British United Air Ferries (BUAF) was a wholly private, British independent [nb 1] car and passenger ferry airline based in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. It specialised in cross- Channel ferry flights carrying cars and their owners between its numerous bases in Southern England, the Channel Islands and Continental Europe. Airlines that offered air ferry services involving the British Isles All the airlines below are defunct except Aer Lingus. Aer Lingus no longer offers transport of cars. Aer Lingus Air Ferry British United Air Ferries (later British Air Ferries and British World Airlines)
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British United Air Ferries (BUAF) was a wholly private, British independent [nb 1] car and passenger ferry airline based in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. It specialised in cross-Channel ferry flights carrying cars and their owners between its numerous bases in Southern England, the Channel Islands and Continental Europe.All-passenger and all-cargo flights were operated as well. British Air Ferries (IATA: VF / ICAO: BAF) was an airline headquartered in Southend, United Kingdom operating from 1967 to 1993 Radar Radar Share Your Data Photos Latest Additions Most Popular Editor's Choice User Favorites Photo Search Upload Your Photos Data Production Lists Latest Deliveries Airline Index Airlines by Country Delivered new to British European Airways as G-AOYM on 19 Mar 1958. Sold to Cambrian Airways 08 Nov 1971 and merged into British Airways 01 Apr 1974. Bought by British Air Ferries on 27 Jan 1984. Leased to Manx Airlines 21 Feb 1985 to 07 Oct 1985. Sold to Lineas Aereas Canarias as EC-DYC on 25 Oct 1985. WFU and stored at Tenerife North May 1989. On 01Oct1967, BUAF became known as British Air Ferries (BAF) < BUAF operated scheduled and non-scheduled vehicle ferry, passenger and freight services. This included scheduled routes from Southend, Lydd Ferryfield and Hurn >
Aviation Traders ATL98 Carvair British United Air Ferries Aviation Photo 0760741
The Leaping Lion On 6th April 1993 British Air Ferries, an airline that had seen the demise of many other airlines both big and small, ceased to be: British World Airlines (BWA) had replaced it. The new name was designed to reflect the fact that (a) it could supply aircraft anywhere at any time, and (b) it had not operated the car ferry for. Published Oct 11, 2022 Air Ferry Ltd was a British charter airline based in Manston, Kent, which terminated all services in 1968. Photo: RuthAS via Wikimedia Commons. Air Ferry Limited was a charter airline based in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1968. British Air Ferries (BAF), for example, operated its Carvairs in a flexible configuration, either accommodating five cars and 22 passengers or two-three cars and 55 passengers, permitting it to change over from one configuration to the other in about 40 minutes. [2] A British Air Ferries Carvair sits on the tarmac at France's Calais Airport in 1968. Alamy CNN — If an aviation enthusiast were to compile a roster of the world's weirdest looking planes, the.
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Bristol Freighter 31 of Dan-Air operating a cargo service at Manchester Airport in 1964. The Bristol Type 170 Freighter is a British twin-engine aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as both a freighter and airliner. Its best known use was as an air ferry to carry cars and their passengers over relatively short distances. BEA ordered 26 Vickers Viscount Type 701 with 47 to 53 seats. The increased seat capacity required an 88-inch increase in fuselage length to 81ft 10in. A single prototype of the Vickers Viscount Type 700 was built, (G-AMAV) flying on 28th August 1950. The prototype Viscount 700 G-AMAV seen in the colours of British West Indian Airways (BWIA).
The combination of British United Airways and Air Charter was known as British United Air Ferries (BUAF). The air ferries segment finally began to falter in 1964, losing some business to newly introduced hovercrafts. Interestingly, after a general strike in France and an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Britain smote profits in 1968, the. A classic footage of a british air ferries viscount departing Southend, UK. All credit goes to airliner tv, enjoy!!
GAPIM British Air Ferries Vickers Viscount 806 Photo by Guido Allieri ID 1434306
In 1993 to celebrate 40 years since the first Viscount commercial flight, British Air Ferries flew one of their 800 series Viscounts, G-AOYN, up to Duxford with a cabin load of aviation enthusiasts. For a short while 'YN shared the ramp next to her older sister 'WF. This would be the last time two Viscounts would be together on the Duxford. The ATL-98 Carvair is a truly unusual aircraft. Converted from 19 C-54 World War II transport planes and two DC-4 airliners into a small fleet of air ferries by Aviation Traders of Southend, England, the Carvair allowed commercial air passengers to accompany their automobiles onboard the aircraft. The planes were dispersed throughout the world, operating for 75 airlines and transporting cars.
