MyTravel Airways
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MyTravel Airways UK and A/S is the in-house charter airline of the MyTravel Group of companies.
The airline is based in Manchester, England and Copenhagen, Denmark and operates flights to over 60 worldwide holiday destinations from 24 UK airports, mainly for parent company MyTravel Group. Flight crew are permanently based at Belfast, Birmingham, Nottingham East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, London Gatwick and Newcastle airports, with additional crew seasonally based at Bristol and Cardiff airports.
In Scandinavia, MyTravel fly from Copenhagen, Aalborg, Billund, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Linkoping, Oslo, Helsinki, Bergen and other bases as well as both airlines frequently operating special charter flight for sports events and special trips such as Easter flights to Lourdes and Christmas flights to Lapland.
History
The airline was established on October 1 1990 and started operations on March 11 1991 as Airtours International flying MD80s to destinations throughout Europe. Cardiff based Inter European Airways was acquired and integrated in November 1993. In 1996 the parent company also acquired Danish charter airline Premiair. Airtours also had operations in Germany with airline FlyFTi operating A320s until this was merged back into the UK fleet during 2003.Airtours added long haul capabilities to its fleet in the 1990s with the addition of the B767 flying holiday makers to such places as the Caribbean and USA. Modern Airbus aircraft also joined the fleet during the 90s with A320s, A321s and A330s accompanying the fleet of B757s and B767s. The A330-200 aircraft delivered to Airtours in 1999 feature improved passenger amenities with the addition of Personal Seat Back TVs for all customers and Premium Economy cabins in the form on Premiair Gold in the UK and Royal SunClass in Scandinavia.
On Sunday 27th January 2002, Airtours International became the first airline ever to use the new Swanwick Control Centre near Heathrow as flight AIH550 from Las Palmas to Birmingham was handed over to the new facility.
Following the renaming of the Airtours Group to MyTravel Group in February 2002, the Airtours International and Premiair operations were rebranded as MyTravel Airways UK and A/S with effect from May 1 2002.
MyTravel Airways also has strong connections with Canadian operator, Skyservice and the airlines regularly lease aircraft to each other to meet demand during each countries respective Summer seasons.
In December 2005, MyTravel Aircraft Engineering (MTAE) became a wholly owned subsidiary of MyTravel Group PLC with it base at Manchester Airport. The facility currently performs all light maintenance checks (up to 'C' Check) for MyTravel Airways UK and A/S as well as work for third party airlines such as Skyservice Canada.
MyTravel Airways A/S is currently is the process of a Round the World tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of MyTravel's Danish tour operators - Spies. The A330-300, which is taking in places such as Canada, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, China, India and the Middle East, has 405 guests onboard.
MyTravelLite
In October 2002, MyTravel Airways launched its scheduled low-fare airline offering called MyTravelLite which used MyTravel Airways aircraft, personnel and engineering to operate and flew under the same airline code. It flew from Birmingham to Alicante, Almería, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Faro, Geneva, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Knock, Lanzarote, Mahon, Málaga, Murcia, Palma, Paris, Pisa, Rimini and Tenerife.It stopped flying on the 31st October 2005 and operations are now covered by the range of MyTravel Airways services. However, this does mean that customers can no longer book one way flights and they are tied to 7 or 14 night stays, although there are plans to change these arrangements to accommodate a wider range of customers [link].
Destinations
Not all of the flights sold by MyTravel Airways are operated by them although the carrier in question is notified at the time of booking. For Summer 2006, Winter 2006/2007 and Summer 2007 they will operate services to [link]:European
- Austria - Salzburg
- Bulgaria - Bourgas and Varna
- Croatia - Pula and Split
- Cyprus - Larnaca and Paphos
- France - Grenoble
- Greece - Corfu, Kefalonia, Kos, Kalamata, Rhodes, Santorini and Zakynthos
- Italy - Bergamo, Catania, Naples, Rimini, Turin, Olbia and Venice
- Madeira
- Malta
- Portugal - Faro
- Romania - Bucharest
- Spain - Alicante, Almeria, Arrecife, Fuerteventura, Gerona, Ibiza, Las Palmas, Mahon, Malaga, Palma, Reus and Tenerife Sur
- Turkey - Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman
North Africa
- Egypt - Hurghada, Luxor, Sharm El Sheikh and Taba
- Gambia - Banjul
- Morocco - Agadir
- Tunisia - Djerba and Monastir
Worldwide
- Barbados - Bridgetown
- Brazil - Salvador
- Canada - Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver
- China - Sanya, Hainan Island
- Cuba - Cayo Coco, Holguin and Varadero
- Dominican Republic - Puerto Plata and Punta Cana
- Jamaica - Montego Bay
- India - Goa and Kerala
- Israel - Eilat
- Kenya - Mombasa
- Maldives - Malé
- Mexico - Cancun
- Thailand - Phuket
- USA - Florida and Las Vegas
Fleet
The MyTravel Airways UK and A/S fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2006):
- 14 Airbus A320-200
- 8 Airbus A321-200
- 4 Airbus A330-200 - Premiair Gold Service
- 3 Airbus A330-300 - Royal SunClass Service
- 1 Boeing 737-800 - Operated by Futura Airways
- 1 Boeing 757-200
- 2 Boeing 767-300 - Premiair Gold Service
Premiair Gold and Royal SunClass are MyTravel's Premium Economy cabins which offer passengers 36" of seat pitch, wider leather seats, complimentary bar service, extra luggage allowance and many other extras in addition to the Seat Back TVs and hand held consoles.
MyTravel plan to increase their seat pitch to 31" in economy on A330-200 aircraft and offer leather seats throughout their fleet by Summer 2007.
Gallery
Awards
- CAA Air Transport Users Council & [FlightOnTime.info] - Number 1 On Time Airline for Winter 2005/2006
- CAA Air Transport Users Council & [FlightOnTime.info] - Highest On Time Performance of any Analysed UK Charter Airline and Most Improved Charter Airline - Summer 2005
- Danish Travel Awards - Best Charter Airline - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005
Codes
- ICAO: MYT
- IATA: VZ
- Callsign: Kestrel
External links
- [MyTravel.com Website]
- [MyTravel Airways UK Flights]
- [MyTravel Airways A/S Scandinavia]
- [MyTravel Group]
- [MyTravel.com Fleet Age]
- [MyTravel Fleet Detail]
- [MyTravel Passenger Opinions]
- [Photos of MyTravel Airways aircraft]
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