Debonair (airline)
| Debonair | |
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| IATA code : | 2G |
| ICAO code : | DEB |
| Call sign : | DEBONAIR |
| Founding: | 1996 |
| Operation stopped: | 1999 |
| Seat: |
Luton , UK
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| Home airport : | London Luton Airport |
| Management: | Franco Mancassola |
| Fleet size: | 14th |
| Aims: | international |
| Debonair ceased operations in 1999. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Debonair was a British airline that operated flights from London Luton Airport to Spain, France, Italy and Germany. Operations ceased in October 1999.
history
Debonair was founded in 1996 by Franco Mancassola . The first flight destinations were Newcastle , Copenhagen , Mönchengladbach , Munich , Barcelona and Nice . Flights to Newcastle and Copenhagen were later discontinued and Rome , Paris-Pontoise , Madrid and Perugia were added to the flight plan as destinations. Right from the start, the company tried to establish a higher-quality variant of the classic low-cost flight and offered a business class version under the name ABC (short for “Affordable Business Class”) on some flight routes.
In July 1997 the company went public and was listed on EASDAQ . DebonAir's business concept of offering business flights at a higher level at budget prices, however, turned out to be unsustainable because several low-cost airlines emerged as competitors in the 1990s. On October 1, 1999, the airline therefore ceased operations due to financial problems. Attempts to avert bankruptcy and find new investors failed.
fleet
In March 1999, Debonair operated a fleet of twelve used BAe 146s and supplemented them with two Boeing 737-300s .
See also
Web links
- DebonAir at planespotters.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Flightglobal Archive: Flight International 24 - 30 March 1999 (English), accessed on April 8, 2016
- ↑ Debonair float to raise pounds 25m for expansion , Independent, June 27, 1997 (English)
- ↑ Business: The Company File - Debonair's dream brought down to earth , BBC News, October 1, 1999 (English)
- ^ Rigas Doganis: Airline Business in the 21st Century . Routledge, London / New York 2001, p. 154 ( online at Google Books )
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