The Rank Organisation decided to buy the other 50% share of the company making it the wholly owned subsidiary. Cal Air International was of no interest to British Airways. In 1988 British Caledonian was bought by and merged into British Airways. Occasional ad hoc charter work was also undertaken which saw the companies DC-10s flying to destinations all over the world. A third ex Laker Airways DC-10-10 was acquired in 1986 and re-registered G-GCAL. Long haul destinations included Orlando & Tampa Florida, Los Angeles USA, Caribbean, Toronto & Vancouver Canada and The Gambia & Kenya in Africa. This lasted only a short time when a radical step was taken between the Rank Organisation and BCAL to completely rebrand the charter arm as 'Cal Air International' This saw the introduction of a striking bold livery never seen in the UK at the time.ĭouglas DC-10-10 of Cal Air at Manchester Airport in 1988Ĭal Air’s DC-10s were mainly used on UK charter flights to the usual popular Mediterranean resorts, North Africa and the Canary Islands. It was therefore decided to make slight changes to the charter company and livery by introducing 'BCA Charter' decals to the aircraft and outlining the golden St Andrews lion rampant tail logo with a white shield. However it was not long before British Caledonian realised that its own high quality scheduled product and image was being somewhat tarnished by the more utility charter product in addition to the general public not being able to differentiate between the two companies, even the charter cabin crew all wore identical tartan uniforms to those of the parent company. The DC-10s were re-registered as G-BJZE and G-BJZD. Two ex Laker Airways/Skytrain DC-10-10s were acquired along with many highly experienced ex Laker Airways Pilots, Flight Engineers and Cabin Crew. The airline was initially named British Caledonian Charter with exactly the same livery as its parent company British Caledonian. The airline was a joint set up between British Caledonian and the Rank Organisation which already had its interests firmly established in the travel industry with its own tour operators: Blue Sky Travel/Holidays, Wings Holidays, Ellerman Travel and OSL Holidays. Keep up the good work and keep at it…you’ll be achieving your next milestone before you know it.Īll of us here are really proud you’ve chosen CalAir to help you reach them.Cal Air International was a charter airline that operated in the United Kingdom between 19.Ĭal Air International was initially conceived in early 1982 after the sudden demise of Laker Airways which had left a large gap in the UK Inclusive tour/charter market. Please share in my congratulations to these pilots for making great progress and reaching huge milestones, there’s been a lot! Why serious? Because we are not taking results lightly! We very much appreciate all the wonderful feedback we’ve received, the good (and not so good), and are using all of it to steer our efforts toward making CalAir the best we can-for you! “I Like Your Moves” We’ll soon have things up and running as smoothly, for sure! Survey Results Are In!Ībout a month ago we developed and sent out, what we considered a very serious survey.
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When she’s on duty, you’ll be able to reach Vanessa or me by phone or text, as well! Please be patient as we fumble a bit setting it up, so feel free to call me directly still if you don’t hear back or get through. With that, there are now two of us here to help with dispatching, maintenance questions, or anything else that might arise, so we established a new main number for CalAir! It’s 31 so be sure to add it to your phone!
So, if you see her, don’t be shy to say Hi! But for those of you that haven’t met her, you’ll likely see her soon as she’s our new Administrative ‘person’ who will further be helping us tidy up and working to build a better CalAir experience for you all. She alone braves maintenance flights by limping ‘timed out,’ or ‘wounded’ airplanes to our maintenance shop and is a critical part of keeping our birds available and safe. Some of you may already know Vanessa, our long-standing ferry pilot. Another month gone by and, as always, a lot to share… New Faces - New Number
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