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TUI Airways has its origins in several rival airlines. Euravia (later renamed Britannia Airways in December 1964 [6]) was founded in January 1962. [7] Orion Airways, founded in 1979 by Horizon Holidays and later owned by the large brewing firm Bass Brewery and InterContinental Hotels Group, was sold and merged with Britannia Airways in 1989 but retained the Britannia name.
Newcastle International Airport (IATA: NCL, ICAO: EGNT) is an international airport serving Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Located approximately 7.7 mi (12.4 km) from Newcastle City Centre , it is the primary and busiest airport in North East England , and the second busiest in Northern England .
First Choice Airways Limited was a British charter airline of European tour operator TUI Travel plc, based in Crawley, England until its merger with Thomsonfly to form Thomson Airways (now TUI Airways) in 2008. It flew to more than 60 destinations worldwide from 14 UK and Irish airports.
TUI Travel PLC was a British leisure travel group headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex.The company was formed on 3 September 2007 by the merger of First Choice Holidays PLC and the Tourism Division of TUI AG, which owned 56.4% of it. [2]
In 1981, Thomson Holidays were the first recorded users of Business-to-Business online shopping. [4] The business was floated on the London Stock Exchange with a valuation of £1.7 billion as Thomson Travel in May 1998. [5] [6] In 2000, Thomson Travel was acquired by Preussag AG, an industrial and transport conglomerate. [7]
Services operated out of Slatyford and Byker depots were branded as Newcastle and City Busways respectively, taking on a maroon livery, while South Shields and Sunderland depots' Busways operations were branded blue and green respectively. These divisions were eventually reduced to three with the merger of City Busways into Newcastle Busways in ...
Thomas Cook Tourism (UK) Company Limited, [2] known as Thomas Cook UK, is a British package holiday provider which offers 'Flight + Hotel' packages and Hotel only bookings.
[324] [325] Newcastle's city status was transferred to the enlarged borough at the same time. [326] From 1974 until 1986 the city council was a lower-tier district authority, with Tyne and Wear County Council providing county-level services. The county council was abolished in 1986, since when the city council has again provided both district ...