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The airline was 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]] and were suspended by 6 December 2007 (www.wea.com.pl/en/). From this date passenegrs  should not buy any tickets using FlyWhoosh.com web site. Flywhoosh was 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 Murcutt, representing the company Bluearrow/Govisit who collected tickets on behalf of the airline and had previously tried to set up [[Flywho]] as a transatlantic charter airline.<ref name="FI"/>
The airline was 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]] and were suspended by 6 December 2007 (www.wea.com.pl/en/). From this date passenegrs  should not buy any tickets using FlyWhoosh.com web site. Flywhoosh was 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 Murcutt, representing the company Bluearrow/Govisit who collected tickets on behalf of the airline and had previously tried to set up [[Flywho]] as a transatlantic charter airline.<ref name="FI"/>
==Trading Standards Investigation==
Passengers who have bought tickets from Flwhoosh have been notified that Flywhoosh will not offer refunds 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.
The responsible officer at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland Trade & Investment Promotion Section at 15 Devonshire Street, London W1G 7AP, telephone 020 758 05481 is Mr Stefan Pawlizco.  As at 11 December he was unaware of the situation and responded, laughing, "It happens".


== Destinations ==
== Destinations ==

Revision as of 14:37, 11 December 2007

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FlyWhoosh was an airline based in Dundee, Scotland. It operated scheduled services to Dundee, Birmingham and Belfast before ceasing operations due to commercial reasons. Its main base was Dundee Airport.[1]

History

The airline was 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 and were suspended by 6 December 2007 (www.wea.com.pl/en/). From this date passenegrs should not buy any tickets using FlyWhoosh.com web site. Flywhoosh was 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 Murcutt, representing the company Bluearrow/Govisit who collected tickets on behalf of the airline and had previously tried to set up Flywho as a transatlantic charter airline.[1]

Destinations

FlyWhoosh operated scheduled services to the following destinations (at June 2007)[2] :

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FlyWhoosh takes to air". Airliner World: p. 6. July 2007. 
  2. ↑ "FlyWhoosh Destinations". FlyWhoosh website. http://www.flywhoosh.com/destinations.aspx. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.