Ambassador Airways
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| Founded | 14 February 1992 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 28 November 1994 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
| Parent company | Best Leisure Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | United Kingdom | ||||||
Ambassador Airways was British charter airline formed on 14 February 1992 as a subsidiary of the travel company Best Leisure Travel and based at Gatwick Airport.[1] When Best Travel Ltd went bankrupt the fleet were impounded and operations of the airline ceased with the last flight on 28 November 1994.[1]
History
The airline started operations with a leased Boeing 757 aircraft, originally flown by Caledonian until a charter license was granted.[1] It operated under the call sign "AMBASSADOR".[2] It operated the first service under the charter license on 21 May 1993 from Newcastle to Larnaca.[1] In the summer of 1993, the airline provided 75,000 seats with its two Boeing 757s.[3] The fleet expanded for the summer 1994 season to operate four Boeing 757s, two Boeing 737-200s and two Airbus A320s.[1]
Suffering from lack of financing and accumulating debts, the airline ceased operating on 28 November 1994 and was placed in administration the next day.[4][5]
Fleet
The airline's fleet comprised the following aircraft:[1]
- 4 x Boeing 757-200
- 2 x Boeing 737-200
- 2 x Airbus A320
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Wickstead 2014, p. 61.
- ^ Shaw 1994, p. 15.
- ^ Perry & Ashton 1994.
- ^ Woodley 2016.
- ^ Phillips 2017.
Sources
- Shaw, Robbie (1994). Boeing 757. Shrewsbury, United Kingdom: Airlife Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 1-85310-460-4. Retrieved 30 October 2025 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Perry, Allen; Ashton, Sue (1 October 1994). "Recent Developments in the UK's Outbound Package Tourism Market". Geography. 79 (4). doi:10.1080/20436564.1994.12452459. ISSN 0016-7487. JSTOR 40572462.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Wickstead, Maurice J (2014). Airlines of the British Isles since 1919. Air-Britain. ISBN 9780-85130-456-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Woodley, Charles (2016). Flying to the Sun: A History of Britain's Holiday Airlines. United Kingdom: The History Press. ISBN 9780750956604. Retrieved 30 October 2025 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Phillips, Alan (2017). Gone but Not Forgotten: Defunct British Airlines Since 1945. United Kingdom: Fonthill Media. ISBN 9781781556276. Retrieved 30 October 2025 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
External links
Media related to Ambassador Airways at Wikimedia Commons