Thomson Airways
Thomson Airways was founded in 1962 but as the Britannia Airways when the company first started. It was later rebranded to Thomsonfly in May 2005. However, the company went through several other airlines procedures. Other companies were introduced and sold or bought into the Britannia Airways. Euravia was founded in January 1962 and later in December 1964 was renamed to Britannia Airways. 1979, Orion Airways was founded by Horizon Holidays but later on was owned by one of the largest brewing firms; Bass Brewery and InterContinental Hotels Group. In 1989, it was sold and merged with Britannia Airways and was rebranded as Thomsonfly in May 2005.
In 2007 Thomsonfly was merged from the travel division of TUI AG and First Choice airways. These two travel agents were merged under the former Air Operator’s Certificate in May 2008. The company was rebranded Thomson Airways on November 1st 2008.
The companies head office is situated in Wigmore House, Luton Bedfordshire, although its registered office is at the TUI Travel House in Crawley.
Thomson Airways is one of the world’s largest charter airlines which offer many scheduled flights from the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland to more then 96 destinations across Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Most of the flights operated are from the travel operators and certain seats can be booked in advance by paying a small fee directly when purchased. In 2012 the company carried 10.7 million passengers to their holiday destinations. This makes it the largest UK airline by total passenger count, putting it in third place behind easyJet and British Airways.
Thomson Airways operates in many countries as it is a well known international company as many people will recognise the blue white and red colour scheme. It operates in places such as Glasgow, New castle, Bournemouth and many more in