Brighton City Airways
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| Brighton City Airways | |
| Company type | virtual airline |
| Industry | Travel |
| Founded | 20 November 2012 |
| Founder | Neil Laughton (CEO) Jonathan Candelon (CEO) |
| Defunct | May 6, 2013 |
| Fate | defunct 2013 |
| Headquarters | Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport, West Sussex , United Kingdom |
| Products | Virtual airline |
| Parent | City Airways Limited |
| Website | www |
City Airways Limited, trading as Brighton City Airways, was a short-lived British virtual airline that sold tickets for one route, Shoreham Airport (West Sussex) to Paris - Cormeilles Aerodrome (Pontoise), 16 miles (26 km) north west of Paris, France, between March 2013 and May 2013.[1]
As a virtual and unlicensed airline the route was operated by Van Air Europe.[1]
History
Brighton City Airways was launched in November 2012 as a trading name for City Airways Limited. The company commenced operations on 6 March 2013.[2][3] Van Air Europe, a Czech airline, operated a Let L-410 Turbolet, a small 19-seater commuter aircraft, to operate the route on behalf of Brighton City Airways.[1]
Service commenced on 6 March 2013 and was suspended on 6 May 2013 - no date has been published for a resumption of flights. The company indicated that the suspension of service was due to "ongoing French Customs and Immigration delays in setting up a point of entry at Paris Pontoise airport". The flights had been obligated to land at another airport in France first to clear customs, usually Rouen Airport or Le Touquet – Côte d'Opale Airport.[4][5][6][7]
References
- ^ a b c "Brighton City Airways". Brighton City Airways. Archived from the original on 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Brighton City Airways Plans Spring Launch". UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd.
- ^ "New airline to link Brighton and Paris". Telegraph Media Group Ltd.
- ^ "Cross channel flights take off from Brighton tomorrow (From The Argus)". Theargus.co.uk. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
- ^ "Ticket sales soar as first cross channel flight takes off from Brighton Airport (From The Argus)". Theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
- ^ "BBC News - Brighton City Airways suspends Shoreham-to-Paris flights". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ Brighton City Airways Press Release, May 2013, French Bureaucracy Forces Brighton City Airways To Suspend Paris Flights Archived June 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 8 May 2013