International Leisure Group
Other Business Names:
- Inter European Airways
- Air Europe Ltd
- Goodman, Harry
- Sidcup Travel
- Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd
- Intasun
- Aikr Europe
- Sunair Holidays
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Gatwick, West Sussex, West Sussex, South East, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Sidcup, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Transport services
Air transport services
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Transport services
Travel agency, etc, services
Notes:
Traced origins to 1960s when Harry Goodman, d2018, acquired a small travel agency, Sidcup Travel, at Sidcup. Developed this as Sunair Holidays, a tour operator. 1971 sold this to Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd. 1972 acquired Intasun which he soon developed into a pioneering provider of low budget package holidays. To support this established in 1978 Inter European Airways, renamed Air Europe in 1979, as a pioneering provider of low cost charter flights to holiday destinations. 1981 floated on the Unlisted Securities Market. The business sometime renamed International Leisure Group. By late 1980s selling over one million holidays annually. 1991 collapsed in wake of First Gulf War
Publications:
- 'Harry Goodman' in W Kay, Tycoons. Where they came from and how they made it by Kay, William
- It Was Nice to Fly With Friends! The story of Air Europe by Simons, Graham M
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Inter European Airways
- Air Europe Ltd
- Goodman, Harry
- Sidcup Travel
- Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd
- Intasun
- Aikr Europe
- Sunair Holidays
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Gatwick, West Sussex, West Sussex, South East, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Sidcup, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Transport services Air transport services
- Transport services Travel agency, etc, services
Notes:
Traced origins to 1960s when Harry Goodman, d2018, acquired a small travel agency, Sidcup Travel, at Sidcup. Developed this as Sunair Holidays, a tour operator. 1971 sold this to Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd. 1972 acquired Intasun which he soon developed into a pioneering provider of low budget package holidays. To support this established in 1978 Inter European Airways, renamed Air Europe in 1979, as a pioneering provider of low cost charter flights to holiday destinations. 1981 floated on the Unlisted Securities Market. The business sometime renamed International Leisure Group. By late 1980s selling over one million holidays annually. 1991 collapsed in wake of First Gulf WarPublications:
- 'Harry Goodman' in W Kay, Tycoons. Where they came from and how they made it by Kay, William
- It Was Nice to Fly With Friends! The story of Air Europe by Simons, Graham M