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'''FlyWhoosh''' was a company that operated scheduled services to [[Dundee]], [[Birmingham]] and [[Belfast]] before ceasing operations. Flywhoosh is a trading name of BluArrow Aviation Ltd.
'''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 has been 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"/>. The operation use the services 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]] and were suspended on 7 December 2007.
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.
 
==Trading Standards Investigation==
Passengers who have bought tickets from Flwhoosh have been notified that Flywhoosh will not offer refunds [http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2007/12/11/newsstory10672441t0.asp] and [[White Eagle Aviation]] have also said: ''Suspension of flights in Dundee. Due to economic reasons WEA has decided to suspend until further notice flights to Birmingham and Belfast as of 6.12.2007. All passegners with tickets purchased should contact Flywhoosh representatives for refund. WEA advises strongly not to purchase any tickets directly from Flywhoosh.COM under WEA call sign.'' [http://www.whiteeagle.com.pl/en/].
 
Flywhoosh is a trading name of [[Go Visit]], Virginia House, 56 Warwick Road, Solihull B92 7HX.  Go Visit (telephone 0870 421 4615) are refusing to offer refunds.  An investigation into trading standards violations has been launched through Solihull Trading Standards Officers.  All passengers who are owed money should notify Consumer Direct (an agency of the Office of Fair Trading) on 0845 40 40 506.  Go Visit is ATOL registered (ATOL 6962).
 
Passengers may also be entitled to compensation under the EU's Denied Boarding Compensation directive 261/2004.
 
Dundee Airport is managed by [[Highlands and Islands Airports Limited]] (HIAL), an agency owned by the Scottish Government. HIAL are talking with Aden Murcutt of [[Flywhoosh]] about restarting flights [http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2007/12/10/newsstory10667640t0.asp] with another carrier despite the fact that Murcutt and Flywhoosh are refusing refunds to passengers.
 
White Eagle Aviation have stated (on their website): "We regret to inform that despite of many negotiations and efforts made to achieve mutual agreement to continue the Whoosh project in cooperation with BluArrow Aviation the parties didn’t agree to continue the project on current conditions. The contract for providing the flight services between WEA and BluArrow (known as well as GoVisit) was terminated by White Eagle Aviation SA on 4th of December 2007 as a result of BluArrow default due to the not fulfilled by BluArrow provisions of the contract (nonobservance of payment obligations while Blue Arrow was collecting all monies from tickets sold) with obligation for BluArrow for immediate notification the passengers about the final ending of the project with cooperation of White Eagle Aviation SA. However the information was officially published by our UK partner on the web side only on 9th of December 2007."


== 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 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}}</ref> :
===England===
*[[Birmingham]] ([[Birmingham Airport]])


====[[England]]====
===Northern Ireland===
*[[Birmingham]] ([[Birmingham International Airport]])
 
====[[Northern Ireland]]====
* [[Belfast]] ([[Belfast City Airport]])
* [[Belfast]] ([[Belfast City Airport]])


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


==External links==
==See also==
*[http://www.flywhoosh.com/ FlyWhoosh]
* [[List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 2007]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2007]]
[[Category:British companies established in 2007]]

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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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