Flightline
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| IATA code : | B5 |
| ICAO code : | FLT |
| Call sign : | FLIGHTLINE |
| Founding: | 1989 |
| Operation stopped: | 2008 |
| Seat: |
Southend-on-Sea , United Kingdom
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| Home airport : | London Stansted Airport |
| Fleet size: | 7th |
| Aims: | international |
| Flightline ceased operations in 2008. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Flightline was a British airline based in Southend-on-Sea .
history
Flightline was founded in April 1989. Initially trading with business jets, Flightline took up flight operations with IT charter flights for the tour operator Palmair .
On January 5, 1996, Flightline took over an excess BAe 146-200 from the USAir's inventory . The aircraft leased through Alpine Aviation was used on flights from London to Switzerland on behalf of the tour operator Falcon Travel . On April 1 of the same year, the company moved its headquarters from London Gatwick Airport to London Stansted Airport and announced the commissioning of two BAe ATP .
In 2001 Flightline took over the Aberdeen - Shetland connection from the insolvent British World Airlines . In addition, the company leased its own aircraft to other airlines and operated flights for the auto and oil industries as well as celebrities and football clubs.
On December 3, 2008 at 10 a.m., Flightline filed for bankruptcy. The helicopter transport company Bristow had already refrained from extending its contract with Flightline six months earlier and committed Eastern Airways to operate the four daily flights between Aberdeen and Shetland in the future.
Destinations
Flightline offered charter flights to destinations across Europe on demand. The company flew between Aberdeen and Shetland on scheduled services.
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When operations ceased in December 2008, the flightline's fleet consisted of seven aircraft:
In addition, BAe ATP and ATR 42 aircraft were also used at the time of its existence .
Trivia
Only four and a half hours after filing for bankruptcy, Flightline should have brought Portsmouth FC to a UEFA Cup game in Germany. The association finally resorted to a machine from the German WDL Aviation ; there was a 3 hour delay.
See also
Web links
- Flightline website ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Vomhof: Leisure Airlines of Europe . SCOVAL Publishing Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne 2001, ISBN 1-902236-09-2 , pp. 175 .
- ^ A b Günter Endres, Graham Edwards: Type manual airlines . Heel, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-916-0 , pp. 187 .
- ↑ Flightglobal Archive: Flight International February 14 - 20, 1996 , accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ Flightglobal Archive: Flight International 3 - 9 April 1996 (English), accessed on January 26, 2016
- ^ A b Jim Tait: Eastern takes over early as Flightline goes bust. In: The Shetland Times. December 5, 2008, accessed January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Flightglobal Archive: Flight International 6 - 12 August 2002 (English), accessed on January 26, 2016
- ↑ a b James Piercy: Portsmouth's Uefa Cup trip to Germany is delayed after travel company goes bust. In: The Telegraph. December 3, 2008, accessed January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ planespotters.net: Flightline Fleet Details and History , accessed on January 26, 2016
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