British United Air Ferries
British car and passenger ferry airline from 1963 to 2001 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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British United Air Ferries (BUAF) was a wholly private, British independent[nb 1] car and passenger ferry airline based in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. It specialised in cross-Channel ferry flights carrying cars and their owners between its numerous bases in Southern England, the Channel Islands and Continental Europe. All-passenger and all-cargo flights were operated as well. Following several identity and ownership changes, it went out of business in 2001.
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Founded | 1963 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2001 | ||||||
Hubs | Southend Lydd Ferryfield Hurn Southampton Stansted Aberdeen Sumburgh London Gatwick | ||||||
Fleet size | 23 piston airliners (9 Aviation Traders Carvair, 14 Bristol Superfreighter (as of September 1967)) | ||||||
Destinations | Channel Islands, Continental Europe | ||||||
Parent company | Air Holdings (1967–1971) T.D. Keegan (1971–1972) Transmeridian Air Cargo (1972–1977) T.D. Keegan (1977–1983) Jadepoint (1983–1988) Mostjet (1989–1993) [British] World Aviation Group (1994–2001) | ||||||
Headquarters | Central London (1963–1967) London Southend Airport (1967–2001) | ||||||
Key people | Sir Miles Wyatt, F. A. Laker, Max Stuart-Shaw, Graham Kentsley, R.L. Cumming, A.F. Nickalls, D.J. Platt, T.D. Keegan, A.L. MacLeod, D. Willis, R. Pesskin, N. Skinner, A. Weiner, I.M. Herman, R. Pinnington, R. Sturman, N. Hansford, M.J. Sessions | ||||||
Website | british-world.co.uk |
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In its final years, as British World Airlines, its head office was at Viscount House, London Southend Airport.[1]