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Debonair was a British airline operating mainly from London Luton Airport offering flights to and from Spain, France, Charlotte and Italy. London Luton Airport (IATA Airport Code LTN, ICAO Airport Code EGGW, previously called Luton International Airport) is an airport about 30 miles to the north-west of London in the town of Luton, Beds. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ...


Debonair was founded in 1996 by Franco Mancassola and on its first day of operations offered all passengers free flights. Initial destinations from Luton were Newcastle, Copenhagen, Mönchengladbach, Munich, Barcelona and Nice. The latter two destinations were in direct competition with easyJet. The Newcastle and Copenhagen flights were dropped, with new destinations of Rome, Paris Pontoise, Madrid and Perugia added. It floated on the Easdaq stock exchange in July 1997 and raised £25m. Debonair operated a fleet of used BAe 146 aircraft, later supplemented by Boeing 737s and a leased BAC 1-11. From the beginning, Debonair tried to be a more "upmarket" version of the traditional budget airlines, and in 1998 introduced ABC (short for Affordable Business Class ) on some of its routes. On 1 October 1999 the airline ceased operations because of financial problems. Places on Earth named Newcastle Australia Newcastle, New South Wales Canada Newcastle, New Brunswick Newcastle, Ontario West Indies Newcastle, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis South Africa Newcastle, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa United Kingdom Newcastle, Northern Ireland Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside, England Newcastle-under-Lyme... City nickname: none Location in Denmark Area  - Total  - Water 526 km² xxx km² xx% Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density 502,204 1,116,979 954/km&sup2 [including water] xxx/km&sup2 [land only] Time zone Eastern: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 55°43 N 12°34 W Copenhagen (Danish: K... Mönchengladbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, an autonomous region in northeastern Spain ( 41°23′ N 2°11′ E). ... City motto: Nicæa civitas. ... easyJet (IATA designator code: U2, ICAO designator code: EZY, and airline call sign: Easy) is a low cost airline officially known as easyJet Airline Company PLC. It is partly owned by Stelios Haji-Ioannou through his ownership of the easyGroup. ... Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Coat of arms The Plaza de España square Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ... Perugia (population 150,000) is a city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. ... The BAe 146 (also known as the Avro RJ) is a medium-sized commercial aircraft manufactured by BAE SYSTEMS. It carries its four jet engines on a high wing above the fuselage; not below, or at mid-fuselage, as on most conventional civilian aircraft. ... 737 in new Boeing Colors. ... The BAC 1-11, or One-Eleven, was a short-range jet airliner designed by Hunting Aircraft and produced by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) after Hunting was merged with several other British aviation firms in 1960. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...




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Debonair was a British airline operating mainly from London Luton Airport offering flights to and from Spain, France, Germany and Italy.
Debonair was founded in 1996 by Franco Mancassola and on its first day of operations offered all passengers free flights.
Debonair operated a fleet of used BAe 146 aircraft, later supplemented by 3 Boeing 737-300s and a leased BAC 1-11.
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