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This page provides links to all currently operating international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo airlines registered in the United Kingdom. There are also tables for non-operating airlines that have failed since 1995, and failed airline projects. Click on Airline Name for contact, fleet, route and accident data.| Airline | Main Base | Telephone | IATA code
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ICAO code
|
IATA Prefix |
Start |
End |
| Atlantic Airlines | Coventry (CVT) | +442476 882630 | - |
NPT |
1998 |
- |
|
| Aurigny Air Services | Guernsey (GCI) | +44 1481 66444 |
GR |
AUR |
924 |
1968 |
- |
| Avient Aviation | Liege (LGG) | +44 1980 676010 |
Z3 |
SMJ |
1993 |
- |
|
| BA CityFlyer | London City (LCY) | +44 161 447 5400 |
CJ
|
CFE |
2007 |
- |
|
| Blue Islands | Jersey (JER) | +44 8456 20 21 22 |
SI |
BCI
|
1999 |
- |
|
| bmi | London (LHR) | +44 1332 854000 |
BD
|
BMA
|
1953 |
- |
|
| bmi Regional | Aberdeen (ABZ) | +44 1224 401900 |
BD
|
BMR
|
1987 |
- |
|
| bmibaby | Nottingham (EMA) | +44 1332 854000 |
WW
|
BMI
|
2002 |
- |
|
| British Airways | London (LHR/LGW) | +44 20 8738 5050 |
BA
|
BAW
|
125 |
1924 |
- |
| Carre Aviation | Isle of Man | - |
CRE |
2007 |
- |
||
| Coyne Airways | London | +44 20 7605 6860 | 7C |
COY |
1990 |
- |
|
| DHL Cargo | Nottingham (EMA) | +44 1332 857 815 |
DO |
DHK |
1982 |
- |
|
| Eastern Airways | Humberside (HUY) | +44 1652 681091 |
T3 |
EZE |
467 |
1997 |
- |
| easyJet | London (LTN) | +44 1582 525330 |
U2 |
EZY |
1995 |
||
| Flybe | Exeter (EXT) | +44 1392 366669 |
BE |
BEE |
267 |
1979 |
- |
| Global Supply Systems | London (STN) | +44 1279 682900 |
XH |
GSS |
2001 |
- |
|
| HD Air | Edinburgh (EDI) | +44 1235 844150 |
- |
RPX
|
1992 |
- |
|
| Isles of Scilly Skybus | Lands End (LEQ) | +44 1736 334220 |
5Y |
IOS |
1984 |
- |
|
| Jet2.com | Leeds/Bradford (LBA) | +44 113 238 7444 |
LS |
EXS |
839 |
1978 |
- |
| Loganair | Glasgow (GLA) | +44 141 842 7453 |
LC |
LOG |
1962 |
- |
|
| London Executive Aviation | Stapleford | +44 1708 688420 | - |
LNX |
1996 |
- |
|
| Lydd Air | London (LYX) | +44 1797 322207 |
- |
LYD |
1997 |
- |
|
| Manx2 | Ronaldsway (IOM) | +44 1624 822111 |
NM |
BPS |
2006 |
- |
|
| Monarch Airlines | London (LTN) | +44 1582 400000 |
ZB |
MON |
974 |
1967 |
- |
| Royal Bengal Airline | Dhaka (DAC) | +44 20 8514 4744 |
4A |
- |
2008 |
- |
|
| ScotAirways | Dundee | +44 870 606 0707 |
CB |
SAY |
969 |
1984 |
- |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | +44 161 489 5757 |
MT |
TCX |
2008 |
- |
||
| Thomson Airways | Luton (LTN) | +44 1582 644340 |
BY |
TOM |
754 |
2004 |
- |
| Titan Airways | +44 1279 680616 |
ZT |
AWC |
1988 |
- |
||
| Virgin Atlantic Airways | London (LHR) | +1 1293 616161 |
VS |
VIR |
932 |
1984 |
- |
Defunct
| Airline | IATA code
|
ICAO code
|
Start |
End |
|||
| Air Atlanta Europe | Absorbed into Excel Airways | 5A |
- |
2003 |
2006 |
||
| Air Southwest | SZ |
WOW |
2003 |
2011 |
|||
| Air Sylhet | SL |
SHR |
2007 |
2009 |
|||
| Air Wales | 6G |
AWW |
2000 |
2006 |
|||
| Astraeus Airlines | 5W |
AEU |
2002 |
2011 |
|||
| Atlantic Express | 7M |
AAG |
2008 |
2010 |
|||
| BAC Express | Became HD Air | RPX
|
1992 |
2007 |
|||
| Britannia Airways | Rebranded Thomsonfly | BY |
BAL |
1961 |
2005 |
||
| BritishJET.com | - |
BJC |
2004 |
2008 |
|||
| British Mediterranean Airways | KJ |
LAJ |
1994 |
2007 |
|||
| City Star Airlines | X9 |
ISL |
2005 |
2008 |
|||
| Club328 | - |
SDJ |
2005 |
2008 |
|||
| EuroManx | 3W |
EMX |
2002 |
2008 |
|||
| European Aviation Air Charter | E7 |
EAF |
1989 |
2008 |
|||
| First Choice Airways | Merged into Thomson Airways | DP |
FCA |
1987 |
2008 |
||
| Flightline | B5 |
FLT |
1989 |
2008 |
|||
| Flyglobespan | Y2 |
GSM |
2002 |
2009 |
|||
| GB Airways | Merged into easyJet | GT |
GBL |
1931 |
2008 |
||
| Gill Airways | 9C |
GIL |
1969 |
2001 |
|||
| Highland Airways | 8H |
HWY |
1991 |
2010 |
|||
| MK Airlines / British Global | 7G |
MKA |
1990 |
2010 |
|||
| Mytravel Airways | Rebranded as Thomas Cook | VZ |
MYT |
1990 |
2008 |
||
| Open Skies | Activities Transferred to Elysair | EC |
BOS |
2007 |
2009 |
||
| Silverjet | Y7 |
FJE |
2006 |
2008 |
|||
| UK International Airlines | 2005 |
2008 |
|||||
| Varsity Express | 2010 |
2010 |
|||||
| XL Airways UK | JN |
XLA |
2006 |
2008 |
|||
Failed projects
| Airline | Start |
End |
|||||
| Antipodean Air Charter | 2004 |
2005 |
|||||
| Bance Air | 2006 |
2006 |
|||||
| Blue Fox Executive Airlines | 2000 |
2002 |
|||||
| Breeze | renamed as Prime Air | 2001 |
2001 |
||||
| Celtic Airways | 1999 |
1999 |
|||||
| EU Airways | 2003 |
2003 |
|||||
| Europe Elite | 2000 |
2001 |
|||||
| Euroquest Airlines | 1993 |
1995 |
|||||
| Flyblu | renamed as Flywho | 2004 |
2005 |
||||
| FlyForBeans | 2007 |
2008 |
|||||
| Flywho | 2005 |
2006 |
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| Freedom Airways | 1999 |
2000 |
|||||
| GCI Airlines | 2003 |
2004 |
|||||
| Go One Airways | 1994 |
1996 |
|||||
| Hop Airways | 2004 |
2004 |
|||||
| Interline | 1996 |
1996 |
|||||
| JJ Airways | renamed as Couugar Airlines | 2001 |
2001 |
||||
| Kiss Air | 2001 |
2001 |
|||||
| Mama Airlines | 2001 |
2003 |
|||||
| Man Air.com | 2003 |
2003 |
|||||
| Nexus Airways | 2004 |
2005 |
|||||
| Now Airlines | 2003 |
2004 |
|||||
| Planet Air | 2002 |
2004 |
|||||
| Shetlands Airlines | 2001 |
2001 |
|||||
| Sky-Bus | 2002 |
2003 |
|||||
| Sovereign Air Services | 2000 |
2000 |
|||||
| Sunjet Airlines | renamed as Now Airlines | 2002 |
2003 |
||||
| West Highland Air transport | 2002 |
2003 |
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