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| Founded | 1935 (as Cambrian Air Services) | |||
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| Headquarters | Cardiff, Wales, UK | |||
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Cambrian Airways was a Welsh airline based in Cardiff, Wales, which started operations in 1935. It was incorporated into British Airways in 1976.
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Code information
- ICAO Code:
- IATA Code: CS
- Call Sign: Cambrian
Company history
Cambrian was set up in April 1935 as Cambrian Air Services. The first aircraft to be operated was the de Havilland DH.60 Moth, with the main activity of training pilots, and flights for tourists. With the outbreak of World War II, Cambrian stopped its activities. In 1946 it was the first British airline to restart operations after the war, with freight flights between Cardiff and Bristol. In 1948 Cambrian was flying in cooperation with BEA and used the de Havilland Dragon Rapide, the Auster Autocrat and the Percival Proctor. During 1949 flights between Birmingham and Jersey were begun. During 1953, Cambrian took over Olley Air Service and Murray Chown Aviation and began services between Southampton to Dinard and Paris. This route was served with de Havilland Dove and later with Douglas DC-3s.
In 1956 the name was changed to Cambrian Airways and by 1964 it was operating the Vickers Viscount on charters to Rimini, Palma, Nice, Valencia and Barcelona. In 1967 BEA took over Cambrian, although it continued to operate as a separate airline. The following year the last flight with the DC-3 was flown and 1969 saw the first jet arrive in the form of the BAC 1-11, which were mostly used for charter flights.
In 1972 Cambrian was incorporated into the new British Airways and lost more and more of its independence. By 1975 it operated only in the British Airways colours and by 1976 it had been swallowed into British Airways and ceased to exist. [1]
Aircraft operated
- BAC One-Eleven 400
- de Havilland Dragon Rapide
- de Havilland Dove
- de Havilland Heron
- Douglas DC-3
- Vickers Viscount 700
- Vickers Viscount 800
Accidents and incidents
- On 20 July 1965 Vickers Viscount G-AMOL crashed on landing at Speke Airport, Liverpool after a flight from Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man. Both crew were killed, as well as two persons on the ground.[2]
- On 19 January 1970, Vickers Viscount G-AMOA of was damaged beyond economic repair in a heavy landing at Lulsgate Airport, Bristol.[3]
External links
References
- ^ Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650720-0. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700119-0. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
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