City Airline AB was a

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based in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of

Göteborg Landvetter Airport Göteborg Landvetter Airport () is an international airport serving the Gothenburg (Swedish: ''Göteborg'') region in Sweden. With just over 6.8 million passengers in 2018 it is Sweden's second-largest airport after Stockholm–Arlanda. Landvette ...

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Härryda Municipality Härryda Municipality (''Härryda kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Mölnlycke, with about 19,000 inhabitants. Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Sweden's second-largest air ...

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. It was privately owned and operated a medium-sized European network from its main base at Landvetter. The airline was wholly owned by Investment AB Janus of

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

and employed 110 staff (as of July 2007). On 29 November 2011 the City Airline name was dropped after being acquired by

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, and all flights were then operated under the Skyways brand. In May 2012 Skyways and City Airline filed for bankruptcy. When City Airline filed for bankruptcy it was the only airline with a hub in

History

City Airline was established in 1997, originally operating wet leases for

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. On 10 September 2001, it started its own regional services from Gothenburg, much of which correspond to the needs of large companies based in Gothenburg, most notably

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with its links to

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) and

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. It has from around 2008 expanded in the leisure market with destinations such as Barcelona, Nice and Mallorca. City Airline has signed a

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with

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. On 29 April 2011, City Airline announced that Swedish regional airline

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acquired the company and City Airline name will be dropped and all flights would operated under the Skyways brand. On 22 May 2012, Skyways announced immediate cancellation of all flights due to lack of finances. Both City Airline AB and Skyways Express AB filed for

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Destinations

All regular flights at destined from/to Göteborg Landvetter Airport.

Fleet

As of August 2011, the City Airline fleet included the following aircraft with an average age of 13.9 years:

References

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* * (parked) {{Airlines_of_Sweden Defunct airlines of Sweden European Regions Airline Association Airlines established in 1997 Airlines disestablished in 2011 Swedish companies established in 1997 Swedish companies disestablished in 2011

History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

References

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