UK Holiday Airlines Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

Caledonian Airways and Flying Colours merged in 1999 to form which airline?

JMC Air
Thomas Cook Airlines
Airtours International
MyTravel

Question 2 of 10

Which two UK carriers were nicknamed ‘Air Two Bob’ and ‘The Lady in the Wheelchair’?

Air 2000 and Monarch Airlines
Air 2000 and Britannia Airways
Monarch Airlines and Flying Colours
Caledonian Airways and Airworld

Question 3 of 10

The collapses of which two UK airlines sparked what were, at their respective times, the UK’s two biggest peacetime repatriations?

XL Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines
Monarch Airlines and Thomas Cook Airlines
Flyglobespan and Monarch Airlines
First Choice Airlines and Thomas Cook Airlines

Question 4 of 10

British Airways was the UK’s first carrier to fly the Boeing 757, but which Luton-based airline was the second?

Monarch Airlines
Britannia Airways
Debonair
easyJet

Question 5 of 10

Which Scottish airline began operations in 2003 with Boeing 757-200s leased from Greece Airways?

Flyglobespan
Highland Express Airways
Air Scotland
ScotAirways

Question 6 of 10

What was the name of Sir Freddie Laker’s long-haul, low-cost transatlantic operation?

Skytrain
Airbus
Aerocoach
The Flying Charabang

Question 7 of 10

Virgin Atlantic Airways started operations in what year?

1983
1984
1985
1986

Question 8 of 10

What was the name of Sir Richard Branson’s short-lived charter airline that

specialised in Mediterranean and Canary Island connections and offered

passengers ice lollies (popsicles) as they boarded?

Virgin Sky
Virgin Sun
Virgin Sea
Virgin Sand

Question 9 of 10

Which airline rebranded as ‘Britannia Airways’ upon receiving several second-hand Britannias?

Euravia
Skyways
Constellation
Starways

Question 10 of 10

Which British holiday airline became the first European carrier to fly the

Lockheed L-1011 TriStar in 1973?

British European Airways
BEA Airtours
Court Line
Caledonian Airways

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