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Skyways Coach-Air Limited

British airline (1956–1971)

Skyways Coach-Air Limited was the world's first low-cost airline. Skyways launched the first commercial coach-air operation in late-September 1955, involving a coach trip from Central London to Lympne, a cross-Channel Lympne—Beauvais air sector and another coach journey from Beauvais to the centre of Paris.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1955Founded1
  • HeadquartersLympne1

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G-ARMX Avro 748 Srs 1 Skyways Coach Air LPL 25MAY65 (5944625348)
Photo: Ken Fielding, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Skyways Coach-Air Limited was the world's first low-cost airline. Skyways launched the first commercial coach-air operation in late-September 1955, involving a coach trip from Central London to Lympne, a cross-Channel Lympne—Beauvais air sector and another coach journey from Beauvais to the centre of Paris.2

Timeline

  1. 1971Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1955Founded Founded1

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