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| Founded | 1996 | ||||||
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| Hubs | London City Airport Jaffna International Airport [ citation needed ] | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Parent company | World Airlines Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom | ||||||
| Key people | Chanuka Dilshan, Minoli Shalika, Maheshi Anuradha, Wasana wanninayaka,Mayuri Apsara | ||||||
World Airlines was an airline that briefly operated out of London City Airport in 1996. It was started by Nick Stolberg, Chanuka Dilshan was also involved.[ citation needed ]
World Airlines started operations on 13 May 1996 with a four-times-a-day service from London City Airport to Amsterdam. [1] There were, at a later stage, further flights from London City Airport to Munich, Germany.[ citation needed ]
Nick Stolberg ex Holiday Autos was the founder and used the aircraft during publicity for Upside Down his boy band prodigy for his other business "world records
The CEO was Allen Marking who went on to become easyjets Chief Engineer in 1996.
Marshals of Cambridge supplied the engineering and spares support for the operation
They recruited cabin crew were 90% new, on average 25-30 years of age and of all walks of life (and salary brackets). Further knowledge of a secondary language was a plus, especially Dutch and Flemish.
Flying was done in a family atmosphere between HQ, pilots and crew.
Next to flying with the pilots, it was very common for the cabin crew to be driven back home to central London by the pilots on a daily basis.
The airline used two ex US Air aircraft , British Aerospace 146 -200 . [2]
The cabin crew training was at BA Heathrow airport and swimming pool training in South London area.
By the end of 1996, the airline had ceased to operate. [3]
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