First Choice Airways is a charter airline based in the United Kingdom, flying mostly for the First Choice Group. The airline flies charters and scheduled flights, from 18 UK airports to 40 worldwide destinations. Subsidiary companies are air2000 Engineering, Viking Freight and Viking Aviation.
History
First Choice was launched on April 11, 1987 under the name "air2000." The name was changed to First Choice Airways in May 2004 to increase the continuity of the brand throughout customer's holidays.
In 1992 the airline was given a certificate to fly scheduled passenger flights by the CAA.
In 1995, the airline faced management changes, resulting in the creation of a company named First Choice Holidays PLC.
In 2003, about two thirds of passengers on air2000 flights originated from bookings with the First Choice Holiday Group and the rest from more than 120 other tour operators.
The airline has agreements with cargo airline DAS Air Cargo, and they share offices in the United States. In addition, air2000 has several model airplane manufacturers under contract, such as Wooster and Schabak.
Fleet
The airline has 30 aircraft (at late 2003):
3 Boeing 767
15 Boeing 757
6 Airbus A321
6 Airbus A320
6 Boeing 787 (on order)
Points of interest
The airline used lower case a in its title and did not use a space in its title between air and 2000
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