Orion Airways (1956)
| Orion Airways | |
|---|---|
| IATA code : | (without) |
| ICAO code : | not known |
| Call sign : | ORION |
| Founding: | 1956 |
| Operation stopped: | 1960 |
| Seat: | London Gatwick , United Kingdom |
| Home airport : | London Gatwick Airport , United Kingdom |
| Fleet size: | 3 |
| Aims: | international charter flights |
| Orion Airways ceased operations in 1960. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Orion Airways ( Orion for short on the outside ) was a short-lived British charter airline that ceased operations in 1960.
history
Orion Airways was founded on January 26, 1956 by Peter E. Palmer, a former Royal Air Force pilot . Initially, the company was based at Blackbushe Airport . Operations started on August 9, 1957 with a Vickers Viking ( aircraft registration G-AHOS , name: Sirius ). The company carried out national and international charter flights (ad-hoc charter and IT charter) as well as contract services for various British airlines (sub-charter). In the summer of 1958, the company owned an aircraft and employed five pilots and 13 other people. In April 1959, the company acquired another Vickers Viking (G-APAT) machine . At the end of 1959, including the Viking G-AGRS bought in July 1959, three machines were in use.
Orion Airways worked together with the airlines based in Blackbushe against the closure of the airport, which took place on May 31, 1960. On June 1, 1960, the company relocated flight operations and its headquarters to London Gatwick Airport . In the long term, Coventry Airport , which was still being expanded at the time, was to be used as the home airport. Orion Airways had owned a hangar in Coventry since 1957, where the company's aircraft were serviced and repaired.
In September 1960, the company applied for scheduled flight rights for routes departing from London Gatwick to Le Touquet , Frankfurt and Munich . Scheduled air traffic was to commence on January 1, 1961.
On November 7, 1960, Orion Airways ceased operations for economic reasons and was subsequently liquidated. The two remaining Vikings were added to Air Safaris ' fleet .
fleet
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flight International, September 6, 1957 (PDF)
- ^ Bernard Martin: The Viking, Valetta and Varsity , Air-Britain, Tonbridge 1975, ISBN 0 85130 038 3 , p. 19.
- ^ Charles Woodley: Flying to the Sun: A History of Britain's Holiday Airlines , The History Press, 2016; ISBN 9780750968706
- ↑ Flight International, October 30, 1959 (PDF)
- ↑ Flight International, June 3, 1960 (PDF)
- ^ British Civil Aviation News, November 9, 1957
- ↑ Flight International, September 16, 1960 (PDF)
- ^ Leisure Airlines of Europe, K. Vomhof 2001
- ↑ 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. 345.
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