Palmair
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Palmair European is a charter airline based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. It operates inclusive tour charter flights to holiday destinations in Europe on behalf of Bath Travel. Its main base is Bournemouth International Airport (BOH).
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History
The airline was established and started operations on 1 January 1993 as Palmair Flightline operating a BAe 146 aircraft. Upgraded aircraft were acquired in 1999 to reflect increased demand for capacity from Bournemouth and for the introduction of longer range routes. Until winter 1999 services was operated by Flightline, using a single BAe 146-300. In 2003 Palmair carried 75,000 passengers. In 2004 the company operated scheduled passenger flights to ten European airports, and day trips to 25 European cities. The airline is wholly owned by RE Bath Travel Service.
In March 2003, a UK consumer magazine ‘Holiday Which?’ published the results of a survey of 20,000 UK air passengers, showing that Palmair was the top rated airline flying from the UK.
Models of Palmair aircraft are made by PPC Holland.
Services
Palmair holiday charter services include: Alicante, Arrecife, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Faro, Funchal, Málaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca) and Tenerife.
Palmair day trip services fly to 25 destinations in Europe, including: Venice, Iceland, Rome, Prague, Milan and Salzburg.
Fleet
The Palmair fleet consists of 1 Boeing 737-200 (at June 2005). It uses the air operator's certificate and wet-leased aircraft of European Aviation Air Charter.
External links
- Palmair (http://www.bathtravel.com/palmair)
- Palmair Fleet Detail (http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Palmair_European?show=all)
Copyright note
Photo copyrighted by, and courtesy of, Snorre and the VIP Vienna International Planespotters, with the link to Snorre's photos (http:snorre.snap.to/Snorre), by request of Snorre as condition of using his photo.Template:Airlines of the United Kingdom