Manx Airlines
| Manx Airlines | |
|---|---|
| IATA code : | (without) |
| ICAO code : | (unknown) |
| Call sign : | (unknown) |
| Founding: | 1947 |
| Operation stopped: | 1958 |
| Seat: | Ronaldsway Airport , Isle of Man |
| Home airport : | Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man |
| Fleet size: | 6th |
| Aims: | Domestic, Europe |
| Manx Airlines ceased operations in 1958. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Manx Airlines was a British airline that existed from 1947 to 1958 and was based at Ronaldsway Airport , Isle of Man .
From 1982 to 2002 there was another company called Manx Airlines, which also operated a mixed fleet of 19 different types of aircraft from Ronaldsway Airport. The larger number types were BAe ATP, Short 360, BAe Jetstream 41 and Vickers Viscount.
history
Manx Airlines was founded in May 1947 and was initially called Manx Air Charters . Operations began with two De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapids .
In February 1953 the company name was changed to Manx Airlines and two Douglas DC-3s were acquired, which were equipped with 34 seats.
On December 22, 1955, the Douglas DC-3 G-AMZC had an accident on a charter flight near Düsseldorf , killing the three crew members. On the way back, Royal Air Force personnel were to be transported to Great Britain for Christmas.
In May 1956, Manx Airlines was taken over by British Aviation Services , whose group of companies also included Silver City Airways . Initially, Manx Airlines remained as a subsidiary under its own name. The remaining DC-3 was replaced by two Bristol 170s from the Silver City. A third Bristol 170 and two De Havilland DH.114 Herons were taken over by Silver City for the summer season .
After another, very serious aircraft accident near Manchester with the Bristol 170 G-AICS on February 27, 1958, in which 35 passengers were killed, Manx Airlines was completely integrated into Silver City Airways. After the company was dissolved, Silver City Airways continued to use the Manx Airlines brand for its connections to the Isle of Man. The aircraft used, however, were not painted accordingly.
Destinations
The first scheduled flight destination was Carlisle from 1950 , followed by Newcastle and Glasgow in 1952. The most unusual operation was a 17,000-kilometer charter flight with a Douglas DC-3 in the winter of 1954, with which a load of textiles was transported from Manchester to Uganda . On the way back, 29 merchant seamen were picked up in Aden (Yemen) and transported to their ship in Prestwick in Scotland. The focus of flight activity was on the steadily growing charter business, both for passengers and freight.
fleet
Fleet at the end of operations
Previously deployed aircraft
- 1 × another Bristol 170
- 3 × more De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
- 2 × Douglas DC-3
Incidents
- On December 22, 1955 a Douglas DC-3 ( aircraft registration G-AMZC ) of Manx Airlines had an accident on a transfer flight from Isle of Man Airport to Düsseldorf . Despite poor visibility and a sudden cloud of fog, the pilots continued the flight under visual flight conditions (VMC). The machine got under the glide path , collided with trees 5 kilometers northeast of the runway threshold of Düsseldorf-Lohausen Airport near Ratingen and crashed. The three-person crew was killed.
- On February 27, 1958, a Bristol 170 Mk.21E of Manx Airlines (G-AICS) was on a charter flight from Ronaldsway Airport to Manchester when it came to a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). The plane was leased from parent company Silver City Airways . Since the wrong NDB radio beacon had been selected on the radio compass , a navigation error occurred which resulted in the aircraft being flown 35 kilometers north-northwest of the destination airport in Manchester into the 450-meter-high Winter Hill . Of the 42 occupants, 35 passengers were killed; 4 passengers and the 3 crew members survived. This was the second worst accident involving a Bristol 170 based on the number of fatalities.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maurice J. Wickstead: Airlines of the British Isles since 1919 . Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., Staplefield, W Sussex 2014, ISBN 978-0-85130-456-4 , p. 317.
- ↑ Maurice J. Wickstead: Airlines of the British Isles since 1919 . Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., Staplefield, W Sussex 2014, ISBN 978-0-85130-456-4 , p. 318.
- ↑ Silver City Airways, Northern Division & Manx Airlines Winter 1960–1961 timetable , accessed on June 9, 2020
- ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 66 (English), September 1997, pp. 97/83.
- ^ Accident report DC-3 G-AMZC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 26, 2017.
- ↑ Maurice J. Wickstead: Airlines of the British Isles since 1919 . Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., Staplefield, W Sussex 2014, ISBN 978-0-85130-456-4 , p. 318.
- ↑ ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No. 10, Circular 59-AN / 54 (English), pp. 83-92.
- ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 72 (English), March 1999, pp. 99/28.
- ^ Accident report Bristol 170 G-AICS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 4, 2019.
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