British Island Airways
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British United Island Airways was founded in 1962 and renamed British Island Airways in 1970, based at Gatwick Airport London.
[edit] History
Formed from the acquisition and merger of Silver City Airways, Morton Air Services, British United (Manx) Airways and Jersey Airlines, BUIA was renamed to British Island Airways when it was split off from parent BUA after the latter's acquisition by Caledonian. The airline continued as a subsidiary of the British and Commonwealth Shipping Group with a fleet of BAC One Eleven and Handley-Page Herald aircraft during the 1970s. In 1980 it was merged with sister companies, Air Anglia, Air Wales and Air Westward to form Air UK.
Managing director Peter Villa, then became the MD of Air UK. In 1982 however, he decided to split off BIA once again as a charter airline. The newly re-formed airline used its original One Elevens its old livery, supplemented by additional aircraft including some 500 series. Later into the 1980s, MD-80 series aircraft were also operated. The airline ceased operations in 1990.
[edit] Routes
The original airline served Glasgow, the Isle of Man, Belfast, Dublin, Blackpool, Manchester, Gatwick, Southend, Exeter, Bournemouth, Southampton, Guernsey, Jersey, Le Touquet, Amiens, Paris, Ostend, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Brussels and Basel.
