Air Wales

Air Wales

Infobox_Airline
airline=Air Wales
logo=Air_Wales_Icon.jpg‎
logo_size=250
fleet_size=5
destinations=13
IATA=6G
ICAO=AWW
callsign=RED DRAGON
parent=Air Wales Ltd
founded=January 2000
ceased=April 2006
headquarters= Swansea, Wales, UK
key_people=Roy Thomas (Chairman)
hubs=Cardiff International Airport
focus_cities=Cork Airport
Plymouth Airport
Swansea Airport
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
website=www.airwales.co.uk|

Air Wales (Welsh: Awyr Cymru) was an airline based in Cardiff, Wales. It operated scheduled regional services throughout the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Belgium and France. On 23 April 2006, Air Wales ceased all operations.

History

Air Wales was established in January 1997 with the assistance of property financier Roy Thomas and started operations in January 2000. Initially based at Pembrey Airport in west Wales and operating two aeroplanes, Air Wales expanded to employ over 120 personnel, including 45 flight deck staff, 20 engineers and 20 cabin crew. It revived the name of an airline from the 1970s which was eventually integrated into Air UK.

During 2004 Air Wales gave up all routes out of Swansea due to lack of interest and concentrated on routes out of Cardiff International Airport. During February 2006 Air Wales gave up all routes from Plymouth to focus on more popular routes and international routes.

On 23 April 2006 the airline ceased all scheduled services.

Services

Air Wales operated the following services (at February 2006), which had all ceased by the end of April 2006:

Cardiff

*Brussels, Aberdeen, Paris CDG (on behalf of bmibaby), Belfast City, Cork, Dublin, Jersey, Newcastle.

Cork

*Cardiff, Exeter, Swansea

Exeter

*Cork

wansea

*Cork, Dublin, Amsterdam, London City

Terminated destinations

Air Wales served 20 destinations across Europe (during operations):

Fleet

Air Wales originally operated Dornier 228 aircraft. These were replaced by a fleet of ATR-42-300 aircraft: [ [http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?categoryid=60&pagetype=65&applicationid=1&mode=summary&owner=air%20wales UK CAA Aircraft Register] ]



In March 2006, Air Wales fleet average age was 13.4 years.

References

External links

* [http://www.airwales.co.uk/ Official site]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=Air%20Wales&distinct_entry=true Photos]


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