Citywing
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| Industry | Aerospace and travel |
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| Founded | 22 November 2012 |
| Defunct | 10 March 2017 |
| Key people | David Buck (Managing Director)[1] |
| Website | Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index) |
Citywing was an Isle of Man based company that sold seats on scheduled flights operated with leased aircraft.[2] Flights linked several airports in the British Isles, with the company having a base at Isle of Man Airport.[3] Its head office was in Hangar 9 at Isle of Man Airport in Ballasalla.
History
[edit]In November 2012, managing director David Buck led a management buyout of Manx2.[4][5] On 1 January 2013 the assets of Manx2 were acquired by the new company, Citywing,[6] and seats went on sale on the new company's website. The first Citywing-branded flight took off on 2 January 2013.
During 2014, the route network expanded to include flights from Glasgow to the Isle of Man.[4] Citywing took over the Cardiff to Anglesey public service obligation route in January 2016 after the previous operator went bankrupt.[7]
On 23 February 2017, Citywing Flight 502 (a Van Air Let L-410, OK-LAZ) to Belfast from Isle of Man Ronaldsway Airport was forced to turn back due to deteriorating weather conditions. The following day, Van Air lost its route licences.[8] As a result, Citywing contracted Sprint Air for certain flight services on 2 and 3 March.[9] On 10 March 2017, Citywing announced that after Van Air Europe's loss their UK license they had been unable to find a suitable business partner to operate its services. All flights from 11 March 2017 were terminated and the company was put into liquidation.[10][8] Citywing cited heavy losses after the need to source leased aircraft to replace Van Air Europe on such short notice.[11][12]
Destinations
[edit]Citywing operated regular scheduled flights to and from these destinations before its bankruptcy in March 2017.
Fleet
[edit]As Citywing was a virtual airline without its own aircraft operations licence, it leased aircraft from Van Air Europe for all of its services. The Van Air Europe aircraft were four twin-turboprops Let L-410s. Citywing temporarily chartered a Saab 340 from Sprint Air after the loss of Van Air Let L-410s. Prior to using Van Air Europe aircraft, Citywing leased a BAe Jetstream 31 from Links Air until the latter lost its UK operating licence.
References
[edit]- ↑ "David Buck is new MD at Manx2. com". iomtoday, 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ↑ "FLIGHTS UPDATES | Citywing News". Archived from the original on 20 March 2017.
- ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 10 April 2007. pp. 47–48.
- 1 2 "Citywing takes to the skies". 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ↑ "Management buy-out at Manx2.com". 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ "Company details - 127288C Citywing Aviation Services Limited". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ "Anglesey to Cardiff new operator". Wales Online. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- 1 2 Darbyshire, Adrian (11 March 2017). "Flights cancelled as Citywing goes into liquidation". IOM Today. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ↑ "Citywing passengers still facing major disruption".
- ↑ citywingnews.com - Citywing Statement retrieved 14 March 2017
- ↑ ch-aviation.com - Isle of Man's Citywing ceases all operations 11 March 2017
- ↑ End of the Line for Citywing Airliner World May 2017 page 6
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