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==Suspension of service==
==Suspension of service==
Services were suspended in December 2007 when White Eagle withdrew their aircraft from the operation due to problems of non-payment from the travel company.<ref>[http://www.whiteeagle.com.pl/en/ White Eagle Statement on suspension]</ref>


Flights were suspended by Flywhoosh without notice on 9 December 2007. Passengers who had bought tickets from Flwhoosh have been notified that Flywhoosh will not offer refunds and, as a result, an investigation into trading standards violations has been launched by Solihull Trading Standards Officers.
Flywhoosh are looking for another operator/licence holder to restart operations out of Dundee.<ref>[http://www.flywhoosh.com/ FlyWhoosh]</ref>
 
White Eagle Aviation have stated that "service 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.".<ref>[http://www.whiteeagle.com.pl/en/ White Eagle Statement on suspension]</ref>  
 
Passengers may also be entitled to compensation under the EU's Denied Boarding Compensation directive 261/2004.
 


== Destinations ==
== Destinations ==

Revision as of 10:53, 29 December 2007

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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.

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 [1]. 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.

Suspension of service

Services were suspended in December 2007 when White Eagle withdrew their aircraft from the operation due to problems of non-payment from the travel company.[2]

Flywhoosh are looking for another operator/licence holder to restart operations out of Dundee.[3]

Destinations

FlyWhoosh operated scheduled services to the following destinations (at June 2007)[4] :

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FI
  2. ↑ White Eagle Statement on suspension
  3. ↑ FlyWhoosh
  4. ↑ "FlyWhoosh Destinations". FlyWhoosh website. http://www.flywhoosh.com/destinations.aspx. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.