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BA Connect is a wholly owned subsidiary airline of British Airways. The airline operates a set of connections of domestic as well as European services from a number of airports in the United Kingdom on behalf of British Airways.
BA Connect operates a low-cost carrier, an in-flight food services that can be bought on board. However in November 2003 British Airways has announced the sale of BA Connect to Flybe. They have formally transferred to Flybe on March 2007.
Early History
The company was integrated on January 1970 as Brymon Aviation Limited which operates as Brymon Airways but in the year 1993 the airline has changed its name as Brymon Airways Limited to be a sign of the company’s operating name.
In 1993 British Airways was purchased by British Airways then it was combined with British Regional Airways and the airline has again renamed as British Airways Citiexpress Limited and operates as British Airways Citiexpress.
The British Airways regional operations at Manchester and Birmingham as well as the operations of the former CityFlyer Express were intercorporated into a new airline in 2002. in February 2006 the airline was renamed as BA Connect Limited that operates as BA Connect, the airlines operations was moved to a low-cost carrier.
BA Connect handled some of the British Airways domestic and European services that does not serve London Heathrow and Gatwick airports. BA Connects had hubs in Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, London City as well as Southampton.
In these locations BA Connect operated services to numerous northeast European destinations as well as Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Aside from that they have also a few services that are operated in Gatwick Airport. All in all the airline connect flew from 17 hubs in the United Kingdom and Ireland with 63 routes to some of the central or major regional airports.
However in November 2006, British Airways discussed and reached an agreement for Flybe to purchase the airline. Flybe ensures BA Connect that they have an sufficient funding in order to achieve the airline’s growth targets as wall as the transition of the current BA Connect flights.
The acquisition will surely increase the Flybe’s route network in continental Europe as well as United Kingdom that will make the Flybe as one of the most largest regional airline in the continent. Aside from that the retention of the airlines’ London City routes will result in BA’s retaining RJ100 aircraft for European and domestic services.
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