Flyglobespan
Flyglobespan | |
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IATA code : | Y2 |
ICAO code : | GSM |
Call sign : | GLOBESPAN |
Founding: | 2002 |
Operation stopped: | 2009 |
Seat: | Edinburgh , UK |
Turnstile : | |
Home airport : | Glasgow |
Management: | Tom Dalrymple ( Chairman ) |
Number of employees: | about 800 |
Fleet size: | 9 (+ 2 orders) |
Aims: | international |
Flyglobespan ceased operations in 2009. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
Flyglobespan was a British scheduled and charter airline based in Edinburgh .
history
Flyglobespan was founded in 2002 as a subsidiary of Globespan Plc. founded.
On 16 December 2009, it provided for financial reasons their flight operations and is since then under receivership . According to British press reports, the company's bankruptcy was largely caused by the fact that the payment processor E-Clear withheld at least £ 36 million in collateral. The search for these missing funds was initially unsuccessful.
aims
Flyglobespan mainly flew to the Mediterranean region , mainly to Spain , Portugal , Greece and Cyprus . In addition, various destinations in North America , including Canada and Florida, were served.
fleet
Before flight operations ceased, the Flyglobespan fleet consisted of nine aircraft as of December 2009:
Orders
- 2 Boeing 787-8 (delivery originally planned for 2010)
See also
Web links
- Flyglobespan website of the (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Scottish airline Flyglobespan ceases operations" , Der Standard on December 17, 2009.
- ↑ independent.co.uk - Flyglobespan files petition against E-Clear (English) December 20, 2009.
- ↑ timesonline.co.uk - E-Clear administrators find no trace of £ 100m owed to creditors 23 January 2010.
- ↑ Flyglobespan fleet , in the official aircraft register, December 18, 2009.