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is an
Airline based in
Bournemouth ,
United Kingdom . It operates ad hoc charter services, VIP flights, and inclusive-tour and sub-charter flights, as well as ACMI
Wet Lease s for other airlines. Is main base is
Bournemouth Airport .
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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.
CAA Operating Licence
European Aviation Air Charter began in
1989 , as .
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 old
BAC-111 jets, which had been first built during the
1960s . The aircraft were flown over from
Australia , as their previous owner was the
Royal Australian Air Force . European Aviation was initially based in the building where the
British Aircraft Corporation used to make aircraft such as the
Vickers Viscount and, coincidentally, the BAC-111s that the airline was operating. European Air Charter has flown from
Bournemouth-Hum 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 newer
Airbus A300 , as well as
Boeing 737 s. By 1997 European had acquired some
Boeing 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 to
North 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. Although
Black and
Silver became prevalent colors in the airline's livery after operating with a standard (for European Aviation)
Red and
White 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 included
Pink ,
Blue ,
Yellow , red and others. European Air Charter has formed an association with
Palmair , 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 737-200 s 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.
The airline is wholly owned by Paul Stoddart and has 270 employees (at March
2007 ).
The European Aviation Air Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March
2007 ) :
- 6 Boeing 737-200
- ---B737-229 - G-CEAE
- ---B737-229 - G-CEAF (In Palmair colous)
- ---B737-229 - G-CEAG
- ---B737-229 - G-CEAH (leased to Jet2 )
- ---B737-229 - G-GPFI
- ---B737-2E7 - G-FIGP
- 1 Boeing 747-200 - stored at Kemble RAF Base (EGDK) and also for sale.
- ---B747-236B - G-BDXE
