Palmair
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Palmair is a trading name for the tour operator R.E. Bath Travel Service (Palmair) Limited based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. It operates inclusive tour charter flights to holiday destinations in Europe on behalf of Bath Travel. Its main base is Bournemouth International Airport (BOH).
The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Air Travel Organiser’s License (ATOL0003)
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[edit] History
The charter flights started operations on 1 January 1993 as Palmair Flightline operating a BAe 146 aircraft. Upgraded aircraft were acquired in 1999 to reflect increased demand for capacity from Bournemouth and for the introduction of longer range routes. Until winter 1999 services was operated by Flightline, using a single BAe 146-300. In 2003 Palmair carried 75,000 passengers. In 2004 the company operated scheduled passenger flights to ten European airports, and day trips to 25 European cities.
In March 2003, a UK consumer magazine ‘Holiday Which?’ published the results of a survey of 20,000 UK air passengers, showing that Palmair was the top rated airline flying from the UK.
Models of Palmair aircraft are made by PPC Holland.
On 22nd December 2006, founder, Peter Bath, who had previously seen off every flight personally, passed away, aged 79. [1]
[edit] Services
Palmair holiday charter services include: Alicante, Arrecife, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Faro, Funchal, Málaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Brescia, Malta and Tenerife.
Palmair day trip services fly to 25 destinations in Europe, including: Venice, Iceland, Rome, Prague, Milan and Salzburg.
[edit] Fleet
Palmair aircraft are wet-leased from and use the air operator's certificate of European Aviation Air Charter.
