1934 | 1947 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, de Havilland Dove[301] |
OpenSkies | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/G-BPEJ_OpenSkies_%28British_Airways%29_%283706934323%29.jpg/100px-G-BPEJ_OpenSkies_%28British_Airways%29_%283706934323%29.jpg) | EC | BOS | MISTRAL | 2007 | 2009 | |
Orion Airways (1956) | | | | | 1956 | 1960 | Founded by Captain Peter Palmer. Blackbushe Airport based. Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking[302][303] |
Orion Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Orion_Airways_Airbus_A300_Aragao.jpg/100px-Orion_Airways_Airbus_A300_Aragao.jpg) | KG | ORN | ORION | 1979 | 1989 | East Midlands Airport based Jet operator |
OurJet | | | | | 2003 | 2003 | Operated BAe 125[304] |
Overseas Aviation | | | | | 1957 | 1961 | Operated Canadair C-4 Argonaut, Vickers VC.1 Viking[305] |
Oxford Aero Charter (Oxaero) | | | | | 1998 | 2001 | Operated Cessna Citation, Piper Navajo Chieftain[306] |
P |
Palmair European | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Palmair_Astraeus_737-500.jpg/100px-Palmair_Astraeus_737-500.jpg) | | | | 1999 | 2010 | |
Palmair Flightline | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Flightline_BAe_146-300%3B_G-BPNT%40ZRH%3B26.01.1996_%285217446682%29.jpg/100px-Flightline_BAe_146-300%3B_G-BPNT%40ZRH%3B26.01.1996_%285217446682%29.jpg) | | | | 1993 | 1999 | Renamed Palmair European. Operated BAe 146[307] |
Paramount Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-83_%28DC-9-83%29%2C_Paramount_Airways_AN0607447.jpg/100px-McDonnell_Douglas_MD-83_%28DC-9-83%29%2C_Paramount_Airways_AN0607447.jpg) | QJ | PAT | PARAMOUNT | 1987 | 1989 | Entered receivership |
Peach Air | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Peach_Air_Boeing_737-200_Spijkers.jpg/100px-Peach_Air_Boeing_737-200_Spijkers.jpg) | KG | KGC | GOLDCREST | 1997 | 1998 | Merged with Flying Colours Airlines to form JMC Air |
Pegasus Airlines (UK) | | | | | 1959 | 1961 | Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking[308] |
Pelican Cargo | | | | | 1978 | 1981 | Operated Boeing 707[309] |
Peregrine Air Services | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/British_Aerospace_BAe-3101_Jetstream_31%2C_Air_Commuter_AN0634993.jpg/100px-British_Aerospace_BAe-3101_Jetstream_31%2C_Air_Commuter_AN0634993.jpg) | PJ | PSS | | 1969 | 1990 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31, Beech Super King Air, Cessna Titan, Grumman Gulfstream I, Piper Aztec[310] |
Peters' Aviation | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/G-AXFH_DH_Heron_Peters_Aviation_CVT_04-07-77_%2837104542722%29.jpg/100px-G-AXFH_DH_Heron_Peters_Aviation_CVT_04-07-77_%2837104542722%29.jpg) | NP | | | 1969 | 1979 | Operated de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Heron, Piper Cherokee[311] |
Platinum Air 2000 | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/G-PLAJ_Jetstream_31_Platinum_Air_2000_MAN_12AUG00_%287003895439%29.jpg/100px-G-PLAJ_Jetstream_31_Platinum_Air_2000_MAN_12AUG00_%287003895439%29.jpg) | | | | 1998 | 2001 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31, Beech Super King Air, Cessna Citation II[312] |
Platinum Air Charter Executive | | | PLM | PLATINUM EXEC | 1999 | 2001 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31[313] |
Polar Airways [de] | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/G-AOHT_V_Viscount_Polar_Airways_EMA_03-09-1982_%2839231948005%29.jpg/100px-G-AOHT_V_Viscount_Polar_Airways_EMA_03-09-1982_%2839231948005%29.jpg) | | | | 1982 | 1983 | Operated Vickers Viscounts[314] |
Polyfoto Air Taxi Services | | | | | 1963 | 1966 | Operated Piper Apache, Piper Twin Comanche, Cessna Skylark[315] |
Portsmouth, Southsea & I.O.W. Aviation | | | | | 1932 | 1939 | Established as Inland Flying Service. Renamed Portsmouth Aviation. Operated Westland IV[316] |
Prime Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Prime_Airlines_Airbus_A300_Aragao.jpg/100px-Prime_Airlines_Airbus_A300_Aragao.jpg) | | PRM | PRIME AIR | 2001 | 2002 | Formed by HeavyLift Cargo Airlines |
Princess Air | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/G-PRIN_B.Ae_146-200_Princess_Air_MAN_OCT90_%286035193386%29.jpg/100px-G-PRIN_B.Ae_146-200_Princess_Air_MAN_OCT90_%286035193386%29.jpg) | 8Q | PRN | WHISPERJET | 1989 | 1991 | Charter airline passenger/freight with two aircraft |
Progressive Airways | | | | | 1970 | 1971 | Established as Tyler Aviation. Operated de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Heron[317] |
Prospair | | | | | 1990 | 1994 | Renamed Genesis Airways. Operated BAe Jetstream 31[318] |
Provincial Airways | | | | | 1933 | 1935 | |
Q |
Quest Airlines | | | | | 2004 | 2005 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31[319] |
R |
Railway Air Services | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/DH.89_Dragon_Rapide_G-ACPR_Rly_AS_Ringway_07.38_edited-2.jpg/100px-DH.89_Dragon_Rapide_G-ACPR_Rly_AS_Ringway_07.38_edited-2.jpg) | | | | 1933 | 1947 | Nationalised and merged into British European Airways |
Redcoat Air Cargo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bristol_175_Britannia_253F%2C_Redcoat_Air_Cargo_AN1287454.jpg/100px-Bristol_175_Britannia_253F%2C_Redcoat_Air_Cargo_AN1287454.jpg) | RY | | | 1977 | 1982 | |
Reed Aviation (UK) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/File-Hawker_Siddeley_HS_748_G-BEJD_of_Emerald_Airways_at_Liverpool_Speke_Jan_2013_%288376509243%29.jpg/100px-File-Hawker_Siddeley_HS_748_G-BEJD_of_Emerald_Airways_at_Liverpool_Speke_Jan_2013_%288376509243%29.jpg) | | | | 1996 | 2006 | Operated HS 748[320] |
Regionair | | JA | RGL | | 1987 | 1991 | Scheduled passenger Southend to Brussels/Rotterdam/Paris |
Rig Air | | | | | 1970 | 1970 | Merged with Anglian Air Charter and Norfolk Airways to form Air Anglia. Operated Douglas C-47[321] |
RM Aviation | | | RMN | | 1974 | 1999 | Operated Beech King Air, Cessna Citation V[322] |
Rockhopper Airlines | | | | | 2003 | 2006 | Renamed Blue Islands |
Ryburn Air | | | | | 1974 | 1979 | Operated Hughes 369, Partenavia P.68[323] |
S |
Sabre Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Boeing_727-276_G-BNNI_Sabre_RWY_23.07.95_edited-3.jpg/100px-Boeing_727-276_G-BNNI_Sabre_RWY_23.07.95_edited-3.jpg) | JN | SBE | SABRE | 1994 | 2001 | Renamed XL Airways UK |
Sagittair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Armstrong_Whitworth_AW650_Argosy_102%2C_G-APRN%2C_Sagittair.jpg/100px-Armstrong_Whitworth_AW650_Argosy_102%2C_G-APRN%2C_Sagittair.jpg) | | | | 1969 | 1972 | Operated Beech D18S, AW.660 Argosy[324] |
Sandown and Shanklin Flying Services | | | | | 1935 | 1936 | Founded by Ernest Byrne. Acquired Shanklin Flying Services[325] |
Scillonia Airways | | | | | 1966 | 1969 | Seasonal services. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[326] |
Scillonian Air Services | | | | | 1963 | 1964 | Operated Aero Commander 500[327] |
Scimitar Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Boeing_707-321C_%28Scimitar_AL%29_at_FRA.jpg/100px-Boeing_707-321C_%28Scimitar_AL%29_at_FRA.jpg) | JA | | | 1979 | 1982 | |
ScotAirways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Scotairways_G-BWIR_Dundee_airport.jpg/100px-Scotairways_G-BWIR_Dundee_airport.jpg) | CB | SAY | | 1999 | 2011 | Renamed Suckling Airways |
Scottish Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Douglas_C-47B_G-AMJU_Scottish_Als_RWY_11.52_edited-2.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-47B_G-AMJU_Scottish_Als_RWY_11.52_edited-2.jpg) | | | | 1946 | 1961 | Prestwick based |
Scottish Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/DH89A_Dragon_Rapide_G-AGJG_%287154203029%29.jpg/100px-DH89A_Dragon_Rapide_G-AGJG_%287154203029%29.jpg) | | | | 1937 | 1947 | Merged into British European Airways |
Scottish European Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hawker_Siddeley_HS-748_Srs2A-334%2C_Scottish_European_Airways_AN0199482.jpg/100px-Hawker_Siddeley_HS-748_Srs2A-334%2C_Scottish_European_Airways_AN0199482.jpg) | WW | SEU | | 1988 | 1990 | Established as Scottish Executive Airways in 1984. Operated HS 748 |
Securicor Air | | | | | 1983 | 1990 | Operated Beech Baron, Dart Herald, Piper Navajo Chieftain[328] |
SelectAir | | | | | 2004 | 2006 | Operated Piper Chieftain[329] |
Severn Airways | | | | | 1975 | 1975 | Went in liquidation. Operated de Havilland Dove[330] |
SFC Air Taxis | | | | | 1992 | 1998 | Operated Piper Seneca[331] |
Shanklin Flying Services | | | | | 1992 | 1998 | Acquired by Sandown and Shanklin Flying Services. Operated Spartan Cruiser[332] |
Shortcut Airlines | | | | | 1958 | 1960 | Renamed Air Condor. Operated Bristol Freighter[333] |
Silver City Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Douglas_C-47B_G-AMYX_Silv_City_RWY_13.02.54_edited-2.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-47B_G-AMYX_Silv_City_RWY_13.02.54_edited-2.jpg) | SS | | | 1947 | 1962 | Became part of British United Air Ferries |
Silverjet | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Silverjet.b767-200.g-sjet.arp.jpg/100px-Silverjet.b767-200.g-sjet.arp.jpg) | Y7 | SLR | SILVERJET | 2006 | 2008 | Bankruptcy, business class only |
Sivewright Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Miles_M.65_Gemini_1A_G-AKGD_Sive_RWY_10.49_edited-2.jpg/100px-Miles_M.65_Gemini_1A_G-AKGD_Sive_RWY_10.49_edited-2.jpg) | | | | 1946 | 1951 | Operated Avro Anson, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Douglas DC-3, Miles Aerovan, Miles Gemini[334] |
Sky Charters | | | | | 1962 | 1965 | Operated de Havilland Dove[335] |
Sky-Trek Airlines | | 5Q | STD | | 1997 | 2000 | Renamed LyddAir |
Skydrift Air Charter | | | SDL | | 2004 | 2010 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Piper Aztec, Piper Navajo Chieftain[336] |
Skysouth | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/G-STHA-Navajo.jpg/100px-G-STHA-Navajo.jpg) | | SDL | | 2006 | 2009 | |
Skyways Coach-Air Limited | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Hawker_Siddeley_HS-748_Srs.1-101%2C_G-ARMX%2C_Skyways_Coach_Air.jpg/100px-Hawker_Siddeley_HS-748_Srs.1-101%2C_G-ARMX%2C_Skyways_Coach_Air.jpg) | SX | | | 1956 | 1971 | Renamed Skyways International |
Skyways International | | SY | | | 1971 | 1972 | [337] |
Skyways Limited | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lockheed_L749A_G-ANUR_Skyways_Ringway_11.08.63.jpg/100px-Lockheed_L749A_G-ANUR_Skyways_Ringway_11.08.63.jpg) | | | | 1946 | 1962 | Taken over by Euravia |
Solair Flying Services | | | | | 1962 | 1964 | Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[338] |
Somerton Airways | | | | | 1946 | 1951 | Founded by Russell Gunton Ltd. Acquired by Morgan Aviation. Renamed Somerton Airways. Operated Percival Proctor, Austers, de Havilland Dragon Rapide[339] |
South Coast Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Douglas_DC-3%2C_South_Coast_Airways_JP5981650.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-3%2C_South_Coast_Airways_JP5981650.jpg) | | GAD | | 1995 | 2002 | Operated Douglas DC-3 |
South East Air (SEA) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/G-ATIG_HP_Herald_214_South_East_Air_CVT_13-12-87_%2830388695205%29.jpg/100px-G-ATIG_HP_Herald_214_South_East_Air_CVT_13-12-87_%2830388695205%29.jpg) | XX | | | 1987 | 1988 | Operated Dart Herald |
South West Aviation | | UX | | | 1966 | 1973 | [340] |
Southampton Air Services | | | | | 1946 | 1946 | Operated Douglas DC-2[341] |
Southern Aircraft | | | | | 1946 | 1946 | Operated Avro Anson, de Havilland Dragon Rapide[342] |
Southern Airways Ltd | | | | | 1936 | 1939 | |
Southern International Air Transport | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/G-CSZA_V%2CViscount_Southern_International_CVT_08-05-79_%2819535969201%29.jpg/100px-G-CSZA_V%2CViscount_Southern_International_CVT_08-05-79_%2819535969201%29.jpg) | CS | | | 1974 | 1983 | Operated Vickers Viscount[343] |
Spacegrand | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6-310_Twin_Otter%2C_Spacegrand_AN0621483.jpg/100px-De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6-310_Twin_Otter%2C_Spacegrand_AN0621483.jpg) | | | | 1979 | 1985 | Amalgamated into Jersey European Airways. Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[344] |
Spartan Air Lines | | | | | 1933 | 1935 | Merged with United Airways Limited to form British Airways Ltd |
Starways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/G-APZB_1_V.707_Viscount_Starways_LPL_01JAN64_%285646897331%29.jpg/100px-G-APZB_1_V.707_Viscount_Starways_LPL_01JAN64_%285646897331%29.jpg) | | | | 1948 | 1963 | Acquired by British Eagle |
Strathallan Air Services | | | | | 1966 | 1967 | Operated Douglas C-47B[345] |
Streamline Aviation | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Short_330-200%2C_Streamline_Aviation_JP6353730.jpg/100px-Short_330-200%2C_Streamline_Aviation_JP6353730.jpg) | | SSW | STREAMLINE | 1980 | 2002 | Acquired by Emerald Airways. Operated Short 330, Short 360[346] |
Suckling Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Dornier_228-202K%2C_Suckling_Airways_AN0205272.jpg/100px-Dornier_228-202K%2C_Suckling_Airways_AN0205272.jpg) | CB | SAY | SUCKLING | 1984 | 2013 | Integrated into its parent company Loganair |
Sunjet Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Boeing_737-3Q8%2C_Sunjet_%28Air_Foyle_%28British_Airways%29%29_AN0491327.jpg/100px-Boeing_737-3Q8%2C_Sunjet_%28Air_Foyle_%28British_Airways%29%29_AN0491327.jpg) | | SUJ | SUNJET | 2002 | 2003 | Renamed Now Airlines. Operated Boeing 737-300 |
Surf Air Europe | | | FLJ | | 2017 | 2018 | Parent company of the US Surf Air. Operated Embraer Phenom 300[347] |
T |
TAC Heavylift | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Transmeridian_Air_Cargo_Short_Belfast_at_Stansted_-_1979.jpg/100px-Transmeridian_Air_Cargo_Short_Belfast_at_Stansted_-_1979.jpg) | | | | 1978 | 1980 | Renamed HeavyLift Cargo Airlines. Operated Short Belfast |
TBG Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Lockheed_L-1011-1_Tristar%2C_TBG_Airways_JP14657.jpg/100px-Lockheed_L-1011-1_Tristar%2C_TBG_Airways_JP14657.jpg) | | | | 1996 | 1997 | Operated Lockheed Tristar |
TEA UK | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/TEA_UK_Boeing_737-200_Aragao.jpg/100px-TEA_UK_Boeing_737-200_Aragao.jpg) | EQ | TUK | | 1989 | 1991 | Operated Boeing 727-200 |
Tempair International Airlines | | | | | 1972 | 1976 | |
Thomas Cook Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/G-TCDM%2C_Airbus_A321_of_Thomas_Cook_Airlines_at_Manchester_Airport%2C_2017_%2835367258335%29.jpg/100px-G-TCDM%2C_Airbus_A321_of_Thomas_Cook_Airlines_at_Manchester_Airport%2C_2017_%2835367258335%29.jpg) | MT | TCX | THOMAS COOK | 2003 | 2019 | Entered liquidation |
Thomson Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Thomson_Airways%2C_Boeing_787-8_Dreamliner%2C_G-TUIA_%2818570987296%29.jpg/100px-Thomson_Airways%2C_Boeing_787-8_Dreamliner%2C_G-TUIA_%2818570987296%29.jpg) | BY | TOM | TOMSON | 2008 | 2016 | Renamed TUI Airways |
Thomsonfly | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Thomsonfly_Boeing_737-800_Spijkers.jpg/100px-Thomsonfly_Boeing_737-800_Spijkers.jpg) | BY | TOM | | 2005 | 2008 | Merged with First Choice Airways to form Thomson Airways |
Thurston Aviation | | HZ | | | 1968 | 1989 | Operated Piper Navajo, Beech Super King Air, Piper Apache, Percival Prentice[348] |
Tippers Air Transport | | | | | 1964 | 1967 | Operated Avro Anson[349] |
TMAC Seabird Air Cargo | | | | | 1972 | 1975 | Operated Canadair CL-44[350] |
TNT Aviation Services | | | | | 1987 | 2000 | Subsidiary of TNT Express. Operated Airbus A300B4[351] |
Tradair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Vickers_Viscount_707%2C_G-APZC%2C_Tradair.jpg/100px-Vickers_Viscount_707%2C_G-APZC%2C_Tradair.jpg) | | | | 1957 | 1962 | Taken over by Channel Airways, Southend based, Viking aircraft[85] |
Tradewinds Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Canadair_CL-44D-4_G-AWDK_Tradewinds_LGW_18.05.74_edited-3.jpg/100px-Canadair_CL-44D-4_G-AWDK_Tradewinds_LGW_18.05.74_edited-3.jpg) | IK | IKA | TRADEWINDS | 1967 | 1990 | |
Trans Euro Air | | | | | 2004 | 2009 | Operated ATR 42-300F, Cessna Titan, Piper Navajo[352] |
Trans European Aviation | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Lockheed_L-049E_Constellation%2C_G-AMUP%2C_Trans-European_Airways.jpg/100px-Lockheed_L-049E_Constellation%2C_G-AMUP%2C_Trans-European_Airways.jpg) | | | | 1959 | 1962 | Renamed Trans European Airways in 1961 |
Trans Meridian Flying Services | | | | | 1962 | 1979 | Renamed Transmeridian Air Cargo. Operated Canadair CL-44, Douglas DC-6, Douglas DC-7[353] |
Trans World Charter | | | | | 1948 | 1951 | Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking[354] |
Transair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Douglas_C-47B_G-AMVL_Transair_Ringway_07.02.53_edited-2.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-47B_G-AMVL_Transair_Ringway_07.02.53_edited-2.jpg) | | | | 1947 | 1960 | Absorbed into British United Airways (BUA) |
Transglobe Airways | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/G-ATGD_B175_Britannia_314_Transglobe_Aws_PMI_11SEP65_%285666674556%29.jpg/100px-G-ATGD_B175_Britannia_314_Transglobe_Aws_PMI_11SEP65_%285666674556%29.jpg) | | | | 1959 | 1968 | Operated Bristol Britannia, Canadair CL-44 |
Transmeridian Air Cargo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Canadair_CL-44D-4_G-AXUL_Tr_Meridian_STA_16.05.76_edited-2.jpg/100px-Canadair_CL-44D-4_G-AXUL_Tr_Meridian_STA_16.05.76_edited-2.jpg) | KK | | TRANSMERIDIAN | 1971 | 1981 | Merged with IAS Cargo Airlines to form British Cargo Airlines |
Treffield Aviation | | | | | 1965 | 1966 | Founded by Lord Trefgarne and Charles Masefield. Renamed Treffield International and declared bankruptcy in 1967. Operated Avro Anson[355] |
Trent Valley Aviation | | | | | 1946 | 1948 | Based at Nottingham Airport. Took part in the Berlin Airlift. Operated Douglas DC-3[356] |
Tyler Aviation | | | | | 1970 | 1970 | Renamed Progressive Airways. Operated de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Heron[357] |
Tyne Tees Air Charter | | | | | 1960 | 1962 | Renamed Tyne Tees Airways. Operated de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Dragon Rapide[358] |
U |
UK International Airlines | | IH | UKI | MAGENTA | 2005 | 2007 | [359] |
Ulster Aviation | | | | | 1946 | 1949 | Merged with Mannin Airways to form North West Airlines (UK)[360] |
United Airways Limited | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/A.W._Argosy_United_Airways_1935.jpg/100px-A.W._Argosy_United_Airways_1935.jpg) | | | | 1934 | 1935 | Merged into Allied British Airways |
V |
Varsity Express | | | | | 2010 | 2010 | |
Venture Airways | | CD | ACK | | 1984 | 1984 | Established as Air Commuter. Operated HS 748[361] |
Veritair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/G-DCPA_%2831435864470%29.jpg/100px-G-DCPA_%2831435864470%29.jpg) | | | | 1982 | 2008 | Established as Air Commuter. Operated HS 748[362] |
Vernair | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/G-AWWS_Shorts_SC.7_Skyvan_200_Vernair_LPL_16APR83_%286779362464%29.jpg/100px-G-AWWS_Shorts_SC.7_Skyvan_200_Vernair_LPL_16APR83_%286779362464%29.jpg) | VC | ATS | | 1967 | 1986 | Transported racehorses. Operated Short Skyvan[363] |
Virgin Atlantic Little Red | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Virgin_Atlantic_%22Little_Red%22_Airbus_A-320_%288641959763%29.jpg/100px-Virgin_Atlantic_%22Little_Red%22_Airbus_A-320_%288641959763%29.jpg) | VS | VIR | VIRGIN | 2013 | 2015 | Operated on a wet-lease by Aer Lingus |
Virgin Sun Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Virgin_Sun_Airbus_A320-214%3B_G-VMED%2C_June_2001_%288297179365%29.jpg/100px-Virgin_Sun_Airbus_A320-214%3B_G-VMED%2C_June_2001_%288297179365%29.jpg) | V2 | VIR | VIRGIN | 1998 | 2001 | Sold to Air 2000 |
W |
Waves | | | | | 2016 | 2018 | |
Welsh Airways | | | | | 1985 | 1988 | Operated Partenavia P.68[364] |
Westair International | | | | | 1989 | 1994 | Operated Dart Herald[365] |
Western Airways | | | | SHOVEL | 1932 | 1940 | Continued non-airline operations until 1978 |
Western Airways (Norman Edgar) | | | | | 1934 | 1938 | Established as Bristol Air Taxi. Renamed Western Airways. Operated de Havilland Puss Moth, de Havilland Dragon[366] |
Western Aviation (UK) | | | | | 1928 | 1928 | Operated Avro 504[367] |
Westminster Airways | | | | | 1946 | 1949 | |
Westpoint Aviation | | | | | 1960 | 1963 | Established as F & J Mann Airways in 1960. Renamed British Westpoint Airlines. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Douglas DC-3[368] |
Westward Airways | | | | | 1971 | 2009 | |
Whoosh | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/SP-KCN-ATR42-0282.jpg/100px-SP-KCN-ATR42-0282.jpg) | W2 | | | 2007 | 2007 | Formed in partnership with White Eagle Aviation, Poland. Started services 29 May 2007 using White Eagle's AOC. Ceased all ops on 9 December 2007. |
Wight Airlines | | | | | 2006 | 2006 | Operated BN-2 Islander, Piper Navajo[369] |
William Dempster | | | | | 1947 | 1953 | Operated Avro Tudor[370] |
Willowair | | | WLO | WILLOWAIR | 1992 | 1996 | Acquired by Streamline Aviation. Operated Embraer Bandeirante[371] |
Wolverhampton Aviation | | | | | 1948 | 1954 | Merged into Derby Aviation. Operated Miles Gemini, Miles Hawk Trainer, de Havilland Dragon Rapide[372][373] |
World Air Freight | | | | | 1947 | 1948 | Operated Handley Page Halifax[374] |
World Airlines | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/World_Airlines_BAe_146-200A_Durand.jpg/100px-World_Airlines_BAe_146-200A_Durand.jpg) | W2 | WRD | ECLIPSE | 1995 | 1996 | |
X |
XL Airways UK | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/XL767-g-vkng.jpg/100px-XL767-g-vkng.jpg) | JN | XLA | EXPO | 2006 | 2008 | Bankruptcy, was Sabre Airways |
Y |
Yeoward Line Aviation | | | | | 1972 | 1982 | Subsidiary of Yeoward Brothers Ltd. Operated Piper Seneca[375] |
Yorkshire European Airways | | | | | 1992 | 1993 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante[376] Flights between Southampton, Leeds/Bradford and Edinburgh |
Z |
Zoom Airlines Limited | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/G-CZNA_B767-306ER_Zoom_UK_YVR_26JUN08_%283193173361%29.jpg/100px-G-CZNA_B767-306ER_Zoom_UK_YVR_26JUN08_%283193173361%29.jpg) | ZX | UKZ | FLYZOOM | 2007 | 2008 | |