British United Air Ferries
British United Air Ferries (BUAF) was a wholly private, British independent car and passenger ferry airline based in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. It specialised in cross-Channel ferry flights carrying cars and their owners between its numerous bases in Southern England, the Channel Islands and Continental Europe. All-passenger and all-cargo flights were operated as well. Following several identity and ownership changes, it went out of business in 2001.
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| Founded | 1963 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2001 | ||||||
| Hubs | Southend Lydd Ferryfield Hurn Southampton Stansted Aberdeen Sumburgh London Gatwick | ||||||
| Fleet size | 23 piston airliners (9 Aviation Traders Carvair, 14 Bristol Superfreighter (as of September 1967)) | ||||||
| Destinations | Channel Islands, Continental Europe | ||||||
| Parent company | Air Holdings (1967–1971) T.D. Keegan (1971–1972) Transmeridian Air Cargo (1972–1977) T.D. Keegan (1977–1983) Jadepoint (1983–1988) Mostjet (1989–1993) [British] World Aviation Group (1994–2001) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Central London (1963–1967) London Southend Airport (1967–2001) | ||||||
| Key people | Sir Miles Wyatt, F. A. Laker, Max Stuart-Shaw, Graham Kentsley, R.L. Cumming, A.F. Nickalls, D.J. Platt, T.D. Keegan, A.L. MacLeod, D. Willis, R. Pesskin, N. Skinner, A. Weiner, I.M. Herman, R. Pinnington, R. Sturman, N. Hansford, M.J. Sessions | ||||||
| Website | british-world.co.uk | ||||||
In its final years, as British World Airlines, its head office was at Viscount House, London Southend Airport.
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