Peach Air
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| Founded | 1996 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1998 (Merged with Flying Colours Airlines to form JMC Air) | ||||||
| Operating bases | London Gatwick Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Parent company | Caledonian Airways (1988) | ||||||
| Headquarters | London Gatwick Airport | ||||||
Peach Air was a United Kingdom charter airline that operated for two years between 1997 and 1998.
History
Peach Air was formed in 1996. It was part of Caledonian Airways (1988), created to operate for the tour operator Goldcrest.
In 1999 Thomas Cook completed the acquisition of Carlson Leisure Group, who operated Caledonian Airways and Peach Air. This led to a complete rebrand by Thomas Cook of its growing tour operation.
In 2000, Thomas Cook rebranded their charter airline operations as JMC Air, part of a new universal customer-facing brand "JMC".
Flying Colours did order 2 Airbus A330-200 aircraft to begin longhaul operations, these aircraft arrived after the JMC rebrand.
JMC Air was rebranded as Thomas Cook Airlines in 2002.
Thomas Cook Airlines UK then announced a merger with fellow Manchester founded Airline MyTravel Airways, the parent companies had merged in June 2007 with the two airlines,however, merging later in the year in November 2007.
Fleet
Peach Air operated 2 737-200 and 4 Lockheed L-1011 aircraft, the latter aircraft from Air Atlanta Icelandic.
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