- European Aviation Air Charter
Infobox Airline
airline=European Aviation Air Charter
logo=Europeanaviation-logo.png
logo_size=245
fleet_size=6
destinations=N/A
IATA=E7
ICAO=EAF
callsign=EUROCHARTER
parent=European Aviation
founded=1989 (as European Aviation)
headquarters=Bournemouth
key_people=Paul Stoddart
hubs=Bournemouth Airport
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
website= http://www.eaac.co.ukEuropean Aviation Air Charter is an
airline based inBournemouth ,United Kingdom . It operates ad hoc charter services, VIP flights, and inclusive-tour and sub-charter flights, as well as ACMIwet lease s for other airlines. Its main base isBournemouth Airport .cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work=Flight International | page= 79 | date= 2007-04-03]European Aviation Air Charter Limited holds a
United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence. It is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats. [ [http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?categoryid=183&pagetype=90&pageid=340 CAA Operating Licence] ]History
European Aviation Air Charter began in 1989, as European Aviation.
Paul Stoddart , the boss of European Aviation Air Charter, saw a gap in the market for an ad-hoc charter airline. The aircraft used at first were rather oldBAC-111 jets, which had been first built during the 1960s. The aircraft were flown over fromAustralia , as their previous owner was theRoyal Australian Air Force . European Aviation was initially based in the building where theBritish Aircraft Corporation used to make aircraft such as theVickers Viscount and, coincidentally, the BAC-111s that the airline was operating. European Air Charter has flown from Bournemouth-Hurn International Airport since its beginning, making the airport a hub for the airline. The airline was profitable, so the company expanded its operation into other areas such as flight crew training, maintenance for other operators and leasing and selling aircraft.In 1993, the company directors took the decision of changing European Aviation's name to "European Aviation Air Charter", or EAC for short. That same year, twenty other BAC-111s were bought from
British Airways . This meant the airline could include tour groups among its charter clients. By then the airline also operated the far newerAirbus A300 , as well asBoeing 737 s. By 1997 European had acquired someBoeing 727 airliners as well.European Air Charter asked for permission to land at
John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York,Chicago and other US and Canadian destinations in 2001. Due to the volume of passengers the airline projected to transport on each flight toNorth America ,Boeing 747 s were bought, once again from British Airways. A total of six former British Airways aircraft of that type entered service with the airline after the permits were granted. Althoughblack andsilver became prevalent colors in the airline's livery after operating with a standard (for European Aviation)red andwhite livery, the airline reminded some of Braniff because, after the 747s arrived, the airline's livery also featured lines that crossed both their airplanes' fuselages and engines. The colors used for that line includedpink ,blue ,yellow , red and others. European Air Charter has formed an association withPalmair , which used to fly over passengers to Bournemouth so they could board the European Air Charter jets to North America.However, in 2004, EAC started losing money. Paul Stoddart resumed control of EAC and went about cost cutting, this involved selling or scrapping the Boeing 747s, selling some Boeing 737-200s and disposing of the rest of the fleet. Currently, EAC has 10 Boeing 737-200s, 1 is used for Palmair, and 4 are used by
ozjet with their own registrations.In May 2008 it was announced that Paul Stoddart had sold his stake in
OzJet toHeavyLift Cargo Airlines , and the 4 B737-200s which were in European's fleet were handed over in the process.The airline is wholly owned by Paul Stoddart and has 270 employees (at March 2007).
Fleet
The European Aviation Air Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft:
*6
Boeing 737-200 (one aircraft iswet leased toPalmair ) [ [http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=summary&aircrafttype=Boeing&owner=European Registered aircraft on the Civil Aviation Authority website] ] as of 2008-07-01Previously operated
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Boeing 747 [ [http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1053039/M/ Image of Boeing 747 G-BDXE in European livery] ]
*BAC 1-11
*Airbus A300 External links
* [http://www.eaac.co.uk European Aviation Air Charter]
ee also
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G-BDXJ References
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