BA Connect

BA Connect was originally incorporated on 26Jan1970 as Brymon Aviation. BA Connect was a fully owned subsidiary airline of British Airways and was formed on 28Mar2002 as CitiExpress and was renamed to BA Connect on 01Feb2006. BA completed the sale of BA Connect to Flybe on 05Mar2007 and ceased operations on 25Mar2007
< operated as a low-cost carrier >

[ – flybe was formed on 01/Jan/1969 as Intra Airways. It then started operations on 01Nov1979 as Jersey European Airways as a result of a merger of Jersey-based Intra Airways and Bournemouth-based Express Air Services. In 1983 the airline was sold to Walker Steel Group, which also owned Spacegrand Aviation, and the two airlines were merged under the Jersey European name in 1985. Renamed to British European on 01/Jun/2000 and then changed again on 18/Jul/2002 to current one. On 03/Nov/2006, it was announced that Flybe would buy BA Connect, and during Mar2007, this takeover was completed. In Feb2019, the airline was sold to the Connect Airways consortium, backed by Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Aviation. Connect Airways intends Flybe and Stobart Air to subsequently rebrand as Virgin Connect, though they will retain their own Air Operator Certificates. flybe ceased flight operations following its entry into administration on 04/Mar/2020. The new flybe has received 86 slots at London’s Heathrow Airport for Summer 2021. These will be used to connect Aberdeen and Edinburgh with the city, if the airline takes off. UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on 03Jun2021, confirmed an earlier decision of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) revoking flybe.’s operating licence (OL) thus preventing its successor, flybe. (2021), from regaining access to its legacy London Heathrow slots
< Flybe carried 8 million passengers a year between 81 airports across the UK and the rest of Europe > ]

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