Grounded: Trans European Airways

This episode of Grounded takes a look at TEA, also known as Trans European Airways. Formed in the early 1970s as a Belgian based charter airline, TEA went on to establish a group of airlines across Europe with subsidiary airlines in five other countries. Just like the British based Air Europe, who had also built themselves a pan-European empire, TEA would suffer the same fate with the airline collapsing mere months after it's British counterpart... *Contents* 00:00 Intro 00:14 Background History 01:25 TEA Born 04:01 Airbus Widebody Introduced 06:23 Enter the 737 07:18 Fleet Restructuring 08:16 Long Haul Ambitions 08:54 TEAMCO 09:22 Operation Moses 12:43 A Pan-European Empire 13:31 TUR European Airways 14:07 TEA France 14:29 TEA Basel 15:44 TEA UK 16:28 Even more expansion 17:03 TEA Italia 17:27 TEA's Downfall 18:14 What Happened Next? 20:40 European Airlines 21:17 EuroBelgian Airlines 21:52 Virgin Express 22:42 Outro Apologies for my voice during this episode, I had been ill with the flu and was recovering from it when I recorded the audio. Normally I would have waited a bit longer, so that I had recovered however I was due to leave on holiday shortly after and I recorded the audio with the intention/hope of getting the episode out before I departed. Also I'd like to apologise for the delay, as I said in a post last week, things have been hectic here at Expo HQ with a busy flying schedule, a holiday and the addition of a new puppy into our family (and she has kept me busy no-end). I had originally planned on having this episode published nearly 2 months ago but had not been able to get much done on it despite spending all of my free time on it... Now that our pup is settled in better I hope to have future episodes out quicker :) I really appreciate any comments and feedback on this or other episodes as well as suggestions for future episodes. Believe me, if I say that your airline is "on the list", it really is :) Check back to see future episodes or better yet, subscribe to catch them as they land and as always, thanks for watching! I have a website! https://www.expo-aviation.com/ Or join me on Facebook!   / expoaviation   I'm also on Twitter!   / expoaviation   #GroundedSeries #TransEuropeanAirlines #AirEurope