Trader Airways was formed at Gatwick in late 1970 as an executive charter operator. Primary operations were with the Fan Jet Falcon (Falcon 20) for which they were the British dealers. As the Falcon was not yet certified in the UK they remained on the French register and could not perform UK domestic charters. Hence why Trader acquired PA-31 G-AZIM in December 1971 for its UK internal business. Trader ceased operations in May 1974 and G-AZIM was sold to IDS Aircraft. It subsequently became EI-BOL in September 1983, SE-INR, G-NAZO in October 1988 and exported to Kenya as 5Y-BKB in April 1994.