Avair was an independent

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

airline that operated chartered business flights. It also operated a number of scheduled flights within Ireland, on routes such as Cork-Derry, Dublin-Sligo, Dublin-Waterford, Dublin-Cork and Dublin-Derry, availing of some government subsidies.

History

Gerry Connolly was the founder and managing director of Avair Ltd. He set up the company in 1978 with investment from Crest Holdings, and operated a twice-weekly service between Cork and Derry. On 13 January 1982, Avair commenced a domestic commuter service between

Cork Airport Cork Airport ( ga, Aerfort Chorcaí, ) is the second-largest of the three principal international airports in Ireland, after Dublin and ahead of Shannon. It is located in Cork City, south of the city centre in an area known as Farmers Cross ...

and Dublin. It also flew to Dublin twice-weekly from

Waterford Airport Waterford Airport ( gle, Aerfort Phort Láirge) (IATA: WAT, ICAO: EIWF) is located in Killowen, southeast of Waterford. It serves southeastern Ireland. The airport is operated by Waterford Regional Airport plc. Its single scheduled route, oper ...

. The airline was granted a number of international routes between Dublin and Blackpool, Nottingham, East Midlands and Leeds Bradford in the UK. The airline closed in February 1984 after failing to get further government subsidies.

Iona National Airways Iona National Airways was Ireland's first commercial airline. Based at Kildonan Aerodrome and Collinstown Dublin, it operated between 1931 and 1995. History Early beginnings When Hugh Cahill started an aviation wing of his motor company - I ...

took over some of the routes such as Dublin-Sligo, and many of the internal Irish routes are now operated by

Aer Lingus Regional Aer Lingus Regional is an Aer Lingus brand which has been used for commuter and regional flights. Aer Lingus Regional scheduled passenger services operate primarily from Ireland to the United Kingdom, France, and the Channel Islands, and also ...

Fleet

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Beech King Air The Beechcraft King Air is a line of American utility aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The King Air line comprises a number of twin-turboprop models that have been divided into two families. The Model 90 and 100 series developed in the 1960s ...

*1 x Beech King Air C90 *2 x

Short 330 The Short 330 (also SD3-30) is a small turboprop transport aircraft produced by Short Brothers. It seats up to 30 people and was relatively inexpensive and had low maintenance costs at the time of its introduction in 1976. The 330 was based on ...

Irish Air Pics - Civil and Commercial Aircraft

References

{{Airlines of the Republic of Ireland Defunct airlines of the Republic of Ireland Airlines established in 1978 Airlines disestablished in 1984 1978 establishments in Ireland 1984 disestablishments in Ireland