A UK airline which operates flights at Gatwick Airport and Stansted Airport has been plunged into liquidation. Ascend Airways has cancelled all flights with immediate effect and will now give up its UK Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC). The firm was founded in 2004 but operated under its current name for just three years. As a "wet-lease" carrier, the airline supplied aircraft to carriers including Oman Air, Air Sierra Leone and TUI Airways. Also known as ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and