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LyddAir
Founded	2001
AOC #	2198
Operating bases	Lydd;
Fleet size	2
Destinations	0 (Ended scheduled flights)
Headquarters	Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Website	www.lyddair.com

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LyddAir is a British charter airline based at Lydd Airport, Kent, United Kingdom. It operates scheduled charter passenger services, air charter and air freight services, as well as an ACMI or fractional ownership programme. It is based at Lydd Airport.

History[edit]

The airline was established and soon started operations in June 1997. Jonathan Gordon (Managing Director of LyddAir) acquired Lydd Airport in June 1996 and a year later started Sky-Trek Airlines as a wholly owned subsidiary of his aviation consultancy, Atlantic Bridge Aviation. It was relaunched as LyddAir in April 2002. The airline is wholly owned by South East Airports and has seven employees (at March 2007).

In November 2018, it was announced the airline had ended scheduled flights and continue to focus on charter flights only.^[1]

Fleet[edit]

As of April 2022 the LyddAir fleet includes the following light aircraft:^[2]

LyddAir Fleet
Aircraft	In Fleet
Piper Chieftain PA31-350	1
Beechcraft B200 King Air	1
Total	2

Historical fleet[edit]

Beech Jet 400A

References[edit]

^ "UK's Lyddair ends scheduled operations - ch-aviation".
^ Our Fleet retrieved 20 April 2022

External links[edit]

Lydd Air official website

[1] "UK's Lyddair ends scheduled operations - ch-aviation".

[2] Our Fleet retrieved 20 April 2022

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-'''Lydd Air''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[airline]] based in [[Ashford, Kent]], [[United Kingdom]]. It operates scheduled charter passenger services, air charter and air freight services, as well as an ACMI or fractional ownership programme. Its main bases are [[London Ashford Airport]] (Lydd Airport) and [[Paris Plage Airport]] (LTQ), [[Le Touquet]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 108 | date= 2007-04-03}}</ref>
+'''LyddAir''' is a British charter [[airline]] based at [[Lydd Airport]], [[Kent]], [[United Kingdom]]. It operates scheduled charter passenger services, [[air charter]] and air freight services, as well as an ACMI or [[fractional ownership]] programme. It is based at [[Lydd Airport]].
-== History ==
+==History==
+The airline was established and soon started operations in June 1997. Jonathan Gordon (Managing Director of LyddAir) acquired Lydd Airport in June 1996 and a year later started '''Sky-Trek Airlines''' as a wholly owned subsidiary of his aviation consultancy, Atlantic Bridge Aviation. It was relaunched as LyddAir in April 2002. The airline is wholly owned by South East Airports and has seven employees (at March 2007).
+In November 2018, it was announced the airline had ended scheduled flights and continue to focus on charter flights only.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/72463-uks-lyddair-ends-scheduled-operations |title = UK's Lyddair ends scheduled operations - ch-aviation}}</ref>
-The airline was established and started operations in June [[1997]]. Jonathan Gordon (Managing Director of Lydd Air) acquired Lydd Airport in June [[1996]] and a year later started '''Sky Trek Airlines''' as a wholly owned subsidiary of his aviation consultancy, Air Bridge Aviation. It was relaunched as Lydd Air in April [[2002]]. The airline is wholly owned by South East Airports and has seven employees (at March [[2007]]).<ref name="FI"/>
-== Destinations ==
+==Fleet==
+As of April 2022 the LyddAir fleet includes the following [[light aircraft]]:<ref>[https://www.lyddair.com/our-fleet.html Our Fleet] retrieved 20 April 2022</ref>
+{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin:auto;"
-Lydd Air operates the following services (at January [[2005]])<ref>[[Flight International]], 5-11 April 2007</ref>:
+|+ LyddAir Fleet
+|-
+!Aircraft
+!In Fleet
+|-
+|[[Piper PA-31 Navajo|Piper Chieftain PA31-350]]
+|align=center|1
+|-
+|[[Beechcraft Super King Air|Beechcraft B200 King Air]]
+|align=center|1
+|-
+!Total
+!2
+|}
+== Historical fleet ==
-*Airbridge from Ashford to Le Touquet year round.
+* [[Hawker 400|Beech Jet 400A]]
+==References==
-*Charters to: [[Amsterdam]], [[Brussels]], [[Calais]], [[Channel Islands]], [[Cherbourg]], [[Dinard]], [[Ostend]], [[Paris]] and [[Rennes]].
+{{reflist|1}}
-== Fleet ==
-The Lydd Air fleet includes the following aircraft<ref name="FI"/> :
-*2 [[Britten-Norman Islander|Britten-Norman BN2A Islander]]
-===Previously operated===
-The Lydd Air fleet consisted of 3 [[Britten-Norman]] BN2A MkIII [[Britten-Norman Trislander|Trislander]] aircraft which bore the names Liberté, Egalité and Fraternité.
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.lyddair.com/ Lydd Air]
+*[http://www.lyddair.com/ Lydd Air official website]
-==References==
-<references/>
+{{Portal bar|United Kingdom|Companies|Aviation}}
 {{Airlines of the United Kingdom}}
-{{airlistbox}}
-[[Category:Airlines of the United Kingdom]]
+[[Category:Charter airlines of the United Kingdom]]
-[[Category:Airlines established in 2002]]
+[[Category:Airlines established in 2001]]
+[[Category:British companies established in 2001]]
+[[Category:2001 establishments in England]]
+[[Category:Lydd]]
+[[Category:Companies based in Kent]]