Citywing (a trading name of Citywing Aviation Services Limited) was an

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-based company that sold seats on scheduled air flights operated under charter. Flights linked several airports in the British Isles, with the company having a base at

Isle of Man Airport Isle of Man Airport ( Manx: ''Purt Aer Vannin'', also known as Ronaldsway Airport) is the main civilian airport on the Isle of Man. It is located in the south of the island at Ronaldsway near Castletown, southwest of Douglas, the island's c ...

. Its head office was in Hangar 9 at Isle of Man Airport in

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History

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From November 2012, managing director David Buck led a management buyout of

Manx2 Manx2 was a Virtual airline (economics), virtual commuter airline with its head office in Hangar 9, Isle of Man Airport in Ballasalla, Malew, Isle of Man. It sold flights and services from several airports in the UK with bases in George Best B ...

. On 1 January 2013 the assets of Manx2 were acquired by the new company, Citywing, and seats went on sale on the new company's website. The first Citywing-branded flight took off on 2 January 2013. During 2014, the route network expanded to include flights from Glasgow to the Isle of Man. Citywing took over the Cardiff to Anglesey public service obligation route in January 2016 after the previous operator went bankrupt. On 23 February 2017, Citywing Flight 502 (a Van Air Let L-410, OK-LAZ) to Belfast from Isle of Man Ronaldsway Airport was forced to turn back due to deteriorating weather conditions. The following day, Van Air lost its route licences. As a result, Citywing contracted Sprint Air for certain flight services on 2 and 3 March. On 10 March 2017, Citywing announced that after Van Air Europe's loss their UK license they had been unable to find a suitable business partner to operate its services. All flights from 11 March 2017 were terminated and the company was put into liquidation. Citywing cited heavy losses after the need to source leased aircraft to replace Van Air Europe on such short notice.ch-aviation.com - Isle of Man's Citywing ceases all operations
11 March 2017

Destinations

At the closure of its operations, Citywing offered flights to the following destinations:citywing.com - Route Map
retrieved 14 March 2017 ;Isle of Man * Ronaldsway –

base ;Jersey * Jersey -

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''seasonal'' ;United Kingdom * Anglesey -

Anglesey Airport Anglesey Airport ( cy, Maes Awyr Ynys Môn) is an airport owned by the Isle of Anglesey County Council on land leased from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. The airport is situated at Llanfair-yn-Neubwll in Anglesey, Wales. The leased ...

* Belfast -

George Best Belfast City Airport George Best Belfast City Airport is a single-runway airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Situated in County Down, it is adjacent to the Port of Belfast and is from Belfast City Centre. It shares the site with the Spirit AeroSystems (form ...

* Blackpool –

Blackpool Airport Blackpool Airport is an airport on the Fylde coast of Lancashire, England, in the Borough of Fylde, just outside the Borough of Blackpool. It was formerly known as Squires Gate Airport and Blackpool International Airport. Ownership of the air ...

base * Cardiff -

Cardiff Airport Cardiff Airport ( cy, Maes Awyr Caerdydd) is the only airport offering commercial passenger services in Wales. It has been under the ownership of the Welsh Government since March 2013, operating at an arm's length as a commercial business. Pa ...

base * Cheltenham/Gloucester –

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* Glasgow -

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* Newcastle -

Newcastle Airport Newcastle or New Castle Airport may refer to: * Newcastle International Airport, an airport in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK ** Newcastle Airport metro station, the Tyne and Wear metro station serving the airport * Newcastle Airport (Nevis), no ...

Fleet

As Citywing was a virtual airline without its own aircraft operations license, it leased in respectively chartered aircraft from

Van Air Europe Van Air Europe is a Czech passenger and cargo charter airline headquartered in Brno and based at Brno–Tuřany Airport. History The airline was founded in 2004 by its parent company Aeroservis. On 15 July 2006, the airline began operating flig ...

for all of its services. The aircraft leased from Van Air Europe were four leased Let L-410s. Citywing temporarily chartered a

Saab 340 The Saab 340 is a Swedish twin-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by Saab AB and Fairchild Aircraft. It is designed to seat 30-36 passengers and, as of July 2018, there were 240 operational aircraft used by 34 different o ...

from Sprint Air after the loss of its previous Van Air Let L-410s. Prior to using Van Air Europe aircraft, Citywing leased a

BAe Jetstream 31 The British Aerospace Jetstream is a small twin- turboprop airliner, with a pressurised fuselage, developed as the ''Jetstream 31'' from the earlier Handley Page Jetstream. A larger version of the Jetstream was also manufactured, the Britis ...

from

Links Air Links Air was a British airline selling and operating scheduled regional flights as well as charter services. It formerly operated scheduled flights out of Doncaster Sheffield Airport and public service obligation flights in Wales from Cardiff ...

until the latter lost its UK operating licence.

References

External links

Official Citywing website
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History

Destinations

Fleet

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