As a new charter airline, Excel, concentrated on flights from Gatwick and Manchester to holiday destinations including Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Spain, the Canaries, St Lucia and Egypt. In March 2004, the Avion Group (now Eimskipafélag Íslands) completed the purchase of 40.5% of the Excel Airways Group. The name Excel was adopted following the acquisition, in November 2000, of a 67% stake by Libra Holidays Group, and subsequently increased. The airline was established in 1994 as Sabre Airways, and started operations on 17 December 1994. Īir Malta Airbus A320-200, operated on behalf of XL Two other airlines (both now also defunct as of 2019) within the group used the XL Airways branding: XL Airways France and XL Airways Germany, and were not at the time affected by the insolvency of the XL Leisure Group. The airline also operated services from Newcastle, Bristol, East Midlands, Birmingham and Ireland West. From its three bases at London Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow, the airline provided short-haul and long-haul charter services, predominantly to leisure destinations.
Its headquarters were in Crawley, West Sussex, near London Gatwick Airport. XL Airways was a British low-cost charter and scheduled airline, which ceased operations when it went into administration on 12 September 2008. For the former French airline XL Airways France, see XL Airways France. For the former Dutch airline Air Exel, see Air Exel. This article is about the former British airline, known both as XL and Excel.
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