Loch Lomond Seaplanes is an

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based in

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. After receiving approval from the

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and Clydeport to launch services from Glasgow Seaplane Terminal, by Glasgow's Science Centre on the River Clyde in

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city centre Airliner World, February 2007 its maiden scheduled service from Glasgow to Oban began in August 2007, making it Europe's first city centre seaplane service It is Scotland and the United Kingdom's first commercial seaplane serviceLoch Lomond Seaplanes website
retrieved 3 February 2007 Loch Lomond Seaplanes Ltd holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type B Operating Licence, it is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with fewer than 20 seats and/or weighing less than 10 tonnes. It also has a base outside the hotel Cameron House, Loch Lomond, hence the operator's name. Their aircraft have featured on British television several times, including on BBC's Countryfile, ITV's Emmerdale and NBC's Running Wild starring Bear Grylls and

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History

Loch Lomond Seaplanes began operations in April 2004 with a new amphibious Cessna T206H, registration G-OLLS, and is licensed as an airline under the UK Civil Aviation Authority with Air Operator's Certificate 2252. The first base was inside the newly formed Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. Initially flights were only for tourist/pleasure purposes but in 2007 scheduled flights were established. Loch Lomond Seaplanes took delivery of the UK's first Amphibious Cessna 208 Caravan, registration G-MDJE, in June 2007. In August 2007, Mr

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MSP, The Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change opened the new £125,000 Loch Lomond Seaplanes’ Glasgow Seaplane Terminal on the River Clyde beside the

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on Pacific Quay. The company was then able to launch its first scheduled service to

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. Since then the company has frequently been recognised as a top tourist attraction, and topped various polls of the sort.

Services

Currently the airline operates tour and charter flights out of Loch Lomond

Fleet

The Loch Lomond Seaplanes fleet includes the following aircraft (at January 2018):

References

* Airliner World UK & Ireland Airlines Guide 2011-2012, page 19
Companies House
Company Number SC243178

External links

Loch Lomond Seaplanes

Clyde Waterfront Regeneration - Loch Lomond Seaplane service

{{Airlines of the United Kingdom Airlines of Scotland Airlines of the United Kingdom Airlines established in 2003 Companies of Scotland Seaplane operators Helensburgh 2003 establishments in Scotland

History

Services

Fleet

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