is a
UK Airline based at
Humberside International Airport . It operates a network of scheduled domestic services and a private charter section. It has a hub at
Aberdeen Airport from which it operates eleven routes, with crew bases at
Leeds/Bradford and
Newcastle airports.
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The airline was established in
1997 and started operations in December 1997 with a scheduled service between Humberside and Aberdeen. In February
1999 it purchased Manchester based Air Kilroe. Routes and Jetstream 41 aircraft were transferred from
British Airways CitiExpress from
30 March 2003 . Eastern Airways operates some 750 scheduled flights each week and expects to carry approximately 500,000 passengers in
2005 . It employs 373 staff.
In October
2004 the
European Regions Airline Association awarded a silver medal for achievement to Eastern Airways for the second consecutive year. The gold medal went to
Aegean Airlines and the bronze to
Aer Arann .
From 24th April 2006 Eastern Airways will operate Cardiff to Aberdeen, Brussels and Newcastle following Air Wales decision to cease scheduled flying from the 23rd April. Eastern will base a crew and 1 Jetsteam 41 at Cardiff to operate the routes.
Eastern Airways serves the following destinations (as of
April 25 ,
2006 ):
The Eastern Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2006):
