DERBY AVIATION

IATA: CH - 240 ICAO: - FOUNDED: 1953 CEASED OPERATIONS: 1 OCT 1964

HISTORY: DERBY AVIATION LIMITED founded in 1946 as parent company of Air Schools Limited. In 1953, Derby Aviation ceased flying training, following the award of a licence to operate scheduled flights from Burnaston and Wolverhampton to Jersey. The first flight was made on 18 July 1953, using a Dragon Rapide. The following year, Wolverhampton Aviation was merged into Derby Aviation. In 1959, Derby Aviation formed Derby Airways as its airline business and introduced a new livery incorporating the new airline's name. Domestic scheduled flights within the United Kingdom began the same year. On 1 October 1964, after buying the Manchester Airport-based scheduled and charter airline Mercury Airlines, the company changed its name to British Midland Airways (BMA) and moved operations from Burnaston to the recently opened East Midlands Airport.

 

 

3/10/1961 (From Derby to Glasgow to Derby)

 

 

16/6/1964 (From Wick to Glasgow)

 

 

 

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