Suckling Airways

Suckling Airways
IATA code :	CB
ICAO code :	SAY
Call sign :	SUCKLING
Founding:	1984
Operation stopped:	2013
Seat:	Cambridge , UK
Turnstile :	Dundee
Fleet size:	6th
Aims:	national
	Suckling Airways ceased operations in 2013. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Suckling Airways (previously Scot Airways for a time ) was a British regional airline based in Cambridge and a subsidiary of Loganair .

history

Suckling Airways was founded in 1984 as Suckling Aviation by Roy and Merlyn Suckling as a taxi and charter company and began operating in 1986 from a grass runway in Ipswich . Scheduled operations began in 1986 with connections from Ipswich Airport to Manchester and Amsterdam . A Dornier Do 228-200 was used . In the winter of 1987, the grass runway softened to such an extent by extremely heavy rainfall that the runway was almost completely destroyed by Sucklings Do 228. The flight operations could temporarily be continued from the RAF airfield Wattisham ( Suffolk ). Then the headquarters were moved to Cambridge.

Flight operations were gradually expanded from Cambridge to Edinburgh and, in parallel, from Norwich . A Dornier Do 328-100 was procured for this. In 1990 bases were set up in Luton , Southampton and Stansted and new connections were added such as Cambridge - Amsterdam, Luton - Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Stansted - Zurich and Southampton - Amsterdam. In 1999 the liner service from London City Airport to Dundee and Glasgow was started. At the same time the company was renamed Scot Airways .

In 2005 the first BAe 146-200 was procured for the London City - Edinburgh line. There were codeshare agreement with Flybe London City - Edinburgh with KLM Cityhopper closed Amsterdam - London City. In 2007, a franchise agreement followed with the Irish then Air France subsidiary CityJet . Flights from London City Airport are made using Air France flight numbers. Another agreement followed with the Blue Islands .

In July 2011 it was announced that Scot Airways had been bought by Loganair . It has since operated again under its previous name Suckling Airways . In February 2013 Loganair decided to take over the flight operations of Suckling Airways. So, in April 2013, planes were gradually transferred to Loganair. With the transfer of the last aircraft, the Dornier 328 G-BYHG, the Suckling Airways flight license expired on May 16, 2013.

Destinations

A Dornier 328-100 of Suckling Airways

Suckling Airways offered scheduled flights from London City Airport to Dundee and Edinburgh as well as charter flights in its own name on behalf of the CityJet umbrella brand . Flights for Flybe and other companies were also carried out.