First Choice Airways

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First Choice Airways Ltd. (previously Air 2000 Ltd.) was a British charter airline of European tour operator First Choice Group plc which from September 2007 became TUI Travel plc based in Crawley, England. The airline's operational and administrative functions were all based in offices at Manchester Airport. The airline launched in 1987 as Air 2000, rebranding as First Choice Airways in 2004 until its merger in 2008 with Thomsonfly to form Thomson Airways (today TUI Airways). It flew to more than 60 destinations worldwide from 14 UK and Irish airports. 70% of the airline's services were operated for its parent company, rising to 85% in the summer season, with the remainder on behalf of some 120 other tour operators. It also operated scheduled year-round leisure routes to Cyprus and the resorts of Spain and Portugal. Its primary year round hubs were at London Gatwick Airport and Manchester Airport. The long haul services were sold only by internal companies such as First Choice Holidays...

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