This is a list of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom.
Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commencedoperations Ceasedoperations Notes A Avro Transport Company 1919 1920 First regular airline in the UKA2B Airways20052005 Established as Flykeen Airways. Acquired by British NorthWest Airlines AB Airlines 7L AZX AZTEC 1993 1999 Previously Air Bristol AB Shannon 1993 1996 Air Bristol Shannon-based operations. Operated BAC 1-11 Aberdeen Airways (1934)19341937Became Allied Airways (Gandar Dower) Aberdeen Airways (1989) SM AAW GRANITE 1989 1992 Traded as North East Express 1991-1992 Aberdeen London Express19941994 Operated BAC 1-11 ACE Freighters 1964 1966 Registered trading name of Aviation Charter Enterprises ACE Scotland 1966 1966 Registered trading name of Aviation Charter Enterprises (Scotland). ACE Freighters subsidiaryAer Lingus UKEGEUKGREEN FLIGHT 2021 2026 UK-based subsidiary of Irish flag carrier, Aer Lingus, headquartered in Belfast. Ceased operations and brand was retired following Manchester Airport base closure Aerofilms 1919 1925 Taken over by Hunting Aerosurveys African Air Safaris 1954 1959 Previously Meredith Air Transport. Renamed Air Safaris Air 2000DPAMMJETSET19872003Renamed First Choice Airways Air Alba RLB 1991 1997 Renamed Highland Airways Air AngliaAQAQ ANGLIAN 19701980Merged with British Island Airways to form AirUK Air Atlanta Europe 2003 2006 Air Atlanta (Iceland) subsidiary. Renamed XL Airways Air Atlantique 1969 1990 Established as General Aviation Services in 1969. Operated Douglas DC-3 Air Belfast7LAZX19951996 Air Bristol Belfast-based operations brand ABC-Air Bridge Carriers AB 1972 1992 Rebranded Air Bridge in 1980. Renamed Hunting Cargo Airlines Air Bristol7LAZX19921997 Renamed AB Airlines Air Caledonian CSF20042005 Air Camelot 1978 1987 Operated Trislander Air Cavrel ACL CAVREL 19981999 Operated Short 330 Air Charter Limited 1947 1960 Merged to form British United Airways Air Commerce19381947 Operations transferred to British European Airways Air Commuter 3A ACK 1982 1984 Operated leased BAe Jetstream, BAe.748 (as Venture Airways), DH.104, leased EMB-110 Air Condor 1960 1960 Operated Bristol Freighter, Vickers VC.1 Viking Air Continental 1979 1983 Operated Beechcraft 65, and Piper PA-31 for cargo runs Air Contractors 19461949 Operated Douglas C-47A, Bristol Freighter, Miles Aerovan Air Dispatch 1936 1940 Air Ecosse ECECSAIR ECOSSE19771987 Originally a subsidiary of Fairflight Charters Air Enterprises19471953 Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide on British European Airways behalf Air Envoy 1968 1970 No flight operations. Renamed Central Air Services Air EuropeAEAOEAIR EUROPE19791991 Air Europe Ex AX AEE 1984 1991 Previously Connectair Ltd. Air Exel UK EXX 1989 1993 Operated Embraer Brasilia Air Faisal (Air Faisel) KV19751978 Operated Bristol Britannia Air Ferry Limited 19621968 Air Foyle HeavyLift GS UPA FOYLE 2001 2006 Formed as a joint venture between Air Foyle Ltd. and HeavyLift Cargo Airlines Air Freight 1971 1975 Renamed Skyways Cargo Air Freight Express 5Z AFX 1999 2003 Operated Boeing 747-200 Air Furness GB 1984 1988 Operated BN.2 between Barrow and ManchesterMark Blacklock, "Air Furness", Aviation News fornightly magazine, 31-October-13 November 1986, pp. 600-601Alan Worsley, Aviation News fornightly magazine, 24 December 1987-8 January 1988, pp. 736-737Paul Tomlin, "Feeding to expand", Commuter World magazine, April–May 1988 pp 35-37Gunter G. Endres, World Airline Fleets 1987-1988, Browcom Publishing Ltd., Feltham (Middlesex - U.K.), ISBN 0946141 30 4 |pages=82 Air Gregory 1965 1969 Trading name of both Gregory Air Taxis and Gregory Air Services operations. Operated Cessna 172, Piper Aztec, Douglas C-47A, Piper Twin Comanche Air Hanson 1965 2000 Operated BAC 1-11 Air Hire 1934 1935 Established as Wrightson Air Hire in 1933. Operated de Havilland Leopard Moth Air InternationalAK19711972 Operated Vickers Viscount Air Kilroe 9R AKL KILROE 19781999Merged scheduled operations into Eastern Airways. Operated BAe JetstreamG. Endres (editor) & Air Transport Intelligence, "World Airlines 2000", Flight International weekly magazine Directory, U.K., p.69, ISBN 0-617-01280-6 Air Kruise 1946 1958 Air Links 1959 1965 Operated Douglas C-47A, Canadair C-4 Argonaut, Handley Page Hermes Renamed Transglobe Airways Air Luton 1985 1986 Operated Douglas C-47A, Piper Navajo Air ManchesterSUREWAY19821982 G.G. Endres, World Airline Fleets 1983, p. 148, Aviation Data Centre, Feltham (Middlesex - U.K.), ISBN 0 946141 02 9 Air Medical MCD AIR MED 1985 2016 Operated Learjet 35, Piper Cheyenne, Piper PA-31T Cheyenne Air Metro 1988 1989 Trading name of Ellan Vannin Airlines. Operated Swearingen Metro Air Oxford 1979 1984 Operated Piper Chieftain, Piper NavajoG.G. Endres, "World Airline Fleets 1984/1985", p. 151, Aviation Data Centre Ltd., Feltham (Middlesex - UK.), ISBN 0 946141 07 X Renamed TopFlightG.G. Endres, "World Airline Fleets 1985", p. 186, Aviation Data Centre Ltd., Feltham (Middlesex - UK.), ISBN 0 946141 14 2 Air Safaris19591962 Previously African Air Safaris Air Sarnia 1989 1990 Air Scandic SCY AIRSCAN 2003 2005 Air ScotlandSCO20032005 Air Shetland 1978 1980 Operated leased Embraer Bandeirante Air Southwest SZ WOW SWALLOW 2003 2011 Air Swift SWF 1986 1996 Operated BAe Jetstream 31, Beech King Air Air SylhetSLSHRSYLHET20092009 Air Taxi (Cumberland) 1954 1961 Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide Air Transcontinental Airlines 1979 1980 Previously Transasian Airlines Air Transport Charter 19471952 Air UK LeisureMVUKLLEISURE19881993Renamed Leisure International Airways Air Ulster 1968 1970 Trading name of Ulster Air Transpor Air Wales (1977) 1977 1979 Assets sold to Air Anglia Air Wales 6G AWW RED DRAGON 2000 2006 Air West 1978 1979 Transferred scheduled operations to British Island Airways (BIA) Aircraft Operating Company 1924 1944 Acquired by Hunting Aerosurveys Aircraft Transport and Travel19161921A subsidiary of Airco, its assets were used to create Daimler Airway. Through numerous takeovers and mergers, it became a part of British Airways. Airflight 19481950 merged operations into Fairflight AirRep (UK) 1991 Operated with leased aircraft Airspan Travel 19481950 Operated Airspeed Consul Airtours International VZ AIH TOURJET then KESTREL from 1997 1991 2002 Renamed MyTravel Airways AirUKUKUKAUKAY19802002 Merged to form KLM Cityhopper UK/KLM uk Airviews 1946 1959 Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, de Havilland Dove Airways International CymruAKCYMWELSHAIR19841988 Airwork LimitedAW19281960Merged with Hunting-Clan Air Transport to form British United Airways Airworld Aviation RL AWD ENVOY 1994 1998 Merged into Flying Colours Airlines Alan Cobham Aviation 1927 1928 Founded by Alan Cobham Alderney Air Charter 1972 1975 Operated Cessna Skymaster. Operated in parallel with Mossair Alderney Air Ferries 1979 1982 Operated BN-2 Islander. Merged into Metropolitan Airways Alidair QA19721983 Operated Vickers Viscount. Traded as Inter City Airlines 1981-1983G. G. Endres, World Airline Fleets 1983, page 166, Aviation Data Centre, Feltham (Middlesex - U.K.), ISBN 0 946141 02 9 Alidair Scotland Trading name of Alidair Aberdeen and Sumburgh based charter operations All Cargo Airlines UF 1978 1979 Operated leased Bristol Britannia All Leisure Airlines ALT JETWING 1996 1997 Assets sold to TransAer International Airlines in 1997Air Transport Intelligence, "World Airline Directory", Flight International, 18–24 March 1998, page 107, U.K. Allied Airways (Gandar Dower)19371947 Previously Aberdeen Airways (1934). Merged scheduled operations into British European Airways Allied British Airways 1935 1935 Formed by merger of Spartan Air Lines, United Airways Ltd, Hillman Airways Alpha One Airways 2005 2006 Virtual airline Altavia Jet Services 2009 2010 Renamed Cello Aviation Ambassador AirwaysB3AMYAMBASSADOR19921994 Amber Air DD ABM DIAMOND 1988 1988 Operated Boeing 737-200. Merged operations into Paramount Airways Anglian Air Charter 1950 1970 Merged with Norfolk Airways and Rig Air to form Air Anglia Anglo Airlines/Anglo Cargo ML ANC ANGLO 1983 1992 Operated Boeing 707-320F, leased Boeing 757F, leased BAC 1-11 Anglo European Airways 1937 1940 Operated DH.84, DH.89, DH.90 Dragonfly Anglo Normandy Aviation 1975 1979 Acquired by Aurigny Air Services. Operated Piper Aztec Aquila Airways 19481958 Argus Air Transport 1957 1960 Renamed AutairAscend AirwaysYDSYGSYNERGY 2024 2026 ACMI and charter airline whose parent company was Avia Solutions Group Astraeus Airlines5WAEUFLYSTAR20022011 Astral Aviation 1947 1948 Merged into Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Atlanta Airways (UK) KG19961996 Low cost subsidiary of Caledonian Airways. Operated Lockheed Tristar Atlantic Air Transport 1984 1989 Air Atlantique brand. Operated Bristol Freighter Atlantic Airlines NPT NEPTUNE 1994 2013 Air Atlantique brand 1998-2004. Fully registered in 2004. Joint operations with West Air Sweden 2009-2017. Merged into West Atlantic UK Atlantic Airways (UK) ALH 1993 1998 Air Atlantique brand. Operated Fairchild Metroliner Atlantic Bridge Aviation 1997 2000 Operated Trislander Atlantic Cargo 1993 1998 Air Atlantique brand. Autair/Autair International Airways OU 1961 1969 Renamed Court Line Aviation AV8 Air MNF RINGWAY 2003 2004 Trading name of Man Air B BA ConnectTHBRTBRITISH20062007 Previously British Airways CitiExpress. Merged into British European Airways/Flybe BAC Aircraft ABR 1992 2007 Rebranded BAC Express Airlines 1995-2007 Renamed HD Air BAC Express Airlines RPX 1995 2007 BAC Aircraft brand Baltic Airlines 1988 1989 Operated Vickers Viscount Merged into British Air Ferries Baylee Air Charter BC 1971 1978 Operated Piper Aztec BBC Air 1996 2009 Operated de Havilland Dove BEA AirtoursKT19691974 Renamed British Airtours BEA Helicopters 1964 1974 Operated Agusta-Bell 206, Sikorsky S-58T, Sikorsky S-61. Renamed British Airways Helicopters Benair 1999 1999 Established as Martini Airfreight Services in 1996. Operated Cessna 208B Berkshire Aviation Company 1919 1922 Founded by East Hanney, John and Fred Holmes. Operated Avro 504 Berkshire Aviation Tours 1924 1929 Amalgamated with Northern Air Transport. Operated Avro 504 Berlin European UK WZ RGN 1988 1991 Previously Berlin Regional UK. Merged operations into Germania Berlin Regional UK WZ 1987 1988 Operated Jetstream 31. Renamed Berlin European UK Birkett Air Services 1933 1953 Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide Birmingham European Airways VB BEA BIRMEX 1989 1993 Previously Birmingham Executive Airways. Joint operations with Brymon Airways 1992-1993. Merged into Maersk Air UK Birmingham Executive Airways EB BEX 1983 1989 Renamed Birmingham European Airways BKS Aero Charter 1952 1953 Operated Douglas DC-3. Renamed BKS Air Transport BKS Air Transport 1952 1970 Acquired by British European Airways and renamed Northeast Airlines Blackpool and West Coast Air Services 1933 1937 Renamed West Coast Air Services Blue-Air 1959 1959 Independent Air Transport brand in 1959 Blue Islands SI BCI BLUE ISLAND 2006 2025 Blue-Line Airways 1947 1949 Operated Douglas C-47B, Avro Anson bmi regional WW/BM GNT/BMR 2001 2018 Trading name of British Midland Regional/bmi Regional bmibaby WW BMI BABY 2002 2012 British Midland Airways 100% subsidiary BOAC Cargo Service 1960 1960 Operated Douglas DC-7 BOAC-Cunard19621966 BOBWOOD 1968 1969 Renamed Tradewinds Airways Bon Accord Airways BON 1992 1995 Founded by John Begg. Operated Short 330-200, Short 360-100 Bond Air Services 1946 1951 Operated de Havilland Express Bournemouth Air Taxi Co./"Bournair" 1961 1967 Merged operations into Bournemouth Flying Club BRAL-British Regional Airlines 1996 2002 Merged to form British Airways CitiExpress Bostonair 1982 1998 Operated Cessna 310 Bristol Air Taxis 1968 1979 Operated Piper Navajo Britannia Airways BY BAL BRITANNIA 1964 2005 Previously Euravia. Renamed Thomsonfly Britavia-British Aviation Services 1954 1959 British Air Ferries (BAF) VF BAF AIR FERRY 1967 1993 Previously British United Air Ferries. Ren