Northeast Airlines (UK)

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Northeast Airlines
IATA
'NS		 ICAO
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Norjet
Founded 1951 (as BKS)
Hubs Newcastle International Airport
Fleet size
Destinations
Parent company British Airways plc
Headquarters Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Key people

Northeast Airlines was an airline from the United Kingdom that operated from 1951 until merged into British Airways in 1976.

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[edit] Company History

Northeast Airlines began in October 1951 as BKS Aero Charter flying Douglas DC-3. For a couple of years it flew charters and freight until 1953 when it was granted scheduled services between Newcastle and Isle of Man and Jersey. To expand, the Vickers VC.1 Viking was acquired and charter flights to Malaga, Spain were flown. The next aircraft was the Airspeed Ambassador and scheduled services to Basle, Belfast, Bilbao, Dublin and Santander were added.

As the network grew, more scheduled flights were added, including Newcastle to London and other routes. In 1960 the Bristol 170 Freighter was added and in 1961 the Vickers Viscount. Further expansion in and out of London saw the introduction of the Hawker Siddeley HS 748 and the larger Bristol Britannia. The name changed to Northeast Airlines in 1970. Towards the end of independent operations, three Hawker Siddeley Trident were added and by 1976 the airline integrated into British Airways. [1]

[edit] Historical fleet

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing