FlyMe

Infobox_Airline
airline=FlyMe

logo_size=150
fleet_size=6
destinations=25
IATA=SH
ICAO=FLY
callsign=FLYBIRD
founded=2004
ceased=2 March 2007
headquarters=Gothenburg, Sweden
key_people=
hubs=Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport|
focus_cities=Malmö Airport
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
website= http://www.flyme.com/

FlyMe (Fly Me Sweden AB) was a low-cost airline based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It operated flights from Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö to destinations within Europe. Its main hub was Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, with hubs at Malmö Airport and Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. Beginning in April 2006 it widened its destination network and started daily services to European destinations.

The airline ceased operations on 2 March 2007Flight International 3 April 2007] .

History

The airline was founded in 2003 and started operations on 1 March 2004. It employed 104 staff.

On 2 March 2007 FlyMe announced that it would file for bankruptcy due to an unwillingness by its banks to release further funding to it based on proceeds from a rights issue by its parent company. FlyMe accordingly cancelled all its flights.

Destinations

Before its grounding, FlyMe operated to the following destinations:
*Czech Republic
**Prague (Ruzyně International Airport)
*Finland
**Helsinki
*France
**Marseille (Marseille Provence Airport)
**Nice (Cote d'Azur International Airport)
**Paris (Beauvais Airport)
*Germany
**Düsseldorf
*Greece
**Chania (Chania International Airport)
**Rhodes (Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras")
*Italy
**Bologna (Bologna Airport)
**Rimini (Federico Fellini International Airport)
**Rome (Ciampino Airport)
*Netherlands
**Amsterdam (Schiphol)
*Spain
**Alicante (Alicante Airport)
**Barcelona (Barcelona International Airport)
**Málaga (Malaga Airport)
**Palma de Mallorca (Son Sant Joan Airport)
*Sweden
** Gothenburg (Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport)
** Helsingborg
** Luleå (Luleå Airport)
** Malmö (Malmö Airport)
** Stockholm (Stockholm-Arlanda Airport)
** Sundsvall
** Östersund
*Turkey
**Istanbul (Sabiha Gökçen International Airport)
*United Kingdom
**London (London Stansted)

Fleet

The FlyMe fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of August 2006) [Flight International, 3-9 October 2006] :

*5 Boeing 737-300
*1 Boeing 737-500

The average age of the FlyMe fleet was 16.7 years as of February 2007. [cite web |url=http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/FlyMe.htm |title=FlyMe Fleet age |author=Airfleets.net]

External links

* [http://www.flyme.com/ FlyMe]
* [http://www.flightattitude.com/airline/FlyMe.htm FlyMe web page at Flightattitude.com]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=FME&al_op=1 FlyMe Fleet]
* FlyMe bankruptcy [http://www.thelocal.se/6568/20070302/ in English] and [http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,1012642,00.html in Swedish]

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