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{{Infobox_Airline |
[[File:SP-KCN-ATR42-0282.jpg|thumb|left|[[ATR 42]]-320]]
airline=FlyWhoosh|
logo=Flywhooshlogo.gif|
logo_size=241px|
IATA=WEA|
ICAO=????|
callsign=????|
parent=|
founded=[[2007]]|
hubs=[[Dundee Airport]]|
focus_cities=[[Birmingham Airport]]|
frequent_flyer=|
lounge=|
alliance=|
fleet_size=1|
destinations=4|
headquarters=[[Dundee]], [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom]]|
key_people=Aden Murcutt|
website= http://www.flywhoosh.com|
}}


'''FlyWhoosh''' is an [[airline]] based in [[Dundee]], [[Scotland]]. It operates scheduled services to [[Dundee]], [[Birmingham]], [[Belfast]] and [[Newquay]]. Its main base is [[Dundee Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= FlyWhoosh takes to air | work= [[Airliner World]] | page= 6 | date= July 2007}}</ref>
'''FlyWhoosh''' was a company that operated scheduled services to [[Dundee]], [[Birmingham]] and [[Belfast]] before ceasing operations. Flywhoosh was the trading name of BluArrow Aviation Ltd.


==History==
==History==
 
The company was established by Birmingham-based businessman, Aden Murcutt, representing the travel company Bluearrow/Govisit who sold the tickets. Murcutt had previously tried to set up [[Flywho]] as a transatlantic charter airline.<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= FlyWhoosh takes to air | work= [[Airliner World]] | page= 6 | date= July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Wickstead |first=M.J. |year=2014 |title=Airlines of the British Isles since 1919 |publisher=Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. |location=Staplefield (West Sussex - U.K.) |isbn=978-0-85130-456-4 |pages=238}}</ref> FlyWhoosh used the expertise and licences of the Polish charter airline [[White Eagle Aviation]] which supplied an [[ATR 42]] aircraft and crews. Scheduled services commenced on 29 May 2007 but were suspended only six months later, on 7 December.
The airline is an extension of the brand of Polish charter company [[White Eagle Aviation]] which has provided a single [[ATR 42]] aircraft and crews. Scheduled services commenced on [[29 May]] [[2007]]. FlyWhoosh is only the second scheduled airline to offer flights from Dundee and if customer demand is strong it will consider adding a second ATR 42 to expand links from the city. The company has been established by Birmingham-based businessman, Aden Mercutt, who had previously tried to set up [[Flywho]] as a transatlantic charter airline.<ref name="FI"/>
 
Fly Whoosh will start opperating a new service from Birmingham to Newquay on the 28th July 2007. The service will opperate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.  


== Destinations ==
== Destinations ==
FlyWhoosh operated scheduled services to the following destinations (at June 2007):<ref>{{cite web | title= FlyWhoosh Destinations | work= FlyWhoosh website | url= http://www.flywhoosh.com/destinations.aspx | accessdate= 2007-06-14 | archive-date= 4 June 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070604202557/http://www.flywhoosh.com/destinations.aspx | url-status= dead }}</ref>


FlyWhoosh operates scheduled services to the following destinations (at June [[2007]])<ref>{{cite web | title= FlyWhoosh Destinations | work= FlyWhoosh website | url= http://www.flywhoosh.com/destinations.aspx | accessdate= 2007-06-14}}</ref> :
===England===
 
*[[Birmingham]] ([[Birmingham Airport]])
===[[Europe]]===
====[[England]]====
*[[Birmingham]] ([[Birmingham International Airport]])
*[[Newquay]] ([[Newquay Airport]]) This service was recently stopped.


====[[Northern Ireland]]====
===Northern Ireland===
* [[Belfast]] ([[Belfast City Airport]])
* [[Belfast]] ([[Belfast City Airport]])


====[[Scotland]]====
===Scotland===
* [[Dundee]] ([[Dundee Airport]])
* [[Dundee]] ([[Dundee Airport]])


== Fleet ==
==See also==
The FlyWhoosh fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2007)<ref name="FI"/> :
* [[List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom]]
*1 [[ATR 42]]
 
==External links==
*[http://www.flywhoosh.com/ FlyWhoosh]


==References==
==References==
<references/>
{{reflist}}
<br>
{{Airlines of Scotland}}
{{Airlines_of_the_United_Kingdom}}
{{airlistbox}}


[[Category:Airlines of Scotland]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flywhoosh}}
[[Category:Airlines of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 2007]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 2007]]
[[Category:Companies of Scotland]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2007]]
[[Category:British companies established in 2007]]

Latest revision as of 21:58, 4 October 2026

ATR 42-320

FlyWhoosh was a company that operated scheduled services to Dundee, Birmingham and Belfast before ceasing operations. Flywhoosh was the trading name of BluArrow Aviation Ltd.

History

The company was established by Birmingham-based businessman, Aden Murcutt, representing the travel company Bluearrow/Govisit who sold the tickets. Murcutt had previously tried to set up Flywho as a transatlantic charter airline.[1][2] FlyWhoosh used the expertise and licences of the Polish charter airline White Eagle Aviation which supplied an ATR 42 aircraft and crews. Scheduled services commenced on 29 May 2007 but were suspended only six months later, on 7 December.

Destinations

FlyWhoosh operated scheduled services to the following destinations (at June 2007):[3]

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FlyWhoosh takes to air". Airliner World: p. 6. July 2007. 
  2. ↑ Wickstead, M.J. (2014). Airlines of the British Isles since 1919. Staplefield (West Sussex - U.K.): Air Britain (Historians) Ltd.. pp. 238. ISBN 978-0-85130-456-4. 
  3. ↑ "FlyWhoosh Destinations". FlyWhoosh website. http://www.flywhoosh.com/destinations.aspx. Retrieved on 2007-06-14. 
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