Manx Air Charters

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[ – Manx Airlines (i) was formed as Manx Air Charters and was integrated into SILVER CITY AIRWAYS after operations had been ceased between 1948 and 1950 and then restarted]

[ – Silver City Airways was formed on 25Nov1946 by a mining company, ‘The Silver City’ from Australia. Run by Britavia (British Aviation Services) it began ad-hoc charters as initially a car ferry service. It operated the world’s first cross-Channel air ferry service on 07Jul1948 and then was used on Berlin Airlift. Absorbed Dragon Airways, Lancashire Aircraft Corporation and Manx Airline in 1958 and then merged with Channel Air Bridge to form BUAF (British United Air Ferries) in 1963]

[ – British World Airlines (i) was formed by the merger of Channel Air Bridge (founded 1959) and Silver City Airways (founded 1946) and was renamed as BUAF (British United Air Ferries). This was renamed to BAF (British Air Ferries) in 1967 and finally adopted British World Airlines on 06Apr1993. Discontinued it’s passenger services in 1994 to concentrate on cargo. BWA ceased trading on 14Dec2001, as a result of the tough business climate during the post-9/11 downturn]

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