Brighton City Airways

City Airways Limited
Brighton City Airways
virtual airline
Industry Travel
Fate defunct 2013
Founded 20 November 2012 (2012-11-20)
Founder Neil Laughton (CEO)
Jonathan Candelon (CEO)
Defunct May 6, 2013 (2013-05-06)
Headquarters Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Products Virtual airline
Parent City Airways Limited
Website www.brightoncityairways.com

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Brighton City Airways". Brighton City Airways.
  2. ↑ "Brighton City Airways Plans Spring Launch". UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd.
  3. ↑ "New airline to link Brighton and Paris". Telegraph Media Group Ltd.
  4. ↑ "Cross channel flights take off from Brighton tomorrow (From The Argus)". Theargus.co.uk. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  5. ↑ "Ticket sales soar as first cross channel flight takes off from Brighton Airport (From The Argus)". Theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  6. ↑ "BBC News - Brighton City Airways suspends Shoreham-to-Paris flights". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  7. ↑ Brighton City Airways Press Release, May 2013, French Bureaucracy Forces Brighton City Airways To Suspend Paris Flights, retrieved 8 May 2013
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