Eastern Airways

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Eastern Airways (IATA: T3, ICAO: EZE, and Callsign: Eastflight) 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.

History

Jetstream 41 of Eastern Airways on the runway at Bristol Airport

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.

Destinations

Jetstream 41 of Eastern Airways taking off from Bristol Airport

Eastern Airways serves the following destinations (as of April 25, 2006):

• Belgium
• *Brussels (Brussels Airport)
• British Crown Dependencies
• *Isle of Man (Isle of Man Airport)
• United Kingdom
• *England
• **Birmingham (Birmingham International Airport)
• **Bristol (Bristol International Airport)
• **North Lincolnshire (Humberside Airport)
• **Leeds/Bradford (Leeds Bradford International Airport)
• **London (London City Airport)
• **Manchester (Manchester International Airport)
• **Newcastle (Newcastle Airport)
• **Norwich (Norwich International Airport)
• **Nottingham (Nottingham East Midlands Airport)
• **Southampton (Southampton Airport)
• **Tees Valley (Durham Tees Valley Airport)
• *Scotland
• **Aberdeen (Aberdeen Airport) Hub
• **Inverness (Inverness Airport)
• **Stornoway (Stornoway Airport)
• **Wick (Wick Airport)
• *Wales
• **Cardiff (Cardiff International Airport)

Fleet

The Eastern Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2006):

• 4 BAe Jetstream 32
• 19 BAe Jetstream 41
• 4 Saab 2000
• 1 Dornier 328

External links

• [Eastern Airways]
• [European Regions Airline Association]
• [Photos of Eastern Airways aircraft]

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