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Revision as of 19:27, 29 July 2007

This article is about the UK company. For defunct U.S. air carrier, see Eastern Air Lines.
Eastern Airways
File:EasternAirways.jpg
IATA ICAO Callsign
T3 EZE EASTFLIGHT
Founded1997
HubsAberdeen Airport,
Newcastle International Airport
Fleet size29
Destinations18
HeadquartersHumberside Airport, England, United Kingdom
Key peopleRichard Lake (MD),
Brian Huxford (Chairman)
Websitehttp://www.easternairways.com/

Eastern Airways is an airline based at Humberside International Airport, United Kingdom. It operates scheduled domestic services and private charters [1]. Around 700,000 passengers a year are carried on the scheduled route network.[2]

It has crew bases at: Leeds Bradford International Airport, Newcastle International Airport, Durham Tees Valley Airport, Humberside Airport, East Midlands Airport, Southampton Airport, Isle of Man, Aberdeen Airport, Inverness Airport, Wick Airport, Hawarden Airport (Chester) + Norwich Airport. [citation needed]

Air Kilroe Limited trading as Eastern Airways holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, it is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.[3]

Background

Eastern Airways BAe Jetstream 41

The airline started operations in December 1997 with a scheduled service between Humberside and Aberdeen. In February 1999 it purchased Manchester based Air Kilroe. Routes and BAe Jetstream 41 aircraft were transferred from British Airways CitiExpress from 30 March 2003. The airline is owned by Bryan Huxford (50%) and Richard Lake (50%)[1].

From 24 April 2006 Eastern Airways has operated Cardiff to Aberdeen, Brussels and Newcastle following Air Wales' decision to cease scheduled flying from 23 April. Eastern have based a crew and 1 Jetsteam 41 at Cardiff to operate the routes.[citation needed]

Eastern Airways won the European Regions Airline Association Airline of the Year Gold Award for 2006/07. Previously it had won the Airline of the Year Silver Award for 2003/04 and 2004/05.

Eastern Airways have purchased a Jetstream 41 training simulator from the US, this is also used by other airlines for their own pilots' training, such as Yeti Airlines.

As part of One North East's "Passionate People Passionate Places" campaign for North East England, Eastern Airways had a Jetstream 41 painted in promotional colours. Click HERE to see it. It was also recently featured in the Sunderland International Airshow

Destinations

Eastern Airways serves the following destinations (July 2007) [citation needed]:

Fleet

The Eastern Airways fleet includes the following aircraft (at July 2007) [1] :

Aircraft Number Seats
BAe Jetstream 41 25 29
BAe Jetstream 41
North East England Edition		 1 29
Saab 2000 4 50

Eastern Airways is the biggest operator of BAe Jetstream 41's in the world.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eastern Airways.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 75.
  2. ^ ERAA retrieved 12 May 2007
  3. ^ Operating Licence


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