City Star Airlines
| City Star Airlines | |
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| IATA code : | X9 used by Landsflug |
| ICAO code : | ISL used by Landsflug |
| Call sign : | ISLANDIA used by Landsflug |
| Founding: | 2004 |
| Operation stopped: | 2008 |
| Seat: |
Aberdeen , UK
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| Home airport : | Aberdeen International Airport |
| Number of employees: | 55 |
| Fleet size: | 4th |
| Aims: | international |
| City Star Airlines ceased operations in 2008. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
City Star Airlines was a Scottish virtual airline based in Aberdeen . Its flight operations were carried out by the Icelandic sister company Landsflug .
history
City Star Airlines was founded in 2004. It was a British sister company of Icelandic Landsflug , which came into being in the same year. Both companies belonged to the parent company Ice Hydra . City Star Airlines' managing director was Rúnar Fossádal Árnason from Iceland. Operations began on March 28, 2005 with a Dornier 328 on the Aberdeen - Oslo route . City Star Airlines leased the plane from its Icelandic sister company. Further Dornier 328-100 from Landsflug were then rented and added to the company's own fleet.
After a Dornier 328-100 of City Star Airlines got over the runway at Aberdeen Airport on June 22, 2006 , the company suspended operations for a short period of time. As a late aftermath of the incident, City Star Airlines announced on December 10, 2007 that a route had been suspended and 15 employees had been laid off. Nevertheless, it was planned to be able to offer connections between Aberdeen and Houston with a Boeing 757 in January 2008 . The machine should fly in pure business class seating. Delays in the introduction of the new route were announced on December 22nd, culminating in financial difficulties and the final cessation of flight operations on January 30th, 2008.
Destinations
City Star Airlines offered connections between Aberdeen and various Norwegian airports.
fleet
When operations ceased in January 2008, the City Star Airlines fleet consisted of four Dornier 328-100s .
Incidents
- On June 22, 2006, a City Star Airlines Dornier 328-100 ran over the end of the runway while landing at Aberdeen Airport. The 16 passengers and the crew of three were able to leave the machine without injuries.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ice Hydra Ltd.
- ↑ Rúnar Árnason ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 2005/06
- ↑ City Star Airlines News Update. ch-aviation, January 22, 2005, accessed on October 14, 2015 (English).
- ↑ a b Accident airline suspends flights. BBC, June 23, 2006, accessed October 14, 2015 .
- ↑ City Star Airlines: News Release. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007 ; accessed on October 14, 2015 (English).
- ↑ City Star Airlines: News Release. Archived from the original on January 5, 2008 ; accessed on October 14, 2015 (English).
- ↑ City Star Airlines News Update. ch-aviation, February 9, 2008, accessed on October 14, 2015 (English).
- ↑ planespotters.net: City Star Airlines Fleet Details and History , accessed on October 14, 2015
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