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Excel Airways is a charter Airline of Avion Group with headquarters at Crawley in the United Kingdom . It provides mainly short-haul services to European and Middle Eastern leisure destinations from its three bases of London Gatwick (LGW), Manchester (MAN) and Glasgow (GLA). Some long-haul services are operated also. CODE DATA HISTORY The airline was established in 1994 as Sabre Airways and started operations on 17 December 1994 . It adopted the current name following the acquisition in November 2000 of a 67% stake by Libra Holidays Group, and subsequently increased. In March 2004 Air Atlanta Icelandic completed the purchase of 40.5% of Excel Airways Group, and the share stake soon increased. Excel is now part of Air Atlanta's Avion Group, who has full control of the airline. In December 2004 Excel Airways was presented with the award of 'Worlds Leading Charter Airline' for 2004 at the World Travel Awards in Barbados. In January 2005, Excel Airways Group launched XL.com. This was accompanied by the rebranding of the aircraft within the Excel fleet. October 2005, Excel Airways was awarded with 'Best Charter Airline' by readers of the Daily Telegraph. The company also received 'World's Leading Charter Airline' for the second year running. November 2005, modified livery introduced, larger Excel Airways titles, emblem on engines and XL.com on the tail. March 2006, Excel Airways, which forms part of Avion Group’s charter & leisure division, has signed an agreement with GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) for the lease of two Next-Generation Boeing 737-900ER (Extended Range) aircraft being marketed by Boeing in 2007 and two Boeing 737-800s with a delivery in the second quarter in 2007. In addition four Boeing 737-800s will be added to the fleet in the first six months of 2007, two from ILFC (International Lease Finance Corporation) and two from RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland). All the aircraft are leased for eight years as a part of the Group’s aircraft fleet renewal plan. April 2006 Excel Airways Group plc, has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of Kosmar Villa Holidays Plc (‘Kosmar’), with effect from 2 May 2006, for an undisclosed sum. FLEET The Excel Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (January 2006 ):
Further fleet information:
Fleet to join in May 2006 from Air Atlanta Europe
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