Excalibur Airways

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Excalibur Airways was a charter airline based in England.

Contents 1 Code Data 2 Company History 3 Fleet Details 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: EXC
• ICAO Code: EX
• Callsign: Arthur

[edit] Company History

Excalibur Airways was formed in the spring of 1992 and was based at the East Midlands Airport. It began charter operations with three leased Airbus A320s and most of the flights were out of London Gatwick airport. In 1994 one more A320 and a Boeing 737-300 were added.

Most of the holiday charter flights were to Egypt, although that was not the only destination since they also serviced the holiday resorts in the Mediterranean and North Africa. Then at the end of 1995 the company wanted to start flights to Florida and the Caribbean, so there was a need for a larger aircraft with more range and the Douglas DC-10-30 was chosen. Then the airline lost most of its medium-range charter contracts and the service problems that followed forced the travel operators to withdraw their contracts, hence, Excalibur shut down in June 1996. ^[1]

[edit] Fleet Details

• 7 - Airbus A320-212
• 1 - Boeing 737-3Q8
• 1 - Douglas DC-10-30

[edit] External links

• / Fleet and code information

[edit] References