- Lydd Air
Infobox Airline
airline=Lydd Air
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logo_size=157
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ICAO=LYD
callsign=LYDDAIR
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founded=1997
hubs=London Ashford Airport
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frequent_flyer=
lounge=
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fleet_size=5
destinations=2
headquarters=Ashford, Kent
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website= http://www.lyddair.comLydd Air is a British
airline based atLondon Ashford Airport ,Kent ,United Kingdom . It operates scheduled charter passenger services, air charter and air freight services, as well as an ACMI or fractional ownership programme. Its bases areLondon Ashford Airport otherwise known as Lydd Airport andLe Touquet on the north coast of France.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work=Flight International | page= 108 | date= 2007-04-03]History
The airline was established and started operations in June
1997 . Jonathan Gordon (Managing Director of Lydd Air) acquired Lydd Airport in June1996 and a year later started Sky Trek Airlines as a wholly owned subsidiary of his aviation consultancy, Air Bridge Aviation. It was relaunched as Lydd Air in April2002 . The airline is wholly owned by South East Airports and has seven employees (at March2007 ).Destinations
Lydd Air operates the following services (at January
2005 ) [Flight International , 5-11 April 2007] :*Airbridge from Ashford to Le Touquet year round.
*Charters to:
Amsterdam ,Brussels ,Calais ,The Channel Islands ,Cherbourg ,Dinard ,Ostend ,Paris ,Le Touquet andRennes .Fleet
External links
* [http://www.lyddair.com/ Lydd Air]
References
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