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1960s

Forgotten British Brands

MFI

British brand history

Retail

Bejam

British supermarket history

Monarch Airlines: original airline branding on an aircraft (historic)
Airlines

Monarch Airlines

Monarch was a major British leisure airline, later operating scheduled flights. It entered administration in October 2017 following prolonged financial pressure.

British Airtours: original airline branding on an aircraft (1980s)
Airlines

British Airtours

A British Airways charter subsidiary known earlier as BEA Airtours and later rebranded Caledonian Airways after the British Caledonian acquisition.

Caledonian Airways (1961): original airline branding on an aircraft (1969)
Airlines

Caledonian Airways (1961)

The original Caledonian Airways was a Scottish-founded charter airline that combined with British United Airways to create British Caledonian in 1970. Not the later BA-associated Caledonian…

Britannia Airways: original airline branding on an aircraft (1975)
Airlines

Britannia Airways

Britannia Airways became a leading British holiday charter carrier, closely linked to the Thomson travel business. It was renamed Thomsonfly in 2005.