Van Air Europe is a

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passenger and cargo

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headquartered in

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and based at

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History

The airline was founded in 2004 by its parent company Aeroservis. On 15 July 2006, the airline began operating flights on behalf of

Citywing Citywing (a trading name of Citywing Aviation Services Limited) was an Isle of Man-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 ba ...

, operating flights out of

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, the

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, Belfast City, Leeds/Bradford,

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and

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, the Jersey service only operating during the summer months. The Leeds service has been discontinued. Until 6 May 2013, it also operated a Shoreham - Paris-Pontoise service on behalf of

Brighton City Airways City Airways Limited, trading as Brighton City Airways, was a short-lived British virtual airline that sold tickets for one route, Shoreham Airport (West Sussex) to Cormeilles Aerodrome, Pontoise, north west of Paris, France, between March 2 ...

. A new service to

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was inaugurated in March 2014. On 23 February 2017, a Van Air Europe Let L410 (OK-LAZ), departed

Ronaldsway Airport Ronaldsway () is a place in the parish of Malew in the south of the Isle of Man, between the village of Ballasalla and the town of Castletown. Features It is notable as the location of Isle of Man Airport and historically of RNAS Ronaldsway, to ...

operating a scheduled service on behalf of

(schedule V9-502) to

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 ...

. During the latter stages of the aircraft's approach to Runway 04 at Belfast City the approach was discontinued as a consequence of adverse weather. An appraisal of the weather at both Belfast City and Belfast Aldergrove airports resulted in the crew diverting the aircraft back to the

, touching down at Ronaldsway at 09:25hrs (GMT). The weather report for the time of arrival reported the wind blowing offset from the main runway by an angle of approximately 30 degrees, with a mean speed of and gusts of - at that time other operators had suspended operations. After landing the aircraft was instructed to stop by local

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, and the emergency services were requested. Passengers disembarked the aircraft without injury. On 23 February 2017, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) revealed it has suspended Van Air's permission to fly in the United Kingdom. Following the response to Safety Recommendation 2018-005 made on 1 March 2018, the case was closed by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).

Fleet

As of November 2021, the Van Air Europe fleet consists of the following aircraft:vanair.org - L410 FLEET
retrieved 14 March 2017

References

External links

Official website
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