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'''FlyWhoosh''' was a company that operated scheduled services to [[Dundee]], [[Birmingham]] and [[Belfast]] before ceasing operations. Flywhoosh | [[File:SP-KCN-ATR42-0282.jpg|thumb|left|[[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== | ==History== | ||
The company | 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. | ||
== 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> | |||
===England=== | |||
*[[Birmingham]] ([[Birmingham Airport]]) | |||
*[[Birmingham]] ([[Birmingham | |||
=== | ===Northern Ireland=== | ||
* [[Belfast]] ([[Belfast City Airport]]) | * [[Belfast]] ([[Belfast City Airport]]) | ||
=== | ===Scotland=== | ||
* [[Dundee]] ([[Dundee Airport]]) | * [[Dundee]] ([[Dundee Airport]]) | ||
== | ==See also== | ||
*[ | * [[List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flywhoosh}} | |||
[[Category:Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Airlines established in 2007]] | |||
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2007]] | |||
[[Category:British companies established in 2007]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:58, 4 October 2026
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
- ↑ "FlyWhoosh takes to air". Airliner World: p. 6. July 2007.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "FlyWhoosh Destinations". FlyWhoosh website. http://www.flywhoosh.com/destinations.aspx. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.