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| commenced=29 May 2007
| ceased=7 December 2007
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| fleet_size=1 [[ATR 42]]
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[[File:SP-KCN-ATR42-0282.jpg|thumb|right|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.
'''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.


==History==
==History==
The company had 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">{{cite news | title= FlyWhoosh takes to air | work= [[Airliner World]] | page= 6 | date= July 2007}}</ref> The operation used 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.


== 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===
===England===
*[[Birmingham]] ([[Birmingham International Airport (United Kingdom)|Birmingham International Airport]])
*[[Birmingham]] ([[Birmingham Airport]])


===Northern Ireland===
===Northern Ireland===
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
{{Portal bar|United Kingdom|Companies|Aviation}}
{{Airlines of the United Kingdom}}


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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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