The Dan-Air Staff Association

KEY DATES

Throughout the 40 year history of Dan-Air Services Ltd there has been a tremendous amount of important events, both for the airline in particular and the industry as a whole. The following lists as many of these as are known in chronological order.

1953 - Aircraft in service - 2 x DC-3.
21 May  - Dan-Air Services Ltd registered as subsidiary of Davies and Newman Ltd with capital of £5,000.
16 June - Fleet initially consisted of a single Douglas DC-3, inherited from Meredith Air Transport. The C. of A. was transferred on this date. Chief Pilot was F. R Garside.
?? - The first service was an ad hoc charter from the airlines base at Southend via Manchester to Shannon. The DC-3 was used on the second Berlin airlift caused by the Soviet blockade.

1954 -  Aircraft in service - 2 x DC-3.
Three Avro Yorks acquired.

1955 - Aircraft in service - 2 x DC-3, 1 x York.
The airline moved its base from Southend to Blackbushe and Dan-Air Engineering was established at Lasham to look after a number of Avro Yorks acquired from the RAF. Inclusive Tour charters started from Blackbushe.

1956 - Aircraft in service - 2 x DC-3, 4 x York.
May - First scheduled service, from Blackbushe to Jersey started.
16 November - Over 350 Hungarian refugees were airlifted from Austria to the UK. Completed I4/ I2/56

1957 - Aircraft in service - 2 x DC-3, 4 x York. 1 x Freighter, 1 x Heron.
The first of the Bristol Freighters and a DH Heron acquired.

1958 - Aircraft in service - 2 x DC-3, 6 x York, 2 x Freighter, l x Heron.

1959 - Aircraft in service - 2 x DC-3, 4 x York, 3 x Freighter, 3 x Ambassador.
An Air Ministry contract to carry 'Black Knight' rockets to Woomera in Australia was obtained. Also BEA freight contract for London Heathrow - Manchester - Glasgow (Renfrew) service. Inclusive Tour charters started from Manchester. Three Airspeed Ambassadors obtained.

1960 - Aircraft in service - 2 x DC-3,  4 x York, 3 x Freighter, 2 x Dove, 3 x Ambassador. Carried 100,000 pax.
BEA awarded Dan-Air freight contracts from London Heathrow to Milan, Rome and Brussels. A pair of DH Doves acquired to start a network of scheduled services from Bristol and Cardiff.
4 April – Bristol - Cardiff – Liverpool route started.
1 May - Bristol-Cardiff -Isle of Man route started.
31 May - Blackbushe closed and the airline moved to Gatwick.
18 June - First schedule from Gatwick started - the relocated Jersey service.
16 July - Bristol-Cardiff-Basle route started - Dan-Air‘s first international schedule.
IT charters were started from Gatwick to Holland, Belgium, France Germany and Spain, and trooping contracts were obtained.

1961 - Aircraft in service - 3 x DC-3, 4 x York, 3 x Freighter, 2 x Dove, 3 x Ambassador.
4 January - Plymouth-Cardiff /Bristol-Liverpool schedule was extended to Newcastle.
Routes and Aircraft of Scottish Airlines (Prestwick) obtained.
27 May - Prestwick-lsle of Man schedule started. The Isle of Man also served from Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth, Exeter, Staverton and Swansea.
7 July - Liverpool-Newcastle-Dundee (Arbroath) route started, followed by Perth (Scone)-Prestwick-Gatwick and Perth-Newcastle-Gatwick that summer.

1962 - Aircraft in service - 3 x DC-3, 4 x York, 3 x Freighter, 2 x Dove, 4 x Ambassador.

Second international service started: Liverpool-Rotterdam. Routes from Bournemouth to Basle and Bristol and Gatwick-Ostend began.

1963 - Aircraft in service - 3 x DC-3, 2 x York, 3 x Freighter, l x Heron, 2 x Dove, 6 x Ambassador.

The Yorks were retired and a larger fleet of Ambassadors now formed Dan-Air's front line fleet for lT's and charters - mostly flying out of Gatwick and Manchester. Total pax for the year 115,215 (35,735 on schedules).

1964 - Aircraft in service - 4 x DC-3, l x York, 2 x  Freighter, l x Heron, l x Dove, 7  x Ambassador.

1965 - Aircraft in service - 3 x D-3, 2 x Freighter, l x Heron, l x Dove, 7 x Ambassador, 2 x DC-4 , 1 x DC-7.
Tees-side-Chester-Cardiff service started, followed by Cardiff-Bristol - Amsterdam and Gatwick - Newcastle-Kristiansand (Norway) services.
4 October - Liverpool-Amsterdam service began.
Two DC4s and a DC-7 all-cargo Aircraft acquired.

1966 - Aircraft in service - 4 x DC-3, 2 x Freighter, 8 x Ambassador, 1 x DC-7, 2 x Comet.
Obtained 2 DH Comet 4 airliners from BOAC - its first pure-jet aircraft and the beginnings of an ultimate 49 examples of the type (more than owned by any other operator).

1967 - Aircraft in service - 3 x DC-3, 2 x Freighter, 6 x Ambassador, l x DC-7, 4 x Comet.
Comets went into service on Mediterranean IT charters. A Carlisle-lsle of Man route started in May. Two more Comets bought.

1968 - Aircraft in service - 3 x DC-3, 2 x Freighter, 4 x Ambassador, l x DC-7, 4 Comet.

1969  - Aircraft in service   1 x DC-3, l x Freighter, 3 x Ambassador, l x DC-7,  11 x Comet, 3 x 1-11. Total passengers carried 509,025. Directors: Chairman - F.E.F. Newman, Managing - A. J Snudden, Deputy Managing, R.A. Pigeon, Financial - E.M. O'Regan, Sales - F. Tapling, Ops Manager K. Balsdon. Chief Pilot, Capt R Atkins.
With the demise of British Eagle in November 1968 Dan-Air picked up many more IT contracts. Two ex-American Airlines BAC 1-11s were obtained plus two more Comets to fly the extended programme. A Gatwick-Newquay service was started. The first trans-Atlantic flight (a Comet 4) to Trinidad was operated. First aircraft based in West Berlin to fly charters to the Mediterranean.

1970 - Aircraft in service - I x DC-3, I x Freighter, 3 x Ambassador, 12 x Comet, 4 x 1-11, 1 x 262. Carried 1,000,000 passengers.
Directors: Chairman - F.E.F. Newman, Managing – A. J. Snudden, Deputy Managing, R.A. Pigeon, Financial - E.M. O'Regan, Sales - F. Tapling, Ops Manager K. Balsdon. Chief Pilot, Capt R Atkins.
A Nord 262 obtained to replace DC-3s on schedules. Fleet also included 11 Comets 4s and 4 BAC 1-11s. The main IT programme was out of Gatwick, Luton, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Tees-side.
4 July - Comet 4 G-APDN en-route Manchester-Barcelona crashed in the mountains at Arbucias, near Barcelona, killing all 105 passengers and 7 crew.
29 October - Granted a USA charter permit for trans-Atlantic charters.

1971 -  Aircraft in service - 1 x Ambassador, 14 x Comet, 5 x 1-11, 1 x 262, 1 x 707, 2 x 748. Carried 1,129,000 passengers.
7 January - Boeing 707-320 was obtained from Pan Am to start the Company's first trans-Atlantic charters in April.
1 May - The airline obtained its first HS748 airliner.
The airline mounted a big new charter programme out of Brimingham during the summer and also at Bristol and Cardiff, flying for all the major British tour operators.
26 September - The last scheduled Ambassador service flown and type was phased out.

1972 - Aircraft in service - I9 x Comet, 5 x 1-11, 1 x 262, 2 x 707, 6 x 748. Carried I ,741 ,000 passengers.
11 February – The airline bought out the Ashford-based Skyways lnternational who operated 4 HS748s. Another 748 was obtained from BOAC. Routes to Beauvais, Montpellier and Clermont Ferrand were inherited from Skyways and transferred to Gatwick.
10 April - Bournemouth - Birmingham - Liverpool/Manchester - Newcastle service started.
11 April - Luton-Leeds-Glasgow service started.
27 May - Swansea-Jersey and Newcastle Carlisle-Jersey service started.
5 June - Gatwick-Beme service started.
1 July - Bournemouth-Guernsey/Jersey service started.
A second Boeing 707-320 was obtained from Pan Am and several Comet 4bs from Channel Airways and BEA Airtours. Trans-Atlantic charters were flown from Gatwick, Manchester and Prestwick.

1973 - Aircraft in service - 22 x Comet, 5 x 1-11 , 2 x 707, 7 x 748, 3 x 727.  Carried  2,157,000 passengers.
Directors: Chairman - F.E.F. Newman, Managing - A..J.Snudden. Deputy Managing - F. Horridge. Financial - E.M. O‘Regan, Sales - F. Tapling, Ops Manager E, Bristow, Chief Pilot - Capt. R Atkins.
Three Boeing 727s were obtained from Japan Airlines, for use on IT charters from the UK and West Berlin, with Dan-Air becoming the first operator of the type within the UK.
March - Tees-side added to the 'Link City' network.
2 April - Tees-side-Amsterdam service started.
May - Ashford (Lympne)-Jersey services started.
After the worldwide fuel crisis late in the year the airline placed greater emphasis on 727/ 1-11 operations rather than the 'thirsty' Comets.
Winter - First located use of 'aircraft' as hyphen in Dan-Air name; used on winter 73/74 timetable.

1974 - Aircraft in service - l4 x Comet, 5 x 1-11,  1 x C- 150, 2 x 707,7 x 748, 5 x 727. Carried 2,193,000 passengers.
Directors: Chairman - F.E.F. Newman, Managing - A.J.Snudden, Deputy Managing - F. Horridge, Financial - E.M. O‘Regan, Sales - F. Tapling, Ops Manager - E. Bristow, Chief Pilot - Capt. R Atkins.
The airline based its first HS748 in Aberdeen, for oil industry movements to Shetland and Orkney.
March - CAA granted the airline the first IT-affinity group charter licence ever for use on the Gatwick-Hong Kong flights.
14 April - A Newcastle-lsle of Man weekend service started and the Cardiff -Bristol-Amsterdam service re-started using 748 after several years suspension.
29 April - Twice daily Gatwick-Newcastle schedule was started using the Comets.
7 October - A Leeds/Bradford-Bournemouth service was started and the Leeds-Luton service discontinued.
31 April - Moved its cross-Channel services from Lympne to Lydd.

1975 - Aircraft in service – 19 x Comet, 13 x 1-11, 3 x Viscount, 2 x 707, 9 x 748, 5 x 727. Carried 2,582,000 passengers.
Directors: Chairman - F.E.F. Newman, Managing - A.J.Snudden, Deputy Managing, F. Horridge, Financial – E M O'Regan, Sales - F. Tapling, Ops Manager E. Bristow, Chief Pilot - Capt. R Atkins.
Four ex-Court Line 1-11 500 series and two ex-Zambia 1-11 200 series machines were obtained to replace Comets.
16 March - The Liverpool-Amsterdam service was stopped and Liverpool dropped from the ‘Link City' network.
13 May - Gatwick-Berne operated daily.
17 May - 1-11s started Gatwick-Ostend services.
18 May - 1-11s  started Gatwick-Jersey services.
20 May - 1-11s started Newcastle-Bergen services.
Newcastle-Kristiansand went to a full weekday service.
24 May - Tees-side-lsle of Man flights began, as did Aberdeen - lsle of Man and Gatwick-Isle of Man.
1 June - Perpignan was added to the Gatwick - Clermont Ferrand route and a Gatwick-
Belfast night freight service started.
Boeing 707s operated ABC charter flights to the USA from Gatwick, Manchester and Prestwick.

1976 - Aircraft in service - 18 x Comet, 14 x 1-11, 4 x 707, 11 x 748, 6 x 727. Carried 2,846,000 passengers.
Directors: Chairman - F.E.F. Newman, Managing - A.J.Snudden, Deputy Managing - F. Horridge, Financial - E.M. O'Regan, Sales - F. Tapling, Ops Manager -E. Bristow, Chief Pilot - Capt. R Atkins.
6 January - Bristol-Cardiff - Leeds - Glasgow service started with 748s.
13 January - Announced that the Manchester Engineering base would be soon open.
26 January - The airline used Television for the first time to sell its schedules, with adverts running on Southern TV.
17 April - Boumemouth - Dinard service started.
18 April - Carlisle-Jersey service started.
28 May - Newcastle - Stavanger service started.
20 June - Gatwick - Perpignan and Kristiansand service started.
Charters were flown to lsrael for the first time, and MoD contract to Gibraltar was obtained.

1977 - Aircraft in service - 17 x Comet, 14 x 1-11, 6 x 707, 17 x 748, 8 x 727. Carried 3,591,000 passengers.
Directors: Chairman - F.E.F. Newman, Managing- A.J.Snudden, Deputy Managing - F. Horridge, Financial - E.M. O'Regan, Sales - F. Tapling, Ops Manager - E. Bristow, Chief Pilot Capt R Atkins.
1 April - With the importance of the EEC, a Gatwick - Strasburg service was started.
4 April - A new Irish Sea route, Bristol-Cardiff -Cork commenced.
April - One Boeing 707 was leased to Air Malta.
14 May - Boeing 707-32lC G-BEBP crashed on approach to Lusaka lntemational Airport, Zambia at 0933 hrs GMT whilst on charter to l.A.S. Six crew lost.
21 May - East Midlands, Birmingham and lsle of Man triangular service began.

 
1978 - Aircraft in service - I3 x Comet, 14  x 1-11, 5 x 707, 19 x 748, 8 x 727. Carried 4,010,000 passengers.
1 April - The Silver Jubilee year saw services from Gatwick - Bergen commenced.
15 April - Gatwick - Jersey commenced.
27 May - Bournemouth-Isle of Man and Jersey-Cork commenced.
China's Vice-Premier Wang Chen chartered a 1-11 for his tour of the UK.
Two B727- 100 and a further HS748 were obtained.

1979 - Aircraft in service - 7 x Comet, 15 x 1-11, 2 x Viscount, 1 x 707, 21 x 748, 8 x 727. Carried 3,548,000 passengers.
Directors: Chaimman - F.E.F. Newman, Managing - A.J.Snudden, Deputy Managing - F. Horridge, Financial - W. Jones, Sales - F. Tapling, Ops Manager - B.V.S. Williams Chief Pilot - Capt. A Larkman.
Comet 4B fleet ended their tour of passenger service, the final aircraft being presented to the Science Museum.
1 April - Dan-Air and Intra Airways made each other joint licensees on Carlisle, Swansea and Staverton to Jersey/Guernsey routes, to be able to use each other's aircraft.
Bristol/Cardiff-Guernsey route started.
23 May - Newcastle-Birmingham-Isle of Man route started.
1 May - Gatwick - Dijon route started.
31 July - At 1601 hrs 748 G-BEKF crashed on take-off from Sumburgh‘s 09/27 runway in the Shetlands. Of the 44 passengers and 3 crew aboard, I5 pax and 2 crew (both pilots) lost their lives, but 29 passengers and the air stewardess survived. The Stewardess later decorated for bravery in swimming in the sea to rescue passengers.
1 November - Took over previously British Airways operated Gatwick-Aberdeen route.
16 December - Gatwick-Toulouse route started.

1980 - Aircraft in service - 4 x Comet, 15 x 1-11, 2 x Viscount, 20 x 748, I0 x 727, 2 x 737. Carried 3,510,000 passengers.
28 January - A custom-built HQ building (Newman House) was opened at Horley by Norman Tebbit MP to house Flight Operations staff - and later Accounts and Reservations.
Dan Air Engineering obtain contract to look after the Boeing 737-200 fleet of Air Europe. Two Boeing 727-200s acquired in March and April for longer-range IT charters and a substantial refurbishing of the 1-11 500 fleet out to give a 'wide bodied' look. Fin logo lights were added to the fleet.
19 February - New package of low fares was announced on domestic routes, including 'Supersaver' excursion, 'Latesaver' last-minute and Spouse fares to start in April.
1 April  - British Airways Belfast and Dublin-Newcastle, Bristol and Cardiff;
Bristol/Cardiff-Jersey, Guernsey, Paris and Leeds-Guernsey taken over.
25 April - Boeing 727-46 G-BDAN lost when destroyed after flying into Monte Chiriguel, Tenerife during the final stages of a charter flight from Manchester. 138 passengers and 8 crew lost their lives.
1 May - Gatwick - Munich service started and rights granted to fly a West Berlin-Amsterdam service.
August - Reductions were sought in European fares and in September more domestic reductions were introduced with 'Daysaver' fares.
26 October - Winter schedules showed Gatwick-Aberdeen 3 times daily, and Newcastle had weekend flights. Lower fares announced for the winter.
9 November - Last commercial Comet flight. The first B737-200 arrived to start service.

1981 - Aircraft in service - I7 x 1-11, 1 x Viscount, 21 x 748, 11 x  727, 2 x 737. Carried  3,226,000 passengers.
16 January - Cardiff/Bristol-Paris service ceased.
Summer schedules were started in March.
1 April - West Berlin-Amsterdam and Tees-side-Dublin services started.
13 April - Gatwick-Cork service started.
9 May - Some 14 B727, BAC 1-11and HS748 charters were operated into Shetland for the official opening of the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal.
June - New Aberdeen-Newcastle and Newcastle-Jersey services started on the first weekend in June.
26 June At 1811hrs GMT 748 G-ASPL crashed at Nailstone Leicestershire whilst engaged on a mail flight from Gatwick to East Midlands Airport, with the loss of both pilots and the loadmaster.
27 August - The CAA granted a Gatwick - Dublin licence to Dan-Air.
The airline withdrew from its plan to take over the British Airways Highlands and Islands routes.

1982 -  Aircraft in Service – 19 x 1-11, I9 x 748, I2 x 727, 4 x 737. Carried 3,599,000 passengers
26 February - Three 748s leased to British Airways (Highland Division).
29 March - Metropolitan Airways, a commuter carrier, took over the ‘Link City' network between Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Bournemouth, operating under the Dan-Air banner.
March - A specially modified 748 with a large cargo door was put into service.
28 June - Daily Gatwick - Dublin service started.
11 August - Reductions of 10% were on Norwegian fares and licence to operate Gatwick - Zurich granted.
16 August - Dan-Air became the first airline to order the BAe 146-100 aircraft.
25 August - New direct Bristol/Cardiff -Glasgow flight started using a Bandeirante.
28 October - The airline applied to take over the British Airways London Heathrow - Inverness route when British Airways stopped in March 1983.

1983 -  Aircraft in Service 20 x 1-11, I8 x 748, 11 x  727, 8 x 737, 2 x I46. Carried 3,702,000 passengers.
27 March - Took over the London Heathrow - Inverness route from British Airways.
30 April - Gatwick - Zurich daily service started.
15 May - AGM of Davies & Newman PLC announce turnover of £196,127,000; operating profit of £3.511,000.
21 May - Inverness Aberdeen and Gatwick services started.
The 146 took over services from Gatwick to Berne and Dublin, Perpignan and Toulouse and from Newcastle to Gatwick, Bergen, Stavanger and from Leeds to Jersey.
Dan-Air became the first airline to advertise on London taxis.
23 May - Dan-Air became world launch customer for the BAe 146-100 when the first aircraft was delivered to Gatwick, a second following in June based at Newcastle.
The airline signed to join the Travicom reservations system.

1984 -  Aircraft in service – 19 x 1-11, 1 x Herald, 18 x 748, 11 x 727, 7 x 737, 3 x 146. Carried  4,559,000 passengers
9 January - The airline started a Saarbrucken-West Berlin service, taking over the contract from a French airline.
5 February - Took over the Gatwick-Belfast (Aldergrove) services from British Midland.
Dan-Air operated twice-daily until 26/3 then 3 daily jet services and introduced the lowest fares on the route.
26 March - Gatwick-Zurich route went twice daily and the Berne services increased to nine weekly.
14 May - Daily Manchester-Zurich service started.
17 May - AGM of Davies & Newman PLC announce turnover of £242,846,000; operating prolit of £1 ,841,000.
30 May - Gatwick-Jersey all year round service started.
16 July - Newcastle/Tees-side-Amsterdam service started.
July - Obtained a third BAe 146-100 (G-SSHH) that was used for starting the first jet services to Guernsey from Bristol and Cardiff.
Leased three HS748s to Philippine Airlines for two years and 727 to Royal Air Nepal for six months. Gained approval to operate London Heathrow - Manchester in competition with British Airways Super Shuttle starting 1/4 1985. Also plans to start Inverness - Manchester on same date.
6 August - Tees-side/Newcastle-Belfast service started replacing Genair.
The Link City services between Glasgow, Leeds Cardiff and Bristol were handed over to Metropolitan Airways to operate.
Dan-Air ordered its first Boeing 737-300.
Obtained planning permission for a new hangar complex at Gatwick.
21 December - Started weekly 146 Birmingham-Geneva for 16 week period of ski flights.

1985  - Aircraft in service – 20 x 1-11, I4 x 748, 9 x 727, 8 x 737, 4 x 146. Carried 5,007,000 passengers.
January - Applied for weekly Gatwick-Lourdes service.
1 April - Three times daily London Heathrow - Manchester service started.
Manchester - Inverness and Manchester-Newcastle-Oslo service that connected at Newcastle with Bergen and Stavanger flights started.
6 April - Gatwick-Lourdes service started.
1 May - Resume Gatwick - Munich services 3 times a week after break of 4 years.
24 May - Manchester - Montpellier service started.
September - London Heathrow - Manchester service discontinued.
The EEC Lome Conference was hosted at lnverness with Dan-Air flying many extra services with delegates from London Heathrow.
2 September - Metropolitan Airways goes into liquidation following suspension of services on 3l August.
15 December - Gatwick - Innsbruck service started.
Metropolitan Airways planning to take over a number of domestic routes which it is currently operating under the 'Link City' network for Dan Air.
Metropolitan had operating agreement with Dan-Air since l982 when they provided the aircraft whist Dan-Air provided reservations and other facilities.
Agreement was for this to happen for two years then Metro should take over the routes.
Applied to Civil Aviation Authority to serve Lisbon and Oporto from Manchester from 1987 and hoped to win appeal against rejection of Gatwick - Lisbon service.
Gain Civil Aviation Authority approval to operate London Gatwick - Santiago in Portugal and Seville subject to foreign government approval.

1986 - Aircraft in service- 19 x 1-11, l4 x HS748, 10 x 727, 8 x 737, 2 x Airbus, 3 x146. Carried 5,309,000 passengers
Cut Gatwick - Aberdeen to twice daily due to down turn in Oil flights.
First known use of 'Aircraft' hyphen symbol in Dan-Air name. Used on Airbus G-BMNA.
31 March - Manchester-Amsterdam service started.
May - A300 proving flight with G-BMNA start to enter services.
Ends Bristol-Amsterdam services after 8 years.
Charters to Luxor started.

1987 - Aircraft in service: 18 x 1-11, 12 x 748, l0 x 727, 8 x 737, 1 Airbus, 5 x1 46. Carried  5,481,000 passengers.
6 March - First cabin staff course training male stewards completed.
4 April - Manchester-Lourdes service started.
4 May - Gatwick-Lisbon service started.
Won approval for Gatwick - Toulon in Southern France.
Operated Gatwick - Perpignan during winter for first time.
Dan-Air become members of IATA.

1988  - Aircraft in service – 19 x 1-11, 11 x 748, 10 x 727, 10 x 737, 2 Airbus, 3 x 146. Carried 5,809,000 passengers
Second A300 Airbus acquired.
£l0m hangar complex opened at Gatwick by HRH Princess Alexandra.
1 May - Gatwick - Madrid and Ibiza services started.
16 May - Gatwick - Mahon service started.
Refurbish 3 1-11s for use on 6 times a day Gatwick-Paris service due to start on 23 October.
23 October  - Gatwick -  Nice and Manchester -Aberdeen services started.
Gatwick - Charles de Gaulle service started.
Gatwick - Manchester service started
1 December - First Boeing 737-400 delivered.
Class 'Elite' business class introduced on Paris Charles de Gaulle and Nice service.

1989 -  Aircraft in service - 17 x 1-11, 10 x 748, 12 x 727, 11 x 737, 2 x Airbus, 4 x 146. Carried 6,276,000 passengers.
26 March - Increase weekly services Gatwick-Dublin from 9 to 12.
16 April - Announce withdrawal from Gatwick-Cork service.
17 December - Manchester-Berne 146 weekly service between l7 December and I8 March 1990 for use of winter sports visitors.
'Class Elite' introduced on Gatwick - Dublin, Toulouse, Madrid, Lisbon and Zurich services.

1990 - Aircraft in service - 18  x 1-11, 9 x 748, 10 x 727, 12 x 737, l x Airbus, 5 x I46.
2 April - Gatwick-Berlin service started.
April - Gatwick-Dublin service discontinued.
2 May - Gatwick-Vienna service started.
‘Class Elite' introduced on Gatwick-Ibiza service.
29 October - Through flights introduced between Manchester, Newcastle, Tees-side and West Berlin.

1991 -  Aircraft in service - 15 x 1-11, 6 x 748, 7 x 727, I6 x 737, 5 x l46.
28 February - completed sale of its aircraft engineering business to FLS Aerospace Ltd for £27.5 million.
25 October - Sale was completed of Davies & Newman Ltd to a subsidiary of London Airtaxi Centre Ltd.
10 November - Twice daily, except Saturday, Gatwick - Oslo service started,

1992 - Aircraft in service - I2 x I-l l, 4 x 748, 7 x 727, 19 x 737, 4 x 146.
8 January - completed sale of its shares in Manchester Handling Ltd to Gatwick Handling Ltd and Aer Lingus UK Holding Ltd.
26 February - Twice daily, except Saturday, Gatwick - Stockholm service started.
2 March - Daily Gatwick - Athens service started.
5 April - Daily Gatwick - Rome service started.
18 May - Daily, except Saturday, Gatwick - Barcelona service started.
2 October - Gatwick - Barcelona service closed.
23 October - British Airways and Dan-Air Announce that Dan-Air is to become a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways PLC. The Dan-Air name will disappear.
Between  400 and 600 jobs will be lost and 26 of the 38 aircraft in the Dan-Air fleet disposed of
8 November - At l2. l9hrs the deal is completed transferring ownership to British Airways.