Palmair, one time world best airline, and the oldest tour operator in Britain, turns 50

Bournemouth (UK) based Palmair announced that it intends to suspend all services at Bournemouth Airport for the months of Nov-2010, Dec-2010 and Jan-2011, citing poor advance bookings for winter, but hopes to produce a reduced winter timetable from Feb-2011 onwards. Despite this temporary setback Palmair, which claims to be Britain's oldest tour operator, is one of the industry's survivors, having been in business as the 'in-house' airline of a travel agent and tour operator, Bath Travel, since 1958 - 52 years.